The Top-Down Gospel of Self-Worth: Erin Kirby’s Some Version of It Is Americana Pop-Rock for the Optimistic Romantics –

Erin Kirby affirmed country is made for this century with her latest Americana pop-rock sugar rush, Some Version of It. The Georgia-born country artist, who has performed at the Grand Ole Opry, SXSW and shared stages with Kellie Pickler, Lonestar and Colt Ford, brought echoes of Shania Twain into dirt-swept harmonies as they catch the light in glossy production that ticks all the right earworm boxes while staying sincere.

Some Version of It is a top-down, hair-in-the-wind vignette of the kind of resilience and resolve you manifest when self-worth finally lands in your bones and mediocre affection loses its appeal. Through the yearning for someone who drives you to the right level of crazy, minus the ghosting, breadcrumbing or other sociopathic little parlour tricks of modern dating, Kirby modernised the Americana love song.

Co-written with Joe Clemmons, Neil Medley and Aaron Eshuis, and produced by Eshuis, the single has the distinctive mark of a commercial Nashville touch; bright acoustics and cinematic vocals built for radio, playlists and big stages. After earlier exposure through Kim of Queens, Showtime at the Apollo and American Idol, Kirby now sounds freshly locked into her “Adele Country” lane: soulful, direct, glossy and emotionally useful.

For anyone still chasing love with one last shred of optimism intact, Some Version of It offers a danceable reminder to keep moving forward.

Some Version of It is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast