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Riley Green caught up with Rania Aniftos on the Winners Walk at the CMA Awards 2025.

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00:00We're here with one of the big winners of the night, Riley Green.

00:03I mean, come on, Song of the Year, Single of the Year, Music Video of the Year,

00:08all for You Look Like You Love Me.

00:10I mean, what's it like being able to share this moment with Ella,

00:12who's been such, you know, a powerful collaborator with you all these years?

00:17I can't really think of a collaboration that's done what this song has done.

00:21And it's been so cool because I'm such a big fan of her,

00:23and obviously we're really close and become really great friends.

00:25And her being from Alabama, you know, I'm always kind of rooting for her anyway.

00:29And, you know, we had two really big songs together with You Like You Love Me

00:33and Don't Mind If I Do, and we got to play both of them on the road together

00:36for the better part of two years, and that doesn't happen often.

00:39So it's really cool to have a song like this that just doesn't want to go away.

00:42I know. She said it even in the acceptance speech.

00:44She's like, it's just the gift that keeps on giving.

00:46It really is, yeah. I had no idea this song would be what it is,

00:49and I had no idea they'd be around as long as it has, but I'm certainly not upset about it.

00:54I mean, yeah, and also, I mean, you also mentioned in your speech that you love a song

00:59with a spoken word verse.

01:01Is there one that you think of maybe growing up that stuck out to you,

01:04that started your love of spoken word on a song?

01:07Well, it was a bunch of Chris LaDue songs, and, you know, you got George and Tammy, Conway,

01:14and, I mean, that's what they did back then.

01:16Those duets were like you could just say it.

01:18You know, they were so cool.

01:19It was overt, like passionate, like just telling people you love them on track.

01:22It was pretty bold that we even tried it, but it certainly worked out for us.

01:26Yeah, I mean, 100%.

01:27I mean, looking forward, you have a lot of great stuff coming up.

01:29In addition to your arena tour, which we talked about earlier,

01:32you're also planning in the spring to go over to military bases in Hawaii and Japan

01:36to perform for the troops.

01:38Why was that so important for you?

01:40Well, my granddaddy's both served in the military.

01:42It's always been something that's close to my heart,

01:43but, you know, it was probably inspired more than anything by Toby Keith.

01:47I remember, you know, when I was just a fan of country music,

01:50and after 9-11, he spent a lot of time in Afghanistan and Iraq

01:53and all that playing for military bases for people that can't come home for the holidays.

01:57And I have more respect for him now probably than ever

02:00because I know how valuable your time off is because we don't have very much of it.

02:04And for him to spend it over there doing that is pretty special.

02:07So it routed well.

02:09We're going to Australia, so we're going to swing through there on the way back

02:11and play for some heroes.

02:13Yeah, and, I mean, beautiful locations too.

02:15I mean, it's so great, and no one deserves this more.

02:18Congratulations, Riley.

02:18I'm so happy for you.

02:19Thank you very much.

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