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00:00:21On the bus dogs pissed on the floor
00:00:27We're parked at an angle, and so the feet is running downhill.
00:00:34Watch your feet.
00:00:47The first seed that was planted in my heart as a child to where I am now.
00:00:53I knew that I would be here.
00:00:55There is absolutely no doubt about it.
00:01:01It didn't look like I thought it was going to look at times.
00:01:04Let's give her a nice hand, Len Wilson.
00:01:10But I believed it.
00:01:13I believed it. I believed it.
00:01:15I ain't tired of hearing from my life.
00:01:18I ain't got to hit the ball on my side with me.
00:01:21Hey, that's the only one that stands with fancy straight up side with me.
00:01:27Put me on this shelf in my case.
00:01:30One more day with me.
00:01:32I ain't tired of me.
00:01:34Got a pocket full of money.
00:01:35I'm headed straight home.
00:01:37Lainey Wilson took home Entertainer of the Year.
00:01:40She is the hottest name in country music right now.
00:01:43New Artist of the Year goes to...
00:01:45Lainey Wilson!
00:01:47And the CMA Award for Album of the Year.
00:01:49The ACM Triple Crown Award.
00:01:51The Grammy goes to...
00:01:53Lainey Wilson.
00:01:54Lainey Wilson.
00:01:54Lainey Wilson, let's go.
00:01:58Man, oh man, oh man, oh man.
00:02:00I'm sure everybody deals with a little bit of imposter syndrome.
00:02:02This is my very first Grammy.
00:02:04If you're gonna be a dreamer, you better be a doer.
00:02:07I ain't tired of me, got a pocket full of money.
00:02:10I'm headed straight home.
00:02:18I'm headed straight home.
00:02:35I think a lot of people probably think that this was an overnight success.
00:02:40I've been here 14 years.
00:02:44So, a 14-year overnight success, if you wanna call it that.
00:02:51I spent a decade being the one you didn't see coming.
00:02:54On this tour, I am putting everything I've built on the line
00:02:57to make sure they never forget the name, Lainey Wilson.
00:03:01We're in Nashville, Tennessee, at a CMA Creator.
00:03:04Tickets went on sale today to the public for Country's Cool Again Tour.
00:03:09I'm about to get in the box office and go sell some tickets.
00:03:12Just say good morning, everybody.
00:03:13Oh, wait, I gotta give them this.
00:03:14Hang on and you'll be able to hear, and they'll be able to hear everything.
00:03:17Hi.
00:03:20Can you hear me?
00:03:23Is it actually loud?
00:03:25Yeah.
00:03:26It's pretty loud.
00:03:26Crank that thing up.
00:03:28People keep saying Country's Cool Again.
00:03:30Well, I say it never stopped being cool.
00:03:33The world just caught up.
00:03:35That's why I named the tour, Country's Cool Again.
00:03:38We're about to hit 35 cities across America, preaching that same message.
00:03:42Country's Cool Again, y'all.
00:03:43From a truck.
00:03:45From a truck.
00:03:46On a stage.
00:03:54It's been a long, long time since we have played like a completely new set.
00:03:59It's definitely more theatrical, and there's a lot of moving parts, but it's fun.
00:04:06It's coming.
00:04:10It's coming.
00:04:11Huntsville, South Haven, Rogers, Arkansas.
00:04:15The night of Rogers, we flew to L.A.
00:04:18I keep blowing and blowing.
00:04:43You can just reshape them over and over again, right?
00:04:46Yep.
00:04:50Hippie, you're not coming with us.
00:04:51I'm so sorry.
00:04:53She always said yeah.
00:04:55Yeah, yeah.
00:04:55You're not coming with us.
00:05:00This is my baby, Hippie Mae Wilson.
00:05:04She's a little potato.
00:05:16I just pussed it on y'all's party.
00:05:19I do need to do a local one with me.
00:05:27So Aslan and I had been working together for about nine years.
00:05:30He produced my very first project before I had a record deal.
00:05:35Woo-hoo!
00:05:37Heck yeah!
00:05:38I'd been producing punk Americana, and I went and saw her play, and she played a new song called Dream
00:05:44Catcher.
00:05:45I'll be the truth to the song that makes you feel better, lead you home through all the bad weather.
00:05:52Peace in the night, I'll keep you forever, baby.
00:05:56I'll be your dream catcher.
00:05:58That made me cry in the bar.
00:06:01I had a visceral reaction that I had not had in a long time to music, and so I just
00:06:05talked to her.
00:06:06Actually, we really need to invent a two-sided microphone that way we could go through like this.
00:06:10Oh my gosh.
00:06:12That would be fun.
00:06:13I assume what she saw in me was that I was friends with her friends, and I was not charging
00:06:17her very much money.
00:06:20Amanda and I both really thought our friend was talented, and we didn't think enough people were aware of that.
00:06:27There's a lot of good things about having her, but one of the, like, great things, I never looked like
00:06:33the bad guy.
00:06:34And I said, porno, halo, corn.
00:06:38Yeah.
00:06:39Yeah.
00:06:44Me and Madeline, we became friends about nine years ago.
00:06:47She was not a manager.
00:06:49I could not get my feet up off the ground.
00:06:51She felt sorry for me and started sending a lot of my music around.
00:06:55She would just randomly get emails of songwriters and stuff, and she would just send my music to them and
00:07:00be like,
00:07:01Hey, would you want to write with this girl?
00:07:02So she was, like, championing me when nobody ever knew who she was.
00:07:06She was just trying to help me.
00:07:09Like, me and Madeline were dancing on Jackson Dean's bus, and we were just, like, dancing, and we were just
00:07:13having a conversation like this.
00:07:15I think a lot of people have thought our relationship was dangerous.
00:07:22You know, they're best friends.
00:07:23Like, anything could happen and then shit his fan.
00:07:26But, uh, we just worked through it.
00:07:27To me, that's what makes it even better is our friendship, because, like, no matter what, we're going to work
00:07:32through it.
00:07:36I'm, like, a facts person.
00:07:38And I'm a feelings person.
00:07:39Yeah.
00:07:40So when you mix those two things together, you're going to get to some arguments every now and then.
00:07:45We were playing a show in Tuscaloosa.
00:07:47It really wasn't that bad.
00:07:48No, it was bad.
00:07:50Okay, well...
00:07:50Because I remember banging on that guitar.
00:07:52Okay, well, I was like, I've got to leave, and then she was like...
00:07:55I was like, did I sound okay or something?
00:07:57And I was like, oh, I've got to get mom's approval, you know?
00:07:59You said something like, you sounded like shit.
00:08:01I turned to leave, and then I remember we saw it.
00:08:03And then I got to after, and I was like...
00:08:05We had a scene!
00:08:07We had a scene in the middle of the bar.
00:08:09So everybody saw it.
00:08:10I was like, no!
00:08:11Tell me to my face, what?
00:08:13I'm embarrassed.
00:08:14Well, and it really, like, nobody remembers.
00:08:17And I'm probably the only one that ever thought about it.
00:08:20Nobody remembers.
00:08:21But, thankfully...
00:08:25Hold on.
00:08:26Wow, that is an accident waiting to happen.
00:08:28Look at our organized...
00:08:30Like, that's our life right there, just hanging on by a thread.
00:08:32Literally.
00:08:45There's Lani, the musician, and there's Lani, the celebrity.
00:08:48But she has this whole other second job she has to do.
00:08:52She views that as, if I do the second job, it helps the first job.
00:08:56If I do this, and this becomes successful, it makes this part more successful, exposes me to more people, we
00:09:04can play bigger shows, I can take care of my people better, we can pay everybody more, we can, you
00:09:08know?
