The push for country music is a total psy op, as is most anything from institutions these days. The powers that run the USA want to frame the country lifestyle as the idyllic American dream. How? Remind people of their childhoods, their pasts, what "country" life is/was like; that it's peaceful, close to nature, encourages family and instills other "American values" of what "make America great." I am not conflating MAGA, but they are undeniably similarly oriented in their effort to control and manipulate Americans, both magnetizing citizens towards a "conservative," traditional, "American" lifestyle and location: out of the cities and coasts ("liberal progress") into the country and heartland ("sovereign paradise.") The messages being pumped through contemporary pop-country stars supports this claim, just read the most common and popular lyrics from the pop country artists, they're all saying the same things: boots, horses, family, trucks, beer, bourbon, sometimes guns, and you-name-it country-lifestyle buzzwords, avatars, items and products. Of course, this is how all the manipulation in the media and entertainment industries work. What I am pointing at is the surge coming from country music, in contrast to how country music was for most of its existence and purpose: not mainstream, not used to control, but rather, to keep one's self and community and way of life sovereign.