# Dylan Scott’s ‘Big City’ Conversation Captures a Life-Changing Rite of Passage: ‘It Has Me Thinking Back on How I Grew Up’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dylan-scotts-big-city-conversation-captures-a-life-changing-rite-of-passage-it-has-me-thinking-back-on-how-i-grew-up/
- Published: 2026-07-23T15:17:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-23T23:30:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/country/dylan-scott-dear-big-city-makin-tracks-1236301308/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Dylan Scott’s new song explores leaving home to pursue dreams.
- Luke Bryan was moved by its family-centred theme.
- Writers balance hometown pride with opportunity in the city.

## Summary

Dylan Scott’s latest single, “Dear Big City”, reflects on the emotional transition of leaving a small town to pursue opportunities elsewhere, drawing directly on his move to Nashville to chase a music career. The song has resonated with fellow country singer Luke Bryan, who became emotional when he heard it because it reminded him of his son approaching university age, underscoring its wider relevance to families facing similar changes.

Written by Nate Kenyon, Matt Alderman and Jamie Paulin in Nashville last year, the song imagines a small town writing to a big city and asking it to care for a young person leaving home. Its writers deliberately avoided portraying city life negatively, instead balancing affection for hometown roots with the recognition that some ambitions require moving away; the central idea is that the young person needs more than the small town can offer to fulfil their dreams.

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