00:09:08It's a constant climb and a constant interchange that just doesn't end.
00:09:15I heard country's cool again, folks.
00:09:21When you're on the road, when you're on the road, it is hard to remember where you're at.
00:09:29There's been moments right before I hit the stage where I have to ask my tour manager, where are we?
00:09:39It is a whirlwind.
00:09:40You get to live, like, ten years in one year.
00:09:43I was born to put a song on the ground, these kind of moves, yeah, they show don't grow up,
00:09:51even if they talk to you, my hook to draw.
00:09:56So Grammy Noms came out for Best Country Album.
00:09:59Yep.
00:10:00And it's us.
00:10:01Chris Stapleton.
00:10:02Stapleton.
00:10:03Post Malone.
00:10:04Beyonce.
00:10:05And...
00:10:06Facing Musgraves.
00:10:07Yep.
00:10:07Pretty crazy.
00:10:12We have to get seven outfits.
00:10:14Yeah.
00:10:14Multiple CMA hosting outfits, a carpet outfit, a performance outfit, and then the Dallas Cowboy cheerleader look.
00:10:27I've always loved, like, throwback clothes.
00:10:30They made me feel like I could do anything.
00:10:33A little bit of, like, a superhero costume.
00:10:38Had been here in Nashville for a while, I realized you can't just be a decent singer-songwriter as a
00:10:45female.
00:10:46What else are you going to do to get somebody's attention?
00:10:48For me, it wasn't putting on a strappy bikini and shorts going up my butt.
00:10:53I just couldn't.
00:10:54And so, it was bell-bottoms.
00:10:58The way that I dressed was kind of how I sounded, and the way that I sounded is kind of
00:11:01how I dressed.
00:11:02And it all just kind of ebbed and flowed that way.
00:11:13I grew up, like, watching Dolly.
00:11:16In my opinion, it's like the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and Dolly Parton.
00:11:20You know what I'm saying?
00:11:21She would hit all of these high notes, and her arm would go up with a note and then, like,
00:11:26come back down.
00:11:28I was studying.
00:11:29It was school for me.
00:11:32Trying to wrap my head around what is that moment that, like, brings people in and together and makes them
00:11:38feel like they're not alone.
00:11:40I knew it was my destiny.
00:11:42I'll never forget, like, that feeling that I got in the audience.
00:11:45Who can, who can just kill me?
00:11:48Call me!
00:11:49That's the feeling that I want when I write music, when I get on stage and pour my heart out.
00:11:55Who can, who can, who can, who can, who can.
00:12:05There's a feeling that I want when I write music, when I get on stage and pour my heart out.
00:12:16I was just saying that sun's over there, so I don't have his eyes, so I'm good.
00:12:24We're in Baskin, Louisiana.
00:12:26We're about 30 miles south of Monroe.
00:12:29I've lived here for 39 years.
00:12:31I've been here all my whole life.
00:12:33I was raised right down there.
00:12:36About a mile down the road.
00:12:49I've played music my whole life, you know, but not nothing fancy, just the guitar and piano.
00:12:57Laney could sing.
00:12:59She memorized the song Butterfly Kisses, and she sang that at her kindergarten graduation.
00:13:04Butterfly kisses with her mama there.
00:13:08In any way, I've got a box of stuff.
00:13:10I'm sorry.
00:13:10Excuse me.
00:13:11We'd love to see you.
00:13:12Go ahead.
00:13:12Can I get a box of stuff?
00:13:13Sure.
00:13:14Yeah, feel good.
00:13:14Do you know where it's at in there?
00:13:16I've got all kinds of stuff in that box.
00:13:17I said, do you know where it's at?
00:13:18It's in that container out there.
00:13:20The last box that I went and presented?
00:13:22I don't know about that.
00:13:24I think it's in the attic.
00:13:27It's in the attic.
00:13:28Let me run over here and get this while she's doing that.
00:13:31All right.
00:13:47As a kid, she was really kind, always kind.
00:13:53And she was one of these little girls that was, like, very sensitive.
00:13:57Diney.
00:14:00Music was a big part of my family.
00:14:03My daddy can play guitar by ear.
00:14:05And I just remember him sitting around the house and playing Hank Sr., Hey, Good Looking.
00:14:11My mama loves music.
00:14:13She loves to dance.
00:14:14Me and my mama and sister would make up dance routines while my daddy was picking on the guitar.
00:14:19It was the soundtrack of our lives.
00:14:25I remember, at five years old, feeling like, I think I feel more comfortable on stage than I do anywhere
00:14:32else.
00:14:36Me and my sister, we are very similar, but also very different.
00:15:05It's so wild how you can grow up to be so different, but be raised as close as we
00:15:11were.
00:15:16I like my name is Jenna Wilson.
00:15:18I'm from Vasco, Louisiana.
00:15:23You need a new keyboard.
00:15:25The letters don't need to show up.
00:15:28You just know what the letters are.
00:15:30I just made that you use it.
00:15:32I actually worked.
00:15:34Does this look legit?
00:15:36Yeah.
00:15:41It was like we never really compared our journeys.
00:15:45It's always been we have dreams and goals of our own, and we were going to do whatever we needed
00:15:49to do to get them.
00:15:52Welcome tonight, our beautiful homecoming queen of 2008, Ms. Jana Michelle Wilson.
00:15:58Having her as my sister really does help me keep a foot on the ground, because when I get to
00:16:03call back home and see them, I see how the simple things in life are what brings true happiness.
00:16:16When I go home and I get to play in the yard with them and jump on the trampoline, it
00:16:21definitely connects to my inner child.
00:16:25They don't love me because I'm Laney Wilson.
00:16:27They love me because I'm Wayney.
00:16:30I think just like I was called to do this, I feel it in my heart, too, that I was
00:16:36called to be a mama.
00:16:39That will really change things, because it won't be about just you anymore.
00:16:44And I think it'll be a good feeling for you.
00:16:47I think it'll make the job harder for everybody.
00:16:50I know.
00:16:52Pack it on your pen.
00:16:53Okay.
00:16:54I'm scared.
00:16:57I had this vision and this goal that, like, things were going to work out for me musically a lot
00:17:01quicker than they had, you know?
00:17:04I'm going to be married by the time I'm 25.
00:17:06I'm going to have kids by the time I'm 27, 28.
00:17:10And sometimes the Lord just has other plans.
00:17:14She does want a family, you know?
00:17:18But I don't know how she could go about having children and keep up that pace.
00:17:24Did you talk about getting your eggs frozen?
00:17:25No, but I can.
00:17:26Yeah, we can talk about that.
00:17:27Stay up.
00:17:29I'm going to freeze my eggs in April.
00:17:31I'm going to put them babies on ice.
00:17:32Just to make sure.
00:17:34Like, I'll probably be fine.
00:17:36I'm 32, but I just think I'd be a good mama.
00:17:39I think so, too.
00:17:42I want you to pull somebody close.
00:17:46Y'all, this record we put out, I'm showing a side of me that I didn't even know existed.
00:17:50I'm in a happy, healthy relationship with a man named Duck.
00:17:53You heard it, not Doug.
00:17:55Like, Duck.
00:17:56Like, B-U-C-K.
00:17:57Like, wank, wank.
00:17:58The Lord's got jokes.
00:17:59He's like, you ain't redneck enough, so I'm going to send you a man named Duck.
00:18:02I'm like, Lord help us.
00:18:04But he is such a great dude.
00:18:05He's my biggest cheerleader.
00:18:06During this crazy time of my life, during this crazy season, I keep my people close.
00:18:11And that's what this song is about right here.
00:18:13It's called 4 by 4 by 8.
00:18:15Woo!
