“Chillaxification”? The Meaning Behind Kenny Chesney’s Tour Name
I want to congratulate Kenny Chesney on all of his great country music success with all the albums sold, the massive stadium shows, the incredible sheen he’s able to buff into his forehead, that strange marriage to Renee Zelleweger and whatever happened there, and of course, his always deliciously on-point Panama Jack attire. What an American success story he is, and an inspiration to us all.
Recently Kenny Chesney announced his upcoming 2020 tour with Florida Georgia Line and Old Dominion that he’s calling “Chillaxification.” It will see the King of Beach Bum Country taking his sandy toes and mixed drinks with tiny little umbrellas in them to 38 different ports of call from April to August.
Strangely, as a man of letters, I had never heard of this term “Chillaxification” before. So as a public service, I decided to bury my nose into a litany of scientific and medical journals to do a little bit of etymological research, and actually found the word has a number of different applications.
So just in case you were wondering, here are the definitions of “Chillaxification.”
¹Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. A Gen Z euphemism for self-gratification primarily used on the video app Tik-Tok.
²Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. A safe and effective way to remove warts.
³Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. A breakthrough exfoliating procedure involving Botox recently approved by the FDA.
4 – Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. The scientific term for the process of when a human male’s penis goes from erect to limp.
5 – Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. An elective procedure to bleach your cat’s asshole.
6 – Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. The decomposition process of a Styrofoam cup after it’s discarded on the side of a highway.
7 – Chill·ax·if·i·ca·tion: n. A fake word coined by a 51-year-old bald, sawed-off, and past-his-prime country music stadium performer trying to pretend he’s still relevant to anything more than 50-something divorcees with skin cancer.
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In all seriousness, Kenny Chesney is not that bad. We’ll, “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” will never be forgivable. And talk about euphemisms, his latest single “Tip of My Tongue” is full of them. But his last album Songs For The Saints was not all terrible and went to a good cause.
But if you can’t laugh at the silliness of calling a country music tour “Chillaxification,” you need to chillaxificate.
Charlie
December 18, 2019 @ 9:56 am
Ches-tu-lence: n. the sound that emanates from a cat’s bleached asshole.
Ches-tu-lence: n. the sound that emanates from Kenny Chesney’s mouth.
Same difference. They’re both annoying to hear and they both stink.
618creekrat
December 18, 2019 @ 10:03 am
Ah. A Chill-rant.
INDK
December 18, 2019 @ 10:12 am
That lineup is the stuff of nightmares.
JP
December 18, 2019 @ 10:14 am
As an editor for a non-fiction book publishing company, I can say with some authority that this piece is objectively genius. Trig, let me know when you’re ready for a book deal and maybe we can compile, say, a 60k word ‘best of’ Saving Country Music (slightly edited/revised for book edition).
Di Harris
December 18, 2019 @ 10:18 am
Rolling my eyes at the Tip of My Tongue lyrics.
Dude really thinks he’s hot, doesn’t he
Sunny
December 18, 2019 @ 10:19 am
How did he turn his head that far sideways for that pic?! His head is completely in line with his shoulders. Old pro showing the youngsters how this shit is done!
Matt
December 18, 2019 @ 10:20 am
Chesney had the good judgment to sing John Baumann’s gorgeous song, “Gulf Moon.” Or maybe Chesney’s people did a bunch of focus groups and decided “Gulf Moon” would work well with his demographic. Anyway, if it makes Baumann a lot of money so he can keep doing his thing, that’ll be Chesney’s accidental good deed.
Chris
December 18, 2019 @ 10:30 am
Oh, you’re being too hard on She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy! OK, it probably helped spread a bunch of stereotypes about country music, but it’s still got an OK melody and sounds fairly country. Nashville must have put out thousands of worse songs in the two decades since then.
RD
December 18, 2019 @ 10:39 am
His tour should be called “Waiting for Buffett to Kick the Bucket.”
albert
December 18, 2019 @ 10:49 am
he recorded with mindy smith …50 points.
otherwise ,fairly- innocuous- kenny barely makes my radar , even though he may be one of the hardest working country people in two decades , I couldn’t name 3 of his radio tunes .
JoAnn#1
December 19, 2019 @ 9:31 pm
Then your not listening to country music radio
albert
December 20, 2019 @ 2:29 am
”Then your not listening to country music radio”
no …not for a while . but believe me …I try .
OlaR
December 18, 2019 @ 10:59 am
Kenny Chesney with FGL & OD?
Good god…yuk.
The Not-So-Young & Restless Tour.
The Bald & The-Not-So-Beautiful Tour.
The We-Put-Our-Pink-Umbrellas-In-Kenny-Ches….ladadiladida Tour.
Aggie14
December 18, 2019 @ 11:05 am
Awful tour name. Awful tour openers. Awesome tour headliner!
SG
December 18, 2019 @ 11:12 am
Chillax boomer.
Ron
December 18, 2019 @ 11:35 am
I thought it was the newest medication used to prep for a colonoscopy while hanging on the beach.
ScoobyDoo
December 18, 2019 @ 11:39 am
I can’t wait for this tour!!! I heard Kenny Chesney for the first time in 1995. I’ve been hooked ever since. He’s hot!!!
LouAnne
December 18, 2019 @ 11:59 am
Me too!! I’ve been a fan since the beginning! Sounds like most of these people leaving comments need to take a chillaxification pill. Lol. No Shoes Nation rules!!!
