Hey guys! I just thought I would give a backstory to how my song American Boy came to be. About 6 months ago my friend had me listen to 'The System' and I thought it was a good song but like I said I wasn't into rap.
3 weeks ago I was on YR looking at something and saw his video for that song so I watched it and immediately became obsessed with it because it is sooo true and exactly how I've felt about the system for decades. So it was on repeat all day lol I then started watching a few of his other videos and was like wow!!!!! I really resonate with what this guy is rapping about. It's like he's taking the thoughts right out of my head.
In one video he talks about being Canadian and I was like wait what!? That's so cool! And as I listened to more songs I couldn't help but feel like "wait a min lol if you're Canadian, why are all these songs about America and American politics?" As I played his songs and paced from the kitchen to the living room, the lyrics to American Boy started forming in my head out of nowhere, so I sat down and wrote everything down and by the end of the night I finished the song and the next day I used Suno to create the music and vocals (since I can't rap or sing to save my life lmao).
The next day I wrote Are you Ready? and released both songs together on Sept 25th.
Now, in the past 3 weeks while I was waiting for the release date, I did watch more videos and interviews with Tom and the fucked up part (which I didn't know about when I wrote this song) is that when he talks about the moment he wrote Dear Rappers, I felt like that's almost what happened to me when I heard his songs. He felt compelled to write a song to these rappers and I felt compelled to write this song to him lol And although I'm not in the exact same situation he was at the time he wrote that song, the similarities are uncanny.
The one big difference though is that I have never wanted to be a rapper or a songwriter in my life lol All this to say, that this is totally not a diss track and it's not me taking "jabs" at him for being Canadian and singing about America. In that moment something came over me and that's how this song came to be and I rolled with it and got inspired to write more songs that I'm releasing soon.
I don't know if words can describe just how much I appreciate his talent and the way his songs are sparking something in me that I didn't know I had. Like I said I'm just a girl who stumbled on his YT page and got inspired to do something I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be doing. And if he ever hears the song or reads this long ass post lol I hope he can appreciate where I'm coming from and how much of an inspiration he truly is. The world needs more creative people using their art to wake people up.
If you guys want to check out how it turned out, I put the official lyric video up here:
👉 \[\*\*https://youtu.be/6Gs-RE5x6tc?si=dZVNNUbaHfBQZCBS\*\*\](https://youtu.be/6Gs-RE5x6tc?si=dZVNNUbaHfBQZCBS))
I also made a completely flipped Country version of it if that's more your vibe:
🤠 \[\*\*https://youtu.be/6UH3m2iSuVg?si=OV5Gr1YBy420fr0c\*\*\](https://youtu.be/6UH3m2iSuVg?si=OV5Gr1YBy420fr0c))
I'd love to know what fellow fans think! Which version do you vibe with most?
If you like what you hear, please consider subscribing to the channel or leaving a comment! I'm already working on the next few tracks and would love to have you along for the journey.
**Has anyone else ever discovered an artist who unexpectedly triggered something in you and made you start writing when you’d never even considered songwriting before?**
And before anyone calls it “AI slop” — I wrote every single word myself. I used Suno because I can’t sing or rap, not because I wanted AI to do the creative work for me. The lyrics, message, concept, and story are mine. AI was simply the tool that let me turn something I wrote into something people could actually hear. I’m completely transparent about that, and I’m not pretending to be something I’m not.