00:18:31Steph, are we supposed to get a bunch of rain the rest of the week?
00:18:36Arkansas got pounded.
00:18:37They got, like, six, seven inches.
00:18:40Good duck water.
00:18:45My name's Duck.
00:18:46That's what everyone calls me.
00:18:47I won a world championship duckling contest when I was, like, 13 years old.
00:18:53And they're like, it's duck season, it's duck season.
00:18:55So that's kind of where it comes from.
00:18:59I've played football since I was five years old.
00:19:02I went to a small Division I school and was fortunate enough to make the Pittsburgh Steelers
00:19:07and was there for two years.
00:19:08My whole goal was to get to the NFL so I could buy me a truck and a duck hunting
00:19:13cabin.
00:19:13And that's what I did.
00:19:15Because I really do feel like the outdoors is, like, a good spiritual place.
00:19:19It's, like, my other version of church.
00:19:21Like, I can really, like, think about life and whatnot, so.
00:19:25Sorry, I'm interrupting you.
00:19:26Have you seen my cell phone?
00:19:27Uh, I have not.
00:19:30She loses that phone all the time.
00:19:32You outside, let me get a mix.
00:19:33We met just through mutual friends.
00:19:36I asked her to dinner one night.
00:19:39There's a little hole in the wall, like, on the water.
00:19:41I said, that's perfect.
00:19:44I felt like I'd known her for years, really.
00:19:46I knew that night, like, this was the person I was going to spend the rest of my life with.
00:19:49I really did.
00:19:51I believe that when the time's right, we'll do that.
00:19:54But I guess I need to ask her first.
00:19:57I need to ask her to marry me first.
00:19:58So we'll have a ring on my finger by then.
00:20:01Don't worry.
00:20:03I've got one now.
00:20:04Yeah.
00:20:05I ain't got it on me, though.
00:20:08But I got one.
00:20:09I probably had it for a month.
00:20:12Really?
00:20:12Yeah.
00:20:13I've got a month.
00:20:13You have no idea.
00:20:14I actually don't have a clue.
00:20:15Oh, this is great.
00:20:15I don't have a clue.
00:20:23The wheel stops spinning completely if I'm not songwriting.
00:20:27Because no matter what, it always comes back to the music.
00:20:30Hello.
00:20:31Good to see y'all.
00:20:32Good to see y'all.
00:20:36I missed you.
00:20:40We back.
00:20:41We back, baby.
00:20:42All right.
00:20:43It's important for me to always be doing it.
00:20:45Finding time in my tour schedule and making sure that everybody's on the same page about
00:20:50how important it is.
00:20:52I'm always writing for another record.
00:20:55It was like a month before Whirlwind came out.
00:20:57And I felt like I had a handful of them.
00:20:59I was ready to go on with the next one.
00:21:01But I love Whirlwind so much.
00:21:03I want it to live its life.
00:21:04I want to give it its moment, you know?
00:21:06Texting my mom, I think I found me a keeper.
00:21:09And he ain't a something-something.
00:21:11Hell, he ain't a cheater.
00:21:12Had to kiss a bunch of frogs to find a duck kind of thing.
00:21:15Yeah.
00:21:16We put that in there somewhere.
00:21:17I love that.
00:21:18Or maybe it's like, ooh, for you, man.
00:21:20Oh, that's nice, too.
00:21:24Didn't have no money, but it's like we hit the lotto.
00:21:25That's pretty cool.
00:21:26Like we were broke as shit, but like broke as a joke, but it didn't hit the lotto.
00:21:31Now we hit the lotto.
00:21:32That was the night we met.
00:21:33At Silverado's.
00:21:34At Silverado's.
00:21:35That's where you're hanging out there.
00:21:36I was broke.
00:21:37I was so broke when we met.
00:21:39Yeah.
00:21:39And he thought I was doing a little bit better than I was.
00:21:41But a few weeks after we met, my sister had to Venmo me a couple hundred bucks so I could
00:21:46get at Taco Bell a few times a week.
00:21:48So, wandered on downtown to Silverado's.
00:21:51The Silverado's crowd was line dancing.
00:21:53We were clicking bottles.
00:21:54Damn, it kind of felt like we hit the lotto.
00:21:57Free beer from five to ten.
00:21:59I knew whenever I had written my first song that I loved how it made me feel when I was
00:22:05in the middle of writing the song, when I was coming up with the idea, feeling like,
00:22:08man, I created something from nothing.
00:22:09How cool is that?
00:22:11And I knew that that feeling was so special that I couldn't completely let it go.
00:22:14And I think that's why I knew it was my calling.
00:22:18I feel like we're writing a record but not even trying to.
00:22:23Yeah.
00:22:23And that is a good feeling.
00:22:24Yeah.
00:22:25Like, I think we're just going to kind of mess around and end up writing a record.
00:22:28It's just so therapeutic for me.
00:22:31You've got to be taking care of your mind.
00:22:36Yeah, I have a three-therapist.
00:22:37I just thought about that.
00:22:39That's great.
00:22:39I have two right now, so I'm three.
00:22:42I just started going to therapy in, like, the last couple months.
00:22:46Honestly, kind of growing up, I felt like I won't ever see a therapist.
00:22:50Yeah.
00:22:50A little bit taboo.
00:22:51It was.
00:22:52It was.
00:22:53For me, songwriting has taken care of my mind.
00:23:03When Laney started off doing records, she would record on a CD, and then I'd burn the records
00:23:13for her and make the labels.
00:23:15She did always sing, and then she would enter any contest, and she would win.
00:23:25Because of how much that my family believed in me, that made me feel like I could believe
00:23:31in myself.
00:23:33Because my mama was a teacher, it was almost like she was a facilitator type thing, and
00:23:37kind of like a coach.
00:23:38She tried to help me as much as she possibly could, and would look for opportunity for
00:23:43me.
00:23:43She's going to come out in just a minute, so don't go anywhere.
00:23:47Y'all make sure y'all hang out, and then later on, she'll be signing an autograph for
00:23:51you, okay?
00:23:52All right!
00:23:53I wanted to do it all, and she wanted me to do it all.
00:23:56She knew that I could do it.
00:23:58Third time to sing it, right?
00:24:15And I knew it made my parents proud to see me, like, singing the new songs that I wrote
00:24:19and things like that, so of course it made me want to do it more, because I wanted them
00:24:23to be proud.
00:24:24And I still catch myself doing that now.
00:24:26Like, when something great happens or whatever, like, I want to call them and tell them, hey,
00:24:32like, because I want them to be proud, which can be a rough thing at times, too, you know?
00:24:40It looked good.
00:24:42Pulling out the driveway, hit up with a freeway, I can't do it!
00:24:46That's the reason why I think now's the time for you to take boys' lessons.
00:24:50Right now, I can just, I just know it's time.
00:24:53My mama took me, and my daddy figured out how to get us there.
00:24:55It was a team effort, and my sister was just mad as hell that she even had to go home
00:24:59for the ride.
00:25:07All right, y'all have to help me rock out to Best of All Worlds.
00:25:10Here we go.
00:25:12I toured as Hannah Montana, and I did three or four birthday parties a weekend.
00:25:17Well, a lot of the times, I would open the show as Laney Wilson, and then I would run
00:25:22behind a tree or whatever it was and put on my Hannah Montana get-up.
00:25:26So I did that from eighth grade to twelfth grade.
00:25:28I was driving around when I didn't even have a license to do that.
00:25:32Several times a week, I was going and playing at random things, whether it was the Walmart
00:25:37grand opening or the grand opening of the convenience store down the road, or going to the nursing
00:25:42home and singing for my mamaw and her buddies, and any place that would let me perform, I
00:25:47would go do it.
