Tim McGraw Says He Doesn’t Feel ‘Comfortable’ Singing About ‘Tailgates and Bikinis’ at 58 Years Old

• Tim McGraw said on the TL’s Road House podcast that he doesn’t want to “sing about tailgates and bikinis” at age 58

• McGraw said he prefers songs that teach him a lesson

• He also said he’s passed along songs that “skewed too young” for him to his nephew, singer Timothy Wayne

Tim McGraw has long been known for releasing music with heart — and that’s something he plans on sticking to at this stage in his career.

The country star, 58, opened up about recording what he calls “fun songs,” and explained that he’s no longer keen on singing about stereotypical country tropes.

“I try to do fun songs every now and again. It’s harder the older you get to find a fun song and feel comfortable with it. You don’t want to sing about tailgates and bikinis when you’re 58 years old,” he said on singer-songwriter Tracy Lawrence’s TL’s Road House podcast on Wednesday, May 21. “Occasionally you do, if the song’s right.”

Still, McGraw said he was more focused on recording songs that could teach him a lesson, something he’s demonstrated in hits like “Live Like You Were Dying” and “Humble and Kind.”

“What song’s gonna make me learn something about myself? And what song can I sing that I interpret that’s believable? That’s the hardest thing,” he said. “Because look, I’ve experimented with stuff, I’ve tried different things.”

He shouted out his 2014 track “Lookin’ for that Girl” in particular, calling it “different and weird,” as it features hip hop-style production and Auto-Tune.

“I’m not always trying to experiment. But I think I have a base sound, a sort of base attitude about the kind of songs that I want to do,” he said. “I’ll throw a fun ditty song in every now and then, I’ll throw a fun love song in every now and then, I’ll throw a fun cheating song in every now and then. But I’m always looking for a life-affirmation song.”

McGraw — who has been married to fellow country star Faith Hill since 1996 — added that he recently handed off a number of tracks he felt “skewed too young” for him to his nephew Timothy Wayne, who is an up-and-coming country singer.

The “Something Like That” singer and Hill are parents to daughters Audrey, 23, Gracie, 28, and Maggie, 26, and the pair recently stepped out to support Gracie as she appeared onstage in The Great War & The Great Gatsby at Carnegie Hall in New York City in April.

A source told PEOPLE that the superstars were very supportive, and gave their eldest daughter a rousing standing ovation at curtain call, with Hill even wiping away tears at one point.

Audrey, too, has followed in her parents’ famous footsteps (She has a role in the Paramount+ series Landman, and is joining Brandi Carlile on tour).

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