00:00How are you feeling tonight to be here at the VMAs?
00:03This is my first VMAs, so yeah, it's my first rodeo.
00:06Well, this is 40 years of VMAs right now.
00:11Do you have an earliest memory or like some like
00:14iconic performances that you remember seeing as a kid?
00:17I just know so many iconic performances happened at the VMAs,
00:20so I'm glad to actually be here in person to watch some of that go down.
00:23Well, you have an album that's dropping.
00:26Is it dropping in September?
00:28It's Friday. My album drops on Friday.
00:30Yeah. How would you describe this new era of music that you're putting out right now?
00:34This record's called Postcards from Texas, and I made it in Austin.
00:38I hadn't made a record in Texas since I was 18,
00:40and I've been doing this over 20 years, so it felt very full circle for me
00:43to go home to my honky-tonk roots for sure.
00:46Speaking of kind of diving back into your past,
00:49is there, what would you say to a younger version of yourself
00:51that was about to embark on a journey in music?
00:55I would just say, slow down, take a breath, and enjoy the ride a little bit more.
01:00I know, you know, you've probably collaborated with everybody under the sun at this point.
01:03Is there anybody that you're still itching to get back into the studio with?
01:07Yeah, well, I've gotten to collaborate a little bit with Posty,
01:10so I'd like to, he's been hanging around National, making friends with all of us,
01:13so it's just great, and Chapel Rhone. I'm a huge fan,
01:16so I want to meet her tonight. I'm excited to see her perform.
01:19One album that you've been listening to on repeat this year?
01:22Chapel Rhone's and Lainey Wilson. She just had a record come out,
01:26so, and it's called Whirlwind, so I'm a huge Lainey fan.
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