00:25:48A lot of my friends every weekend were going down to LSU to watch the ballgames, and I was
00:25:54always busy playing music.
00:25:55And for me, that was like an easy choice.
00:25:58It wasn't about like the little bit of money that I was making.
00:26:01It was just about because I loved it.
00:26:04My favorite part of the night?
00:26:08Y'all know what time it is.
00:26:12Do you want to be Caldera of the night?
00:26:14Come on, get up here.
00:26:18What's your name?
00:26:20Do you want to be Caldera of the night?
00:26:23It's real easy.
00:26:25All you got to do is repeat after me, okay?
00:26:27Say, I am beautiful.
00:26:29I am beautiful.
00:26:31I am smart.
00:26:33I am smart.
00:26:34I can do anything.
00:26:35I can do anything.
00:26:36And I'm Caldera of the night.
00:26:39And I'm Caldera of the night.
00:26:44I think it is so important to remind these little girls of their self-worth.
00:26:51It's for that kid on that stage.
00:26:53It's also for the kids in the back row.
00:26:56I want them to see that.
00:26:57I want them to see how brave that little girl is on stage repeating these things out loud.
00:27:02I think words are powerful.
00:27:03And I think what you say, you start believing.
00:27:06That's why it's so important to try your best not to speak negatively to yourself.
00:27:10I've done it.
00:27:11It ain't fun.
00:27:13And so it's like I'm teaching them, but every single night I'm getting to teach myself too.
00:27:18I think it's like I'm teaching them.
00:27:23It's gonna drive through the bus.
00:27:26Bust all trees in the gasoline.
00:27:29And that whole highway holds your key.
00:27:33It's gonna love the time in the sea.
00:27:36And I'm just telling you how I'm feeling.
00:27:39And I'm just telling you how I'm feeling.
00:27:43Bust all the time in the sea.
00:27:53Bust all the time in the sea.
00:27:58Bust all the time in the sea.
00:27:59Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:00Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:02Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:04Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:07Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:11Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:12Bust all the time in the sea.
00:28:31You know, Tim McGraw grew up right down the road from me.
00:28:33No way.
00:28:34I wrote him a letter when I was in high school, too.
00:28:40Let me see if I can find it.
00:28:41But dear Mr. Tim McGraw, my name is Lainey Wilson from Franklin Parish, Baskin, Louisiana.
00:28:53I am 18 years old and have just entered my first semester at Louisiana Delta Community College of Monroe to
00:28:59pursue a nursing degree.
00:29:02I have been writing songs since I was nine years old.
00:29:04When you listen to my CD, I want you to know that this is a sample of what I write.
00:29:10I have many others and they are just as good.
00:29:12Oh, humble.
00:29:14Please consider meeting with me and my family.
00:29:18Singing, writing, and performing are the most important things in my life.
00:29:21All I need is the opportunity and I can do the rest.
00:29:25Sincerely, Lainey Wilson.
00:29:37So, this little booklet, I'm embarrassed.
00:29:40This little booklet, I made when I was like 15 years old.
00:29:45Somebody told me, they were like, if you go to Nashville, you need to have proof that you've like done
00:29:50stuff, you know.
00:29:51And so, I put this little portfolio together.
00:29:53I did it in like table of contents.
00:29:55I got my shows, community service, Nashville Bound, and a Hannah Montana impersonator.
00:30:012008 Honky Tonk Talent Search winner.
00:30:03Oracle Miss Idol.
00:30:05Here's a good picture of me and Jerry right here.
00:30:08There was this guy named Jerry Cupid from Baskin.
00:30:11He had this dream to move to Nashville and be a songwriter-producer.
00:30:16My grandfather gave him some money to move to Nashville and get started in the late 70s.
00:30:21Every single time he would come back to Baskin, he would stop by my house.
00:30:25And even at nine years old, he was like listening to the songs that I was writing.
00:30:29And he'd be like, okay, if you're writing about that blue truck, well, how fast does that truck go?
00:30:33What does that truck make you feel like?
00:30:35He would ask me questions that would get my wheels turning.
00:30:40You can look, but you can't touch.
00:30:42If you do, I'll kick your butt.
00:30:45You know, I always told him, I was like, I'm going to move to Nashville.
00:30:48And he's like, okay, well, you just let me know when you're ready, and I will help you any way
00:30:51that I can.
00:30:52And so, 2011 rolled around.
00:30:55I was in college, and I decided I'm going to move up there.
00:31:00And Jerry let me park my Flagstaff bumper pull camper trailer in his studio parking lot
00:31:07and hook up to the side of his studio for free.
00:31:10I used to drive up right here, and I'd park at an angle.
00:31:15And then I started getting lazy, and I started parking in grass.
00:31:18And Jerry got mad.
00:31:19I was like, quit parking in my grass.
00:31:21I had to be halfway insane to be in the predicament that I was in and to think that this
00:31:27could be my reality.
00:31:29I would wake up, and most days, when he was feeling good, go in here and write songs
00:31:35and then go and get me a bag of chips and a Slim Jim, go to bed and do it
00:31:42all over again.
00:31:45Jerry taught me how to write a song.
00:31:48We wrote 300-plus songs together.
00:31:51He got me up and running like a well-oiled songwriting machine.
00:31:55Like, I knew how to write a song after my time with him.
00:31:59This is where I'd do my vocals in here when we were cutting a record.
00:32:02This is where some of my first music was made.
00:32:05Sounds good in here.
00:32:07Sounds good.
00:32:08What?
00:32:09Come on in.
00:32:11He had a bone disease that ended up turning into cancer.
00:32:16It was about year two of me living in my camper next to his studio that we realized, like,
00:32:22oh, no, this is not good.
00:32:23That's when I knew that he's probably, you know, not going to make it much longer,
00:32:28and he told me, he said, I want you to, I want you to keep going.
00:32:34And then he passed away.
00:32:42And I just felt lost and lonely and scared, and it was a very, honestly, like a dark season of
00:32:50my life.
00:32:51I didn't know which way to go.
00:32:54I didn't know who to turn to, but I still knew that this was my calling, and I knew that
00:33:00I wasn't going to pack it up and go home.
00:33:02I knew that I needed to stick it out, and I honestly kind of felt like I owed it to
00:33:06myself, but I also owed it to him.
00:33:08This is where I got people to write, like, references.
00:33:12So Jerry wrote,
00:33:27That's pretty cool.
00:33:30He spoke it.
00:33:32Like, when you were making me around, when you were knocking on doors, could you ever say, here's my CD
00:33:36and here's my portfolio?
00:33:37Yeah, I used to go, I printed up a bunch of these and just put in new people's mailboxes.
00:33:43I, like, burned a bunch of CDs, and I'd walk up and down the music room and just see, like,
00:33:49who would, I mean, most people wouldn't answer the door.
00:33:51I had a few people saying the door in my face, but then I'd go on to the next one.
00:33:58I definitely did have moments where I was thinking to myself, what in the world am I doing?
00:34:03Like, this is a lot harder than I ever thought it was going to be, because honestly, it kind of
00:34:07felt like it was just getting harder and harder and harder and harder.
00:34:10But it's really nice to find people who wanted it like I did.
00:34:15Ooh, that was fun.
00:34:20We're all coming from some semblance of the same experience.
00:34:23Like, I worked really hard in the gutter in a punk band, the same way the Nolans worked really hard
00:34:27in a gutter in their rock band.
00:34:30The same way Sav worked really hard in the gutter in her handy band.
00:34:33We've all been through that stuff, and we all know how much we need the support of the people immediately
00:34:38around us to get through that.
00:34:41There he is.
00:34:46We have played flatbed trailers.
00:34:49We've played this white trash bash on the river in Peoria, Illinois.
