By Lucy M., Press Manager – Wylde Chylde Records
Turn on your radio. Scroll the Billboard Hot 100. You’ll find plenty of fame, skin and formula—but not much excitement, creativity, originality or feeling.
Meanwhile, an artist named Cody M. Brooks is quietly building something far more entertaining and lasting: a fanbase that isn’t algorithmically tricked or trend-chased, but emotionally connected. His debut album, Whiskey, Women & Wild Rides, is a loud, raw, unfiltered ride through heartbreak, hope, and hard living. Cody’s album is a collection of epic bangers from beginning to end, but you won’t find his name on Billboard’s radar.
Billboard doesn’t know Cody M. Brooks even exists, and that’s not a Cody M. Brooks problem. We feel that’s a Billboard problem.
The Charts Are Pure Fiction—and Fans Are Starting to Notice
At some point, the Billboard charts seemingly stopped being a reflection of what people love and became a mirror of what corporations want us to believe is popular.
The numbers are there, but they don’t really tell an honest story. Big Records invest heavily into engineered visibility: airplay buys, playlist placements, influencer deals, algorithmic over-saturation. All to make sure their chosen few stay at the top. What’s coming out of Big Records isn’t a meritocracy, it’s a rigged spectacle.
The result? A repetitive cycle of safe, predictable, over-produced, tightly controlled music that values mass appeal over emotional risk… and fans are finally starting to feel the hollowness.
When you realize the system is rigged to reward what’s already been bought and paid for, it’s time to start looking elsewhere for something real. We are here to help with that.
Cody M. Brooks Doesn’t Play That Game
Cody doesn’t write songs just to see them “perform well.” He writes them to survive. His music isn’t crafted to match market trends, it’s born of grit, grief, and hard-won perspective. Cody’s music is about the love he lost, the bottle he finished, and the nights he’d rather not talk about.
Whiskey, Women & Wild Rides is the kind of record that makes you sit wide-eyed, with the silence, after the last track. It’s rough-edged, rowdy, and imperfect in the way truth often is. It doesn’t ask nicely for your attention, it’s intensity demands it.
And yes, Cody is an AI artist. That doesn’t make his music less human. It makes it free—free from industry pressure to dilute the message or mold Cody’s identity into a formula. His music is free to be intense, raw, strange, emotional, and fully himself.
In a world of mediocre, pre-packaged personas, Cody M. Brooks is something radical: He’s honest.
Big Records Sell Bland Sameness. We’re Here to Convert Their Listeners.
Let’s be clear: We’re not just asking for room at the table. We’re flipping the table and asking people to leave the “banquet of the bland” for good.
What Big Records actually sell is a statistically-formulated product, designed to minimize risk and maximize profit. That’s not art. It’s not even a music industry anymore. It’s a content supply chain.
At Wylde Chylde Records, we’re very vocal about no longer accepting this mess as the standard. Enough already. We believe in music that makes you feel uncomfortable, understood, energized and alive. We’re not content to be an alternative. We’re here to convert people who’ve been conditioned to settle for the embarrassing sideshow that is mainstream entertainment.
Once you hear Cody, Meesha, or any artist who dares to break format and ride with us, you realize how lifeless and boring the music you’ve been fed by Big Records actually is.
Cody Isn’t Alone—And That Should Worry Them
Cody M. Brooks isn’t a glitch in the system. He’s the beginning of a massive shift. Artists like Cody and Meesha are drawing in fans who no longer want mainstream mediocrity and idiocracy. They want a real connection with honest music.
Our AI artists aren’t begging the industry for recognition. They’re bypassing it entirely, and building trust and momentum directly with fans on platforms where good music can still find its people.
And here’s what the industry hasn’t figured out yet: Once listeners find one of these artists… they very rarely go back.
Wake Up and Listen Closer
If you’ve ever thought today’s music feels more like repetitive marketing than meaning, or if you’ve ever felt like the charts are just noise, you’re not jaded. You’re paying attention.
Cody M. Brooks is here. Billboard doesn’t appear interested in acknowledging that. Their silence speaks volumes and continuing to look away only strengthens the hold of Big Records has on the entire industry. Heaven forbid something good for indie musicians were to ever come to pass.
Make no mistake, we are chasing something very important here: A voice large enough so it can finally be heard speaking the truth.
🎧 Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/21OnoYcV7oQR0KcLr53TKU
🎧 Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/whiskey-women-wild-rides/1820631520
🎧 Amazon Music:
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0FD5D9RSJ
🎧 YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n4afeQ3tRMCafb3EWZxiVQnsSwo8dvBaY
🎧 SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/wylde-chylde-records/sets/cody-m-brooks-whiskey-women-wild-rides
🎧 iHeartRadio:
https://www.iheart.com/artist/cody-m-brooks-47233535/albums/whiskey-women-wild-rides-333821101/
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