LouAnne
December 18, 2019 @ 11:56 am
Y’all need to take a chillaxification pill!!! Sounds like a lot of jealously to me. I personally can’t wait to see them all on this tour. No Shoes Nation rules!!!! 👍💪
sodcutterjones
December 18, 2019 @ 12:42 pm
“Sounds like a lot of jealously to me”
I promise you it’s not. We just miss the Kenny from pre 1996.
SG
December 18, 2019 @ 3:50 pm
If we really wanted to see the tour, but couldn’t…you might have a coherent point. On the flip side…
Chris
December 20, 2019 @ 4:14 pm
“Stan” (noun): Rabid fan with undenying, fanatical devotion to a musical performer who accuses anyone who dares utter a critical word about said performer of jealousy, among other things. Comments often include hazy grammar/spelling and excessive use of emojis.
sodcutterjones
December 18, 2019 @ 12:35 pm
I promise you- when that “she thinks my tractor’s sexy” song comes on at a party, before it gets changed, people start making jokes. Like dad jokes- and not in a good way. That’s the problem; you tell someone you like country music, and its jokes about that song and something like lonestar’s Mr. Mom. Geesh.
Loretta Twitty
December 18, 2019 @ 12:39 pm
I don’t mind Kenny, especially his early hits. To attend his tour, I’d pre game drink to miss the opening acts.
Sharon Mattocks
December 18, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
If you dont like Kenny Chesney , just keep your mouth shut, cause there are thousands of people that do.
Di Harris
December 18, 2019 @ 3:52 pm
Chillax Sweetheart
Mike
December 18, 2019 @ 6:16 pm
No, Sharon. I don’t think I will.
Hey Arnold
December 18, 2019 @ 1:21 pm
This is like the 5th year in a row that Old Dominion is on Kenny’s tour… my goodness, Old Dominion please move on to something else… the Kenny fans must be sick of seeing OD be the country maroon 5 parody that they are…
Hey Arnold
December 18, 2019 @ 1:31 pm
And they’re not even the opener.. they are the opener for the opener… they’ve been in that position since like 2016 lol
Hey Arnold
December 18, 2019 @ 1:26 pm
In the wise words of that Old lady who had a relationship with Ghandi on “Seinfeld”..
“He dipped his bald head in oil and rubbed it all over my body”
I’m pretty sure the lyrics to “Tip of my tongue ” allude to such a scenario
ilovebacon
December 18, 2019 @ 1:49 pm
Last year he had OD open for him and that was a horrible experience. Now they’re back along with FGL?!? What in the hell!
Harpo
December 18, 2019 @ 2:23 pm
Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are.
Tyler Wayne
December 18, 2019 @ 2:52 pm
My dad is 50 and if he ever said chillaxification I would probably start taking shots of bleach
JW
December 18, 2019 @ 4:33 pm
I enjoy a lot of Kenny Chesney songs. Some albums more than others. I like that whole beach bum island escapism Buffett thing – I like a lot of Buffett I even like Belize flavored Jerry Jeff Walker. Can’t say I’d go see this tour though.
Cherie Gwynn
December 18, 2019 @ 5:01 pm
With the incredible amount of dates for concerts and so damned close together, I know he is in good shape and starts preparing right after the first of the year, but I for one am concerned for him. He does so much for his fans..just hope they appreciate the sacrifices he makes for all of us 💕💕💕
Mike
December 18, 2019 @ 6:13 pm
I felt a great disturbance in The Force…as if millions of suburban soccer moms cried out in excitement…
Mike Honcho
December 18, 2019 @ 6:49 pm
The Undereducated Housewives Tour.
Aggc
December 18, 2019 @ 8:49 pm
That’s gold Jerry. Gold!
Hey Arnold
December 19, 2019 @ 10:51 am
Are you referring to my comment?? Lol
Di Harris
December 19, 2019 @ 11:00 am
If he’s not – i am 🤣
George C. Smith
December 19, 2019 @ 5:13 am
“if you can’t laugh at the silliness of calling a country music tour ‘Chillaxification,’ you need to chillaxificate.”
. . .and the proper med for the aforementioned, taken with a Red Stripe, of course, is trade named “Chillaxin”™©® . . .
Ben
December 19, 2019 @ 9:16 pm
Tip of my Tongue remix feat. Wheeler Walker Jr cumming spring 2020…
JoAnn
December 19, 2019 @ 9:36 pm
Go to a concert and get to know what your talking about. The judgment you’ve made aboutKC is a lot of horse shit. Sorry manure sounds better.
Chris
December 20, 2019 @ 4:18 pm
“Stan” (noun): Rabid fan with undenying, fanatical devotion to a musical performer who flames anyone who dares utter a critical word about said performer. Comments often include poor grammar and spelling, particularly confusion of “Your” vs “You’re”.
Bruce Bremer
December 24, 2019 @ 7:58 pm
Paul Overstreet claims the inspiration for, “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” was a trip with his wife to a tractor dealer to look at equipment for his working farm. On the ride home his wife was getting a little frisky which he attributed to the “excitement” of shopping for heavy machinery. Anyway, that’s what he told me. I am not a Kenny fan. I appreciate and respect what he has accomplished and every time he records, I have friends who get triple scale. party on, Kenny!
Lone Wolf
December 28, 2019 @ 12:28 am
Ches-nuts (N): Kenny Chesney’s rabid band of fans who are still able to sing along to his setlist after serious cross-drinking and sun bathing at his concert tailgates