00:34:54We have played in the back of trucks.
00:35:00I played on top of an air conditioning unit at Daddy's Dogs, and that was only in 2020.
00:35:05I don't know if I'm more excited about playing a show in real life person right now or the dang
00:35:09hot dogs.
00:35:10My payment was I got a gold card for free hot dogs the rest of my entire life, and that
00:35:16was one of the biggest flexes I will ever have.
00:35:19Like, this is the shit that every DIY musician is going to relate to.
00:35:29We would be going to do a three-hour cover show, and there's a mechanical bull in the back of
00:35:33the room that's more interesting than what's happening on stage.
00:35:35Or if it's a bad night, there's 40 people there, and they're all drunk, cuddling around the bar.
00:35:38Nobody's listening.
00:35:40You know, I saw a lot of people come into this town and go out of this town.
00:35:44A lot of people are like, oh, man, I've got to go on and find something else.
00:35:49And I can absolutely understand why.
00:35:52But I had already dedicated my whole life to it.
00:35:59Lanny was sitting down every day, all day, talking with radio people, and they switched to a new single, which
00:36:04was Things of Man or No.
00:36:05And yeah, I know, boy, who gave up and got it wrong.
00:36:12If you really love a woman, you don't let her go.
00:36:18I know when you're playing, so man on the moon.
00:36:24The song went number one, and we had a little celebration in the green room.
00:36:28Happy number one to you.
00:36:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, there you go.
00:36:36Cute, that's really fucking cute.
00:36:39I asked Lanny that night, you got a number one, like, what do we do next?
00:36:44Like, what's your next goal?
00:36:45What do you want?
00:36:46She was like, I want three more in a year.
00:36:49And I was like, in my mind, just going like, that's completely insane.
00:36:53Like, what are you talking about?
00:36:54And then it happened.
00:36:59So many things that I never thought would happen for me or for her or for whatever.
00:37:04She just speaks into existence, it seems.
00:37:07And I know that that obviously goes hand in hand with how hard she works.
00:37:11Whatever thing you want to believe is, like, makes the universe move differently around certain people, she's one of those
00:37:17people.
00:37:21So, like, this is our tracker with everything.
00:37:25All of our shows, all of our, like, shoots and announces and brands, PR, styling and wardrobe.
00:37:33We've got photo shoots.
00:37:35That gives me heart palpitations.
00:37:37No, it shouldn't.
00:37:39You should breathe even because we have all this in one place.
00:37:42I get anxious when I see how much there is to be done.
00:37:46That's what makes me anxious.
00:37:47Like, when I look at my calendar, but, like, I'm a lot better than I used to be.
00:37:55I would look, like, eight months ahead and then go, like, how am I going to get to eight months,
00:38:01you know?
00:38:02I have feared overexposure.
00:38:05I think it's because I'm tired of myself kind of thing, you know what I'm saying?
00:38:09I feel like I have to do so many things where I'm talking about me, me, me, me, me, that
00:38:13I'm, like, I can't imagine how some people feel if they're just scrolling and they just say me, me, me,
00:38:17me, me.
00:38:18Like, I get nervous about that feeling.
00:38:20I get nervous about, is anybody going to still care in 10 years?
00:38:23They should, but I more get fearful about, like, people's just, like, behavior and short attention spans.
00:38:30I'm always, like, thinking about, like, what's next, which is probably why I struggle with a little bit of anxiety.
00:38:37Because, what, they say depression is past and anxiety is the future.
00:38:42So about how long of a thing is it?
00:38:44Fifteen minutes.
00:38:45Fifteen.
00:38:45It's like that Spotify album playback.
00:38:48Got it, where I just kind of talk in between.
00:38:49Yeah.
00:38:51So they cannot see me?
00:38:53Correct.
00:38:54Thank God.
00:38:58Now you're in the waiting room, like everybody else.
00:39:00They hear that when they enter.
00:39:03All right, let me figure out how to speak.
00:39:05What's going on, y'all?
00:39:07It's Laney Wilson.
00:39:08I'm so glad y'all are hanging out with us.
00:39:11Y'all ready to listen to some songs together?
00:39:13Now you're going to hear Hang Tight Honey that I got to play on Yellowstone last night.
00:39:18Y'all know what this one's about.
00:39:19Crank it up.
00:39:23That's great.
00:39:28Great.
00:39:30Great.
00:39:32It's something to do with my frequency.
00:39:34Well, don't be so frequent.
00:39:37I'm like...
00:39:40There's so much work that has to be put in to collect the little pennies here and there
00:39:46that it's almost like you can't even collect all your money if you don't have enough money
00:39:49to pay for the admin.
00:39:50Songwriters cannot make a living.
00:39:52What is it like for every stream?
00:39:54Let's see what it's at now.
00:39:55It used to be like 0.0009, like almost a tenth of a penny.
00:40:05Okay, 0.003 to 0.008 per stream.
00:40:09But that's the whole songwriter piece.
00:40:12Then if you have multiple writers and multiple publishers.
00:40:15Split.
00:40:16You're not going to be able to like even survive.
00:40:19It's like you've got to kind of be everywhere.
00:40:22Touring's the main bulk of it, but like brand partnerships.
00:40:26We had a brand shoot for American Greetings.
00:40:29Mark it.
00:40:30And we did those little like smash-ups where the singer says her names.
00:40:34She sang over a thousand names.
00:40:36Listen.
00:40:36So Alexis, celebrate.
00:40:39So Alexis, you better get ready to party.
00:40:43Listen.
00:40:44I sang a thousand names.
00:40:45How long was I singing?
00:40:46For 14 hours?
00:40:47So Alice, you better get ready to party.
00:40:51Listen.
00:40:52So Brian, you better get ready.
00:40:55So Shannon, you better get ready.
00:40:58So Shaq, so Shaq, so Zoe.
00:41:01You better get ready to party.
00:41:04That is it.
00:41:07By the time that was over, I felt like my brain was fried, died, and laid to the side.
00:41:12The celebrity-ism of it is just like our version of marketing for it.
00:41:17It's always about selling it.
00:41:18But like all the stuff that makes a show, like we carry that.
00:41:22It's a circus.
00:41:23And so you pay for it every day.
00:41:25And the trucks that they ride in.
00:41:26And even the cases that the equipment rides in.
00:41:28And just everything goes into a box, into a bigger box, into a bigger box.
00:41:32Yes, we're paying for lots of boxes.
00:41:35Yeah.
00:41:36We have lots of people to feed.
00:41:38Yes.
00:41:39Lots of people.
00:41:40But all of this, like, lets her kind of do, have freedom to do what she wants on the music
00:41:46side.
00:41:47Um, so that's nice.
00:41:50I wrote this song years ago.
00:41:55Probably like three years ago.
00:41:57Mm-hmm.
00:41:58Or more.
00:41:58And then Charlie Warshaw, who's played on some of my records, I'm a big ol' fan of.
00:42:07Recorded it.
00:42:08So I'm just going to go sing harmony.
00:42:23I like that.
00:42:33Yeah, that was awesome.
00:42:33I like that.
00:42:36Well, I think they like the high one.
00:42:39I just want to make sure we have one we like.
00:42:41Oh, yeah.
00:42:43Oh, let's do that.
00:42:43Yeah, yeah.
00:42:44100%.
00:42:44Here we go.
00:42:45Oh, somebody let's go.
00:42:48Somebody holds on.
00:42:50You fall out of love.
00:42:53Hearts break right in tune.
00:42:56You think they break even.
00:43:15That was awesome, though.
00:43:16I love how you did a little extra piece of gasp there.
00:43:21Just because I was unsure where to go.
00:43:23It was nice, though.
