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EPISODE · Jan 6, 2025 · 21 MIN

Dissecting "How Was I to Know" by Reba McEntire

from Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music

We revisit mid-90s Girl Power as Reba cuts her hair and changes her tone, from victim to victor, in her 1996 hit "How Was I to Know".  The first-chorus rug-pull is clever enough on its own, but how is this moment pivotal not just for this song, but for McEntire's entire corpus?  

We revisit mid-90s Girl Power as Reba cuts her hair and changes her tone, from victim to victor, in her 1996 hit "How Was I to Know". The first-chorus rug-pull is clever enough on its own, but how is this moment pivotal not just for this song, but for McEntire's entire corpus?

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We revisit mid-90s Girl Power as Reba cuts her hair and changes her tone, from victim to victor, in her 1996 hit "How Was I to Know".  The first-chorus rug-pull is clever enough on its own, but how is this moment pivotal not just for this song, but...

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