Don’t cut funding to FEMA, Preident Trump! Think of the bro-country singers!

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Katie Gill: This week’s version of ‘you’re so sexy that when you entered it hit me like a destructive force’ is (spins the wheel) hurricanes! Have fun trying to make destructive forces of nature sexy! Granted, there’s probably some personal bias slipping in here as I grew up in Mississippi, but really? That’s the metaphor we’re going with? It doesn’t help that the hurricane metaphor is only partly applied — half the chorus is talking about her in a generic sexy way and then suddenly, on a dime, we become hurricanes. It’s a very play by numbers sort of song until the absolutely weird number comes in.
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Alfred Soto: Luke Combs misspelled “Drizzle.”
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Thomas Inskeep: Combs is a new(ish) country singer with a rich voice, and in “Hurricane,” which he co-wrote, he’s got a song worthy of wrapping his voice around. It concerns the universal topic of running into an ex — and what can sometimes happen next — and is produced smartly, reminiscent of ’90s hits from Joe Diffie and Neal McCoy. We could use more of that feel in country today, so I’m more than happy with this.
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Crystal Leww: “Hurricane” is great, straightforward, sensitive bro pop country. Luke Combs has got a gruff voice that could make him suited for the boring dreck that’s dominated the conversation the last couple of years, but “Hurricane” is a story about a girl with a chorus that hooks and soars. This song’s had a slow build — I think I first heard it sometime in October of last year — but it’s starting to peak right as rain showers fit the metaphor. 
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Juana Giaimo: Those Nickelback vibes doesn’t help at all to make me emphasize with Luke Combs. 
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Edward Okulicz: “Hurricane” is a big and earnest country-pop song with some authentic-sounding gruff radio rock touches. Combs’ voice saves it from getting too 00s Nickelback, and the crowd vocals on the end turn it into a completely acceptable lighters-waving singalong. Mentally adding this one to my karaoke wishlist.
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Katherine St Asaph: Kinda kills the intimacy when you throw in a simulated arena crowd, huh?
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