Dierks Bentley Believes It When He Says It’s ‘Different for Girls’

Country star Dierks Bentley opened the summer by teaming up with Elle King to release his second single, “Different For Girls,” from his most recent album, Black. The track contrasts the realities of reactions to breakups from the male and female point of view.

“It’s different for girls when their hearts get broke.
They can’t tape it back together with a whiskey and Coke.
They don’t take someone home and act like it’s nothing.
They can’t just switch it off every time they feel something,” the song’s chorus reads.

But “Different For Girls” goes beyond just matters of the heart, and Bentley couldn’t agree more.

“I see it all the time,” the 40-year-old singer told Sounds Like Nashville and other reporters at a recent celebration in Nashville. “I see it on the road and local crew guys, won’t take directions from a girl that works for us, they’ll say ‘I don’t take directions from a girl,’ and she’ll say ‘yeah you will, I’m your boss.’ That’s just the way the world is and I feel like it’s skewed in ways not in their favor.”

As a father of three, including two adorable girls of his own, Bentley has another unique take on the tune. That fact connects him to the lyrics he sings and gives the song more than one dimension.

“This is a song I couldn’t have sung eight years ago before my daughter Evie was born. I could’ve but I would have just sang it from one stand point,” he continues. “It’s a song that’s not just for one thing, but opens it up for dialogue. It’s a crazy song and that’s why I put it out there. It’s a different song that makes people think a little bit and it says something that I don’t think has been said before.”

The Arizona native went on to commentate differences between the work that needs to be done before he can go on stage, i.e. find a baseball cap and go, and all the prep that goes into his female counter parts that are getting ready to perform. Now he’s definitely not calling them prissy, in fact it’s just the opposite.

“I’m surrounded by a lot of really strong females in my life, there’s a lot of people running my show that are women so I see that side of it too,” he says matter-of-factly. “I think you gotta be a little tougher, fight a little harder to be a female in this business.”