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While basking in the shock of performing at this year's ESPY Awards, country music artist Mickey Guyton reflects on headlining ESSENCE Fest in New Orleans fourth of July weekend and what it felt like to sing in front of an audience that looks like her.
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00:00Hi again, how are you? So good to see you. So good to see you. You look gorgeous. You look beautiful. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to ask a selfish question. It's starting with your Essence Fest performance. How was it? Have you recovered from festivals? I have. That was truly such a special moment. I was so emotional about that because I've spent so many time, like my whole career really in spaces with people that don't really look like me.
00:26And I remember just sitting there and just, it was just really emotional for me. I felt like I was at home. Now does it feel here? I'm like, what the hell am I doing here is what it feels like. I'm like, you know, I'm performing tonight, which is amazing. It's going to be really have tissue if you're going to be in there. It's really, really powerful. I can barely get through it without crying.
00:54Yeah, I was like, when I did rehearsal earlier, I started crying. It was just, it's, it's really, really special. It is.
01:03Did you do anything special preparing them? I didn't. You know, I heard it and I knew I was going to be emotional about it, but I didn't know I was going to be that emotional.
01:13I'm going to be standing there with some trailblazing women in sports. And it's like, I just can't believe I'm here. And they chose me to be a part of it.
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