Dan + Shay, Glad You Exist | Track Review 🎵

Grammy-winning country duo Dan + Shay bring a lofty level of dedication to their significant others on the pleasant “Glad You Exist.”

“But you’re here with me / Take a moment just to take it in / ‘Cause every high and every low led to this / I’m just so glad you exist.” 🎵 “Glad You Exist” marks the first 🎙 Dan + Shay single of 2021, following some successful singles in 2020.  It seems likely that the 🏆 Grammy-winning country duo have a new album on the horizon.  It would be the perfect time, given their ascent in recent years.  Anyways, 🎙 Dan Smyers and 🎙 Shay Mooney keep it short on “Glad You Exist,” which runs shy of two-and-a-half minutes.  In addition to their role as writers (and Smyers’ 🎛 production role), the record was written by 🎼✍ Tayla Parx, 🎼✍ Jordan Reynolds, and 🎼✍ Ryan Lewis. 

As the title, and the aforementioned lyrics from the chorus suggest, “Glad You Exist” is all about L-O-V-E.  The dedication is real – lock it in! This joint is all about us, specifically, two lovers totally infatuated with one another in a seemingly unbreakable bond.  For all the nonsense these men have done – “Here’s to all the late-night drunk phone calls that you picked up / Here’s to all the bad decisions that you didn’t judge” – their respective wives have stuck with them.  On the second verse, Dan + Shay acknowledge the power of becoming lovers and life partners – “Hey look what a hello from a stranger turned into.” As always, Smyers and Mooney have sweet chemistry, and while they are a country duo, there’s plenty of ‘pop’ to be had.

Final Thoughts 💭

All in all, “Glad You Exist” is an pleasant, respectable, love-centric record from Dan + Shay.  It’s sleekly produced, thoughtfully (if somewhat schmaltzily) penned, and sung with incredible finesse.  Move the needle it won’t, but you can’t knock the dedication, right? Right!

🎙 Dan + Shay • 🎵 “Glad You Exist” • 🏷 Warner Music Nashville • 🗓 2.5.21

[📷: Warner Music Nashville]