The artist was raised somewhere in the east coast south and ended up living in northern west coast. About as far physically as one can go in the continental us without using florida or washington although I kinda wander whats farther. The tip of maine to baja or the tip of florida to northwest washington. I mean I feel like its gotta be the florida one given how big it is.
Y’all is just too nice of a contraction. “You all” is too harsh of a statement, but y’all gives it enough fun flair to be okay. I tried ditching it when I was a teen, but eventually came around as an adult.