For breakthrough country artist Kane Brown, the possible is ‘a really powerful thing’

Kane Brown is a trailblazer. Actually Brown is half a dozen trailblazers in one.

The singer-songwriter-star has amassed a wild resume: the first Black artist to win the Academy of Country Music Award for video of the year, an entry in Time magazine’s list of the Top 100 Most Influential People, a new and awesome collaboration with H.E.R.

“I never set out to be anything but myself, but I think by being myself, that was different,” he told the Herald. “When you see an example of what’s possible, that’s a really powerful thing. … When people make it a point to say you broke this record or that one, it does mean a lot but that just motivates me to do more. I think one of the first big ones was being the first country artist ever in history to top all five Billboard country charts simultaneously. When they told me no one had ever done that before, that was an amazing feeling.”

“The ACM win was a big deal to me for a lot of reasons,” Brown added. “It was the first time I had ever won an ACM award, and it was for (2020 single) ‘Worldwide Beautiful,’ which is a song I wrote about pointing out that we don’t get anywhere if everyone is so stuck in their way without being able to see it from another perspective.”

A favorite line from “Worldwide Beautiful”: “How you gonna change your mind if your heart is unmovable.”

Now Brown is about to add another line to the resume. On Friday, he headlines the TD Garden.

“It’s amazing to be back out with the fans again,” he said. “I hope people walk away feeling like the show is bigger and better, we want to always keep topping ourselves.”

If you don’t know Brown, he’s a major force in country music. He’s also not strictly country. He’s happy to go in any direction — soul, hip-hop, EDM, rock — that suits his fancy.

“I think for me country music and the heart of it is the honesty of the songs and the songwriting, and there are many different sounds even within country,” he said. “My goal is to make music that makes people feel and relate to it and that my fans love. I think sometimes when you hear or listen to all the outside voices say this isn’t country enough … that’s a dangerous place to start to be creatively.”

He’s also not afraid to dig into a range of subjects in his songs. Naturally, he can write a blockbuster love song. But he doesn’t flinch at writing about race or violence. Just one example is “American Bad Dream,” which touches on school shootings and bad cops making it unbearably hard for good cops to do their job.

“Music has always been the place that I am able to use as an outlet to get my thoughts on paper and out. That was the case for ‘Learning’ and (‘American Bad Dream’) and ‘Worldwide Beautiful.’ I think one of the most powerful things about music as a format is the ability it has to heal or make people think about things in a different way without even realizing it right away.”

Despite the pain and conflict, Brown’s music devotes a lot of time to hope and healing. It’s those positive vibes that he wants to deliver to fans at his Garden party.

“I hope they know they are part of our family and that everyone is welcome to come to a show and that we want you there,” he said.

For tickets and details, go to kanebrownmusic.com.