00:43:24And then I changed my mind.
00:43:25I was like, come back down.
00:43:26It's really good, though.
00:43:27I would just do you on that.
00:43:29I was telling him it's very, like, predictable to cut the background vocals for the breakdown,
00:43:33but, like, it's my two favorite voices in country-western music.
00:43:37Why the fuck would we do that?
00:43:38Right?
00:43:39Except for Chris Stapleton.
00:43:40Have y'all heard him?
00:43:41Who?
00:43:41Chris Stapleton.
00:43:42Sounds familiar.
00:43:43If he can sing the phone book in it, it would be great.
00:43:47Honestly, a lot of the collaborations that I have done have come from, like, real friendships
00:43:52with people.
00:43:52You know, artists like Post.
00:43:54I love these.
00:43:56Where'd you find them?
00:43:57Internet.
00:43:58I like them.
00:43:59You hearing yourself okay?
00:44:00Yep, I hear myself.
00:44:01Let me hear you.
00:44:02Oh, no.
00:44:04Let me get just a little bit more Post.
00:44:06Oh, no.
00:44:07There we go.
00:44:08Baby, don't waste your time on me.
00:44:13I'm so damaged, baby.
00:44:15I'm so damaged.
00:44:16Jelly Roll, he had put the song Save Me Out, and he asked me if I wanted to be a
00:44:21part
00:44:21of it.
00:44:21I just thought it would be cool to kind of, like, give the woman's perspective, point
00:44:25of view with that song.
00:44:28Hey, it's Rainbow.
00:44:29Miranda.
00:44:30And Laney.
00:44:30Our new song Trailblazer is out right now.
00:44:33Tap the link below to listen.
00:44:35Hey, it's Rainbow.
00:44:36Miranda.
00:44:38All the collaborations that we've done have to feel, like, organic.
00:44:46Y'all ready?
00:44:47Groups I'm done are here, and we're getting to do this song together.
00:44:51My heroes come out here and be a guest at my show.
00:44:54It means a lot to me.
00:44:59It's kind of like a weird sense of peace about it that I get to call these people who I
00:45:05admire
00:45:05and the folks that have inspired me, like, I get to call them friends now.
00:45:10That's it, Clark.
00:45:12I'm a fool, fool, fool, baby.
00:45:14Looking for honey.
00:45:16I, ooh, ooh.
00:45:18Oh, play something country.
00:45:20Yay!
00:45:21It's kind of hard for me to wrap my head around, but I also know, like, I'm right where I'm
00:45:24supposed to be.
00:45:32We're going to eat a little bit of supper, and I'll call you right back.
00:45:35You got anything you want to say?
00:45:37You got anything you want to share?
00:45:39I'm good.
00:45:41You ain't got nothing to say about me.
00:45:48It's bad time for me.
00:45:49Okay, bye.
00:45:51I'm ready to get to camera shy.
00:45:53He does.
00:45:54He's like, oh, you're going to put me on the spot, and then I can't talk?
00:45:56I forgot to have a talk.
00:45:57He is kind of a hard shell to crack at first.
00:46:00Yeah.
00:46:00He has a wall up.
00:46:01For some reason, it's like, he don't trust easy.
00:46:04Yeah.
00:46:04I don't know where that comes from.
00:46:06I don't know, but I'm glad he has that.
00:46:10You want my sandwich?
00:46:19Hey, baby.
00:46:20What's going on?
00:46:23Hey, Willie.
00:46:23Hippie.
00:46:24Hippie.
00:46:25I got salmon, and I got steaks.
00:46:27So we could do either.
00:46:30I'll do it for him.
00:46:31I got baked potatoes.
00:46:32You ain't got cookies for after?
00:46:38I think one of the things that makes our relationship so special is both of us worked really hard at
00:46:45young ages to reach this goal that really kind of seems impossible.
00:46:50I mean, he dedicated his life to football.
00:46:53He knows what it's like to work something from the ground up.
00:46:58And it's crazy, because when we met, you know, he was coming out of football, and I was starting to
00:47:03kind of ramp up into music.
00:47:04We were able to, like, ebb and flow and understand with these careers.
00:47:08I mean, you have ups and you have downs, and it's about just, like, riding that wave out.
00:47:14Who's been ducking solid for a month now?
00:47:17No.
00:47:18Yes, you have.
00:47:19I've been home.
00:47:21You've been home probably three days in the past month.
00:47:23No, we, it's only the 13th.
00:47:27What about Christmas and the holidays?
00:47:28You started going out there around that time.
00:47:31About a week or so before Christmas, you were out there.
00:47:33Yeah, I was out there for a few days.
00:47:38It's time for it to be over.
00:47:40That's what I say about August when you've been on the road with music.
00:47:45Yep.
00:47:47It definitely gets hard, but, again, it's a choice.
00:47:50It's a choice, and we choose each other every single time.
00:47:54I don't think that I would be able to navigate this life and a love life and everything with anybody
00:48:03else.
00:48:04Poke holes in it?
00:48:05Yes!
00:48:06Who taught you that?
00:48:07This ain't my first time baking a potato.
00:48:09Lord.
00:48:10We have rough patches, but this is the healthiest relationship that I have ever been in.
00:48:18He showed me what, like, a real relationship is supposed to be, unconditional love, and what real love is.
00:48:25It would be very difficult if I was, like, starting over right now and trying to find my person that,
00:48:32like, genuinely loved Laney and not Laney Wilson.
00:48:35We're the watermelon moonshine.
00:48:39We kept the bird with a bit of love.
00:48:42There's maybe nothing like the first time.
00:48:46Mine's always gonna taste like watermelon moonshine.
00:48:59I stockpiled my TikTok drafts this morning.
00:49:01Uh-huh.
00:49:02Look at this stupid shit.
00:49:04I'm not proud of it, I'll tell you that.
00:49:07Oh, gosh.
00:49:08Who am I?
00:49:08What am I doing?
00:49:10I don't know.
00:49:18I should have both of that one.
00:49:20I kind of learned this.
00:49:23That's where Laney Wilson, for a moment.
00:49:25I am.
00:49:26Laney Wilson.
00:49:27Yes, very nice to meet you, Laney.
00:49:29Nice to meet y'all.
00:49:30How you doing, man?
00:49:31Stuart from behind.
00:49:32Laney.
00:49:32Kim Kardashian got nothing on you.
00:49:34Oh, come on now.
00:49:37Come on, baby.
00:49:40I want to bring up my friend, Mr. Zach Tuck.
00:49:43Get on up here, brother.
00:49:45Tell him what we got in common.
00:49:46And her big booties.
00:49:47Our big booties.
00:49:49Oh!
00:50:02What year did my butt go viral?
00:50:04That was 2022.
00:50:06I can't even scroll on TikTok on my For You page without seeing my fat butt on everything.
00:50:13I could get up for a little while.
00:50:15Hate her all out.
00:50:16You're a little to the blame.
00:50:17Drunk and rock.
00:50:18Even to the neon sun.
00:50:20Give me me some more.
00:50:22She was like, ha-ha, this is funny.
00:50:23And then I was like, well, is this funny?
00:50:25And yes, this is funny.
00:50:26Let me make this meme of you on a dump truck in front of you on a driver's license.
00:50:31Yeah, we win with it.
00:50:32Whatever brings the people in.
00:50:33But I'm just letting y'all know, go check out my record, Bell Bottom Country.
00:50:37Happy to have you either way.
00:50:40What happened to that backdoor turd cutter you had?
00:50:43Uncle Timmy, why are you worried about my turd cutter?
00:50:46Worry about your own.
00:50:47It was the most epic.
00:50:49She thought it was epic.
00:50:50Yeah.
