Charley Crockett has seen his name in a lot of headlines over the past week, thanks not only to his funky new album Dollar a Day , but for an online feud with the country singer Gavin Adcock. After Crockett posted his thoughts about authenticity in country music on Instagram, Adcock accused the Texas songwriter of being a “cosplay cowboy.”

In a new interview with Rolling Stone ’s Nashville Now podcast, Crockett shares more of his take on what constitutes country music, and disputes the notion that “outlaw country” is a subgenre of today’s country. He says it’s the other way around.

“They call the outlaw movement a subgenre of commercial country, but today there’s no doubt in my mind, that what they’re calling pop country is most certainly a subgenre of outlaw,” Crockett says

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