Luke Bryan Admits He Had A Headache From Trying To Record 'What She Wants Tonight' Single

Clark Sparky

Luke Bryan's new single, "What She Wants Tonight," offers a new spin on a classic country song narrative. The track is about a woman pursuing a man, when typically songs have been the other way around.

Now Bryan is admitting that the writing session for the track gave him a serious headache.

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“When I walked out of the studio, I literally had a headache,” Bryan told Billboard about working with Ross Copperman, Hillary Lindsey and Jon Nite on the song. “I had to take an Advil ’cause I felt like I was getting a migraine.”

“Back 20-30 years ago, that was a little more taboo for the woman to be controlling the narrative,” Bryan continued. “But I feel like society has opened up a lot more. I think it’s more natural for a woman to go, ‘Hey, I like you. I’m focused in on you, and let’s see where the night takes us.’”

“Being out in the bar life and being a 20-year-old or 25-year-old, when you have a girl that’s initiating the rhetoric of the moment, I mean, that’s a powerful thing,” he added. “It’s pretty intriguing to have the girl really pushing the narrative of what might potentially happen with these two people.”

"It just talks about this girl, she kind of owns the night," he previously told PopCulture.com about the song.

"She gets what she wants, and I get to be what she wants tonight, and it's funny. I feel like it's something girls will love. Girls will love hearing that sentiment, you know? I'm really excited about it. It's a big uptempo, and even some people around the label, I'm getting a lot of excitement out of it."

"What She Wants Tonight" comes on the heels of "Knockin' Boots," which hit number one on the charts. Both tracks are on his forthcoming album.

“‘Knockin’ Boots’ was very fun, very lighthearted, not overly serious,” Bryan said. “And this felt like it had a little more teeth, a little more something to dig into.”