00:50:50I mean, whatever.
00:50:51It had nothing to do with my music.
00:50:52But the music could always back it up.
00:50:54Like, people would, like, make a comment about how she looked or whatever was going viral.
00:50:58And then they'd be like, and the music's actually really good.
00:51:01I can't keep trying to keep up the tones.
00:51:04I can't keep trying to keep up the tones.
00:51:06I can't keep trying to keep up the tones.
00:51:09I can't keep trying to keep up the tones.
00:51:10I can't keep trying to keep up the tones.
00:51:12I can't believe that that was a moment that kind of steered people towards my music.
00:51:16But I also was like, oh, what's got to play?
00:51:19He must have gave me that don for a reason.
00:51:41We're going to go up to the rooftop level in about 8.30.
00:51:45I'm just going to start kind of forming a line.
00:51:47But take your time, because we're going to make sure that we get through everybody.
00:51:50So eat, drink up, and enjoy yourself.
00:51:53I can't feel at home here.
00:51:55So thank you so much.
00:52:02Last year, we did a 14-hour meet and greet at the bar.
00:52:06And I met 1,111 people that day.
00:52:12And we went through the entire line.
00:52:16I feel like almost every single person that came through the line that day, like, had
00:52:21something to say that meant something.
00:52:24Because my fans really, like, they lay it on me.
00:52:26The good, the bad, and the ugly, and I love it.
00:52:28And one fan, you know, might say that, you know, they want to be a singer, too.
00:52:33And they learned how to play the song on a guitar.
00:52:35And the next fan might come through and say, like, I was thinking about taking my own life.
00:52:42And your song came on and stopped me.
00:52:45So it, at times, can be a little bit of, like, a mental, just, like, a lot to take in.
00:52:50Um, it's important for me to, um, to wrap my arms around them and, and let them know that
00:53:00there's more to life.
00:53:03Sometimes people just want to be heard and seen.
00:53:07But it's not mine to carry.
00:53:08Because I had gotten into a bad habit of just letting it stack up and stack up and stack up.
00:53:14And then, then I can't do the job that I need to do.
00:53:18I absolutely do, like, soak up people's energy.
00:53:20I can't help it.
00:53:22I can't help it.
00:53:23But those are the things that put a lot into perspective for me.
00:53:26And I think about them when I'm writing music.
00:53:31When are we going to cut this next record?
00:53:33Madeline's, she's going to have a heart attack when I call her today.
00:53:36And tell her that you want to make the next record.
00:53:38She already knows I do.
00:53:40She's like, you know how much press and everything goes in behind it?
00:53:43And I said, I'm telling you.
00:53:44But I really think there's something so special about these songs that it's not going to take
00:53:48as much press.
00:53:50I think it's just going to be like, these are some things that I wrote.
00:53:53Yep.
00:53:54Let's do a few interviews.
00:53:56Carry on.
00:53:57Yeah.
00:53:57I feel that strong about it.
00:53:59And maybe I'm naive or just a dumbass.
00:54:02The songs that I'm writing right now are about the simple part of my life.
00:54:08Things that make me feel like the sister and daughter and friend and all of that.
00:54:14You know, I can't be writing music about a tour bus all the time.
00:54:18I can't be writing about things like the flashy part of my life.
00:54:23And to tell you the truth, I don't want to.
00:54:28Catfish shackled beer on the water.
00:54:31Catfish shack.
00:54:32Watching ducks on the water.
00:54:34Duck, you're going to like this song.
00:54:37Catfish shack feeding ducks on the water.
00:54:40Alabama son and a loony and a daughter.
00:54:42Summer he waved on, gave much hotter than a burn in that first kiss.
00:54:47Boy.
00:54:47Well, I do like hinting around to more of a wedding.
00:54:51I know we're saying it all good, but like since we're going with the barred and blue, like,
00:54:55might as well go for it, right?
00:54:57Yeah, yeah.
00:54:57Fair damn day's a tough one to find.
00:55:00I won't top it till we're tying that night at the altar.
00:55:03Doing that champagne harder to swallow.
00:55:06Hanging my honeymoon.
00:55:08Talk on a ticker.
00:55:10I don't want to change.
00:55:1124 more of you loving on me.
00:55:14I skip Christmas and the 4th of July back.
00:55:17Cross off the rest of the calendar I take.
00:55:20Yesterday, all day, every day, all of you for the rest of my life.
00:55:26Wandered on downtown to Silverado's.
00:55:29Crowd was line dancing and we were clicking bottles.
00:55:31Damn, it kind of felt like we done and hit the light of three.
00:55:34There from five to ten.
00:55:37Got me wishing I could live.
00:55:40Yesterday, all day, every day.
00:55:43Stuck in a loop like Monks and Tony.
00:55:45Talk on a ticker.
00:55:47I don't want to change.
00:55:4924 more of you loving on me.
00:55:51I skip Christmas and the 4th of July back.
00:55:54Cross off the rest of the calendar I take.
00:55:57Yesterday, all day, every day.
00:56:00All of you for the rest of my life.
00:56:04I think I'm going to ask her here in Nashville.
00:56:07I don't know exactly where.
00:56:08I got a few options.
00:56:09So I'm not really nervous yet.
00:56:10I'm excited.
00:56:11But maybe the day of I might be really nervous.
00:56:15I might be sweating and stuff.
00:56:16She may be like, what's wrong with you?
00:56:18So yesterday, all day, every day.
00:56:21All of you for the rest of my life.
00:56:24Yesterday, all day, every day.
00:56:28All of you for the rest of my life.
00:56:33This is it.
00:56:35You ready?
00:56:35Woo!
00:56:38Make sure it looks good.
00:56:40All right.
00:56:41I hope this does it.
00:56:49Oh, here she is.
00:56:50Let's see what she's doing.
00:56:51Hello?
00:56:53Hi.
00:56:54What are you doing?
00:56:57Getting home.
00:56:58Oh, shit.
00:56:59I'm running people off the road.
00:57:01Shit.
00:57:01I can't see.
00:57:05Lord.
00:57:07I think duck is incredible.
00:57:08And I think the world could use some more duck.
00:57:12Some more ducklings.
00:57:15I feel like I will have a family at some point in time.
00:57:18And, you know, I've been preparing for that.
00:57:21Just like people made me feel like when I first got to Nashville,
00:57:25that if I didn't do it in my early 20s,
00:57:28that I needed to go on and hang it up.
00:57:30That's kind of how society can make you feel with having kids.
00:57:35And I have absolutely felt that pressure.
00:57:38But thank goodness for egg retrieval.
00:57:41So I will be able to have that option.
00:57:45It's a process.
00:57:45I mean, it is hormonally insane.
00:57:48My heart goes out to all the women that have done it,
00:57:52that are planning to do it, that are still doing it.
00:57:55It was something I had been wanting to do for a few years, just in case.
00:57:59Because it is a dream of mine to be a mama.
00:58:08Let's have some fun.
00:58:10I like the way the pants move.
00:58:13I prefer the other look.
00:58:15Oh, it's hard to have too many good looks.
00:58:17Good problem to have, though.
00:58:18That is a good problem to have.
00:58:24Shall I wear a white shirt?
00:58:25I wear this?
00:58:26Let's see.
00:58:27This is one on your head.
00:58:29What?
00:58:30Popping around like a diamond pole.
00:58:31Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding
00:58:36And I'm bound to keep on riding
00:58:41And I've got one more silver dollar
00:58:46But I'm not going to let them get low
00:58:49Not going to let them cut you off and die
00:58:53You look like sunshine's coming at your ass.
00:58:57Very cool.
00:58:59Close your legs.
