ZACH Bryan has faced backlash for complaining that his new song Pink Skies has hit pop radio.

The single dropped last week and has already soared to the top of the charts.

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But Zach, 28, isn’t thrilled about the track’s success after learning that it has already landed on pop radio.

Shortly after the singer released Pink Skies, multiple outlets revealed that the emotional ballad was picked up by the pop stations.

The Oklahoma native’s label, Warner Records, seemingly decided to promote the song for greater commercial success.

ZACH’S REACTION

But Zach was apparently out of the loop as he shared in a scathing message on X, formerly Twitter, “This is f**ked, I never approved this, why is Pink Skies at Pop radio.”

Despite the songwriter’s fury regarding the placement of his new single, which discusses the pain involved with loss, the crossover doesn’t come as a huge surprise.

His 2022 breakout hit, Something in the Orange, also reached mainstream success, rising through the Billboard Top 100 for weeks.

But Zach followed up his initial post with more clarification, writing, “I’m not a f**king Pop artist, or country artist leave me out of this.”

FAN BACKLASH

Fans were appalled at Zach’s reaction, with many slamming him for issuing an “ungrateful” reaction to the news.

“Hi independent artist here that’d just be happy for one radio spin. Don’t be upset for potentially making fans from another side of the fold haha,” one wrote.

“Completely independent artist here. I’d be ecstatic to get my music played on any station.

“In fact, why would you be upset about letting people who don’t normally hear your music, finally get a chance to hear it,” a second agreed.

“Well it’s not country soooo?” a third trolled, while a fourth said sarcastically, “Man this poor guy cant catch a break. No 350/ticket concert sales, no listeners, no promotion.

“If only someone would listen to this poor genreless artist.. we would all be better off for it.”

“Oh no! Your song is popular and more people want to listen to it,” a fifth scathed with an eye roll emoji.

“Weird situation. Once you release music it will be listened to, idk why it matters where/ how it is listened to. I also think the genre debate is strange, good music is good music,” a sixth complained.

“He is the biggest diva in music today. No one whines more than him. Exactly why his music fits right in in pop radio,” another ripped.

In an attempt to address the backlash, Zach shared a follow-up message reading, “Guys you have to send songs to radio, like you have to be like, ‘yeah I’m okay with that’ going which way or the other.”

I’m not a f**king Pop artist, or country artist leave me out of this.

Zach BryanX

TERRIFYING ACCIDENT

The singer’s mournful new track follows his involvement in a “traumatizing” car crash with his girlfriend, Brianna LaPaglia.

Earlier this month, the influencer detailed the life-threatening incident in an honest post on social media.

“I think I’m nearing a mental breakdown and I’ve been living on a bus for the past month so that doesn’t help the mental,” the 24-year-old told her followers at the time.

“Two nights ago, Zach and I got into a traumatizing car, like, crash,” she continued in a shakey voice.

“It flipped a bunch of times, everything shattered, and thank God we had our seatbelts on but there was a lot of blood and we thought we were like saying goodbye to each other,” Brianna explained.

The TikTok star revealed that Zach suffered a “huge gash” from the accident, and once EMTs arrived on the scene they had to stitch him up.

The songwriter’s girlfriend confirmed that they were both “okay” despite the injury.

“We are happy and alive,” she shared.

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