Neon Moon, a famous 1990s country ballad by Brooks & Dunn, has become a cross-cultural anthem for the lovelorn and the lonely. But the song describes more than that, as many country songs do – comfort in familiar places, romanticization of a past gone, working-class experiences, and finding community in the present. The notion of “country” has become widely idealized as a rural, simple, place of the past, full of people disconnected from an urban reality.