00:59:01And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing
00:59:06And the road goes on forever
00:59:10Very cool.
00:59:12But I got one more silver dollar
00:59:15Can we get some snacks in here?
00:59:18Are they going to have snacks at the rolls?
00:59:20Oh, it's a good question.
00:59:22It honestly never even crossed my mind
00:59:24that I would get nominated for a Grammy in general.
00:59:27And the Grammy goes to Laini Wilson.
00:59:30When we won Country Album of the Year
00:59:32with Bell Bottom Country
00:59:33It felt great.
00:59:35It felt like, man, okay, now I'm being acknowledged
00:59:37by a wide variety of peers.
00:59:41Woo!
00:59:41We're not going to Grammy tomorrow.
00:59:45Yeah, and?
00:59:48I mean, I actually really don't know, but I, it's...
00:59:50We're not gonna.
00:59:52I'm just trying to think, like,
00:59:53if the Lord parts the sea tomorrow...
00:59:58Because he's done that a few times.
01:00:02Just trying to figure out, like,
01:00:04if we're in that position,
01:00:06what am I going to share that I've never shared?
01:00:11I try not to put too much value in winning awards.
01:00:15You know, I accept it with a grateful
01:00:17and open heart and open mind.
01:00:20But what you have today might not exist tomorrow.
01:00:23And so it's gotta be a healthy relationship
01:00:25I have with these awards.
01:00:27Because they can easily be taken away.
01:00:58And the Grammy goes to Cowboy Carter.
01:01:14The night's over.
01:01:16Oh, yeah, take off the lashes, dude.
01:01:18I didn't win, but it was time for us to lose something.
01:01:22I walked over to Beyonce.
01:01:25She was so kind.
01:01:26We had a lot of great things to say to each other.
01:01:29And you could tell that we both had a respect for each other.
01:01:32It was like, I see you and you see me kind of thing.
01:01:35And she said, it means a lot that you walked over here and did that.
01:01:39I'm not one of the artists that's like, hey, you got to stay over there on your side.
01:01:42You know, like, that's not the way that I was raised.
01:01:45And also, when I think of country music, it's always been, welcome everybody with open arms.
01:01:53I need to just get through one more week.
01:01:55I'm just going to call you.
01:01:56I love you.
01:02:16What else did we need to do?
01:02:19Uh, Daniel said something about you signing stuff.
01:02:22Uh, when we sign up there, Mindy, uh, uh, let me ask Daniel.
01:02:32Daniel, I tell you what, I am sick as I don't.
01:02:35You want to try to, you want to try to get a nap, too, like a 30 minute nap.
01:02:40I mean, you didn't get my sleep.
01:02:43You sick all night.
01:02:45I thought it would be that may get you through the night.
01:02:51Of course, I'm going to have to stop the virus.
01:02:53That's all right.
01:02:55But I want to know you're sick once they watch the documentary.
01:03:07That's cool.
01:03:09What's up, y'all?
01:03:09How y'all doing?
01:03:10You doing all right, ma'am?
01:03:11Yeah.
01:03:12Yeah.
01:03:13Yeah.
01:03:24We're going to come back.
01:03:28She don't look happy.
01:03:31Hey, Laney.
01:03:37We just had a wardrobe malfunction.
01:03:39What happened here?
01:03:40What happened?
01:03:42I busted out on my britches.
01:03:44As soon as you know it's going to be a good night.
01:03:46These are not the pants I'm supposed to wear.
01:03:48These are the pants I've been wearing all day.
01:03:50You know what, borrow mine?
01:03:53Boo!
01:03:56Oh, here, it's our last, it's our last.
01:03:59It's our last date.
01:04:02Enjoyed it.
01:04:04It was great.
01:04:04It was good getting to know you.
01:04:07See you on the other side.
01:04:08All right, brother.
01:04:10She said, I told you, don't call him brother.
01:04:28I think I am a introverted extrovert.
01:04:32Because at the end of the day, when I need to collect myself
01:04:38and get some more energy together, I need to be by myself.
01:04:43I love people, but in order for me to, like, fill my cup back up,
01:04:48I need to, like, lock it down for a minute.
01:04:58I always love making people laugh.
01:05:01There's times when, like, I could be feeling bad about myself,
01:05:05and I feel like, at least if I'm, like, picking on myself,
01:05:09it's not going to hurt my feelings if other people are.
01:05:11You know, I'm like, well, let me get to it first.
01:05:14There was a time of my life when I definitely didn't feel as funny.
01:05:20And it was, it was just a few years ago.
01:05:24I honestly didn't know if I was ever going to be funny again.
01:05:33When did I start feeling like myself again?
01:05:40A couple years ago, it was wild.
01:05:44Everything I'd ever dreamed about kind of happened all at once.
01:05:50You know, when opportunities come at you and you didn't have any for so long,
01:05:54you want to just take them all.
01:05:55And I guess a little bit of that was probably fear
01:05:58that they weren't always going to be there.
01:05:59I think it went good. I don't really know.
01:06:02About to just throw me out.
01:06:05And I think, too, I was probably finding myself worse in what I was doing.
01:06:09The performer, the artist, the songwriter,
01:06:12the girl who's going and shaking everybody's hands
01:06:14and kissing everybody's babies,
01:06:17instead of...
01:06:19who I truly am.
01:06:21Are you feeling a little sick today, or...?
01:06:23Yeah.
01:06:24I got two IVs in the past 24 hours.
01:06:28I just feel tired.
01:06:29I feel like if I keep hammering it,
01:06:31I'm just gonna pack up myself in my life.
01:06:33Did you eat or won't eat?
01:06:34My mouth has cried.
01:06:36Woo!
01:06:37You good, honey?
01:06:37Yep.
01:06:38I'm so overstimulated.
01:06:39I'm just gonna sit here, like,
01:06:40and catch my breath.
01:06:42I'm turning my phone off.
01:06:44I'm just about peopled out right now.
01:06:46I think I was not feeling myself for a couple years.
01:06:48I had reached a point where I was just like,
01:06:51I don't know if I'll ever be the same.
01:06:53I was extremely anxious,
01:06:55and the anxiousness caused depression,
01:06:57and it's just like the depression caused more anxiousness,
01:07:00because I was like,
01:07:01why in the world am I depressed during this time of my life?
01:07:04This is everything I've ever wanted.
01:07:05I've always been so tired, but, like, I'm good.
01:07:09Yeah.
01:07:09I had several, several breakdowns, I guess you could say.
01:07:14I was just losing it.
01:07:15I was like, like, I don't know if I can, like, go any further.
01:07:20I remember you calling me crying from the airport, and...
01:07:24St. Louis Airport, I remember where I was,
01:07:25pushed up against that glass wall.
01:07:27I thought I was not gonna come back from that either.
01:07:30Yeah, she said, I can't stop crying.
01:07:32I think I'm losing my mind.
01:07:34She was a solid panic attack for, like, multiple days.
01:07:39And I had played shows and everything
01:07:40while I was having the panic attack.
01:07:42It was terrifying.
01:07:45It was a chemical imbalance happening.
01:07:47I was, like, spiraling out of control.
01:07:50And then it's like the fear of thinking
01:07:51that you're always gonna be stuck in that mindset
01:07:55causes more anxiety,
01:07:56and then causes, it's just like a vicious cycle.
01:07:59I think it is important for me at times
01:08:01to show people that, like,
01:08:03I don't have my shit altogether.
01:08:05First of all, I was putting so much pressure on myself
01:08:07to get it right, to be right, to be perfect,
01:08:11show up, sing the damn song, look good doing it,
01:08:14all of these things,
01:08:15to where it just, like, kept piling stress on top of me.
01:08:21And I think once I realized
01:08:23that