00:00We are backstage at the 60th annual ACM Awards with 10-time ACM Award-winning Wynonna Judd.
00:06Thank you so much for coming to see us.
00:08I love coming here.
00:09We are going to have such a fun time.
00:10You are going to be a part of this incredible 12-minute-long opening on the ACM Awards tonight.
00:16Talk about what you all have planned for this.
00:18Well, it's an 80s and 90s country, baby.
00:21We're bringing it back.
00:23I've been here 42 years, and I'm still here.
00:28I can't believe it.
00:29So, it's an exciting thing because it's a Judd song, so it's going to definitely be emotional,
00:35but it's going to be a celebration of the past and the present and the future of what's happening in country.
00:42I love this so much.
00:44You're also going to be joined out there for this opening.
00:46Clint Black, Leigh-Anne Rimes, Reba, Dan and Shay.
00:49It's got to be so fun to be reunited with all these friends.
00:52It is.
00:52They're my family.
00:53They're my family that I never see.
00:55Exactly.
00:55When you think back on ACM Awards Pass, what are some of the big memories that stand out to you?
01:01Singing with Mom, of course.
01:04The moments with her.
01:05And winning is a wonderful thing, and then the next day you go back to work.
01:09I always say that we get paid to travel, and we play for free.
01:13So, when I'm singing, I'm in heaven.
01:14And so, anytime we do performances on these award shows, I've had ups and downs, and everybody knows me, and I know them, and we love each other.
01:25And it's just, again, a celebration of this music that's so important to people.
01:29That's so beautiful.
01:30You are also going to be presenting on the show.
01:32Can you talk about what you're presenting?
01:33I'm presenting female vocalist, and it'll be interesting to see who wins.
01:37It will be interesting.
01:38Talk to me about what you have planned for the red carpet.
01:40What can I do not to go viral?
01:43Let's see.
01:45I don't know.
01:46I'm just going to talk and be myself and see what happens.
01:49Yeah.
01:49Well, it's going to be amazing.
01:51We're so excited to see you out there.
01:52You are also getting ready to go out on your greatest hits tour.
01:55Yes.
01:55Talk about this.
01:56Well, it's just, it's time to look back to the past and bring out these songs that made me who I am today.
02:03Thanks to the fans, I have such a love affair with my fans, and they're almost all sold out.
02:08And it's just, it's a marvelous thing to be able to still be relevant.
02:12And go back out there and do what it is that I was born to do.
02:16It's going to be amazing.
02:17We can't wait to see it.
02:18And then, you know, one of the things I love about the ACM Awards is the second we go to commercial break, everybody's up from their tables and their seats scurrying around to see each other.
02:24Who are you excited to see that maybe you haven't seen in a little while?
02:27Oh my gosh.
02:27One of your friends.
02:27He's my brother that I never wanted.
02:31He's such a stinker.
02:33He's in here yesterday, Wynonna.
02:34He's got this coffee cup, and I hear it clinking, and I'm like, what's in there?
02:37He's like, Vox Brite.
02:40Classic.
02:40And Jelly Roll.
02:41I wear very tight, and I don't get to see him very much, so I'm looking forward to seeing him.
02:45Yeah.
02:46He gives the best hugs.
02:47Yes, he does.
02:47That'll be a good moment.
02:48He does.
02:48I agree.
02:49Wynonna, thank you so much for coming to see us.
02:50You're welcome.
02:50We cannot wait to watch you tomorrow night on the 60th Annual ACM Awards.
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