Deltona Drop Free-Spirited Breakup Anthem
Up-and-coming country trio Deltona are back with their second single, the raucous, heart-on-sleeve “Love Don’t Love Me,” accompanied by a high-energy music video filmed at Lucky’s 3 Star Bar in Nashville.
The song marks a fiery follow-up to the band’s debut “Heartbreak Fix,” ramping up the grit and swagger in what Deltona call “a season of writing breakup songs.”
Produced by Jason Massey (Bailey Zimmerman, Kelsea Ballerini), the track showcases the band’s arena-ready blend of country and rock, with banjo licks and piano lines stitched between guitar-heavy riffs and frontman Ned Abernathy’s southern-drenched vocals.
Co-written with Massey and Allison Veltz-Cruz (Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean), “Love Don’t Love Me” opens with biting self-deprecation: “Meet the girl, meet the momma, and I let ‘em both down.” The chorus lands with both humour and hurt, a bittersweet nod to romantic wreckage that’s as catchy as it is cathartic.
In the video, directed by Kate Bowling, Deltona capture the single’s rebellious spirit with a carefree night out—shotgunning beers, slinging pool cues and slamming whiskey between laughs. It’s a portrait of a band that doesn’t take themselves too seriously but takes their music seriously enough to mean it.
Vocalist Abernathy (Georgia), guitarist Caleb Miller (Ohio), and drummer Chris Deaton (Tennessee) first met at a writers’ round at Nashville’s famed Bluebird Café and immediately recognised a creative spark. After bonding over country traditions and a mutual need to crank the volume, Deltona formed and began sharing cover songs online—earning nearly 14K TikTok followers in just six months.
Their grassroots rise has already seen them open for artists like George Birge and Cooper Alan. This week, they’re on the road again with performances at The Green at Harrisons in Mississippi and a stripped-back acoustic set at Harding University in Arkansas supporting Avery Anna. Later this autumn, they’ll join Rodney Atkins at the Benton Civic Center in Illinois.
With “Love Don’t Love Me,” Deltona prove they’re not just another Nashville act—they’re a band with something to say and a wild-hearted way of saying it. More new music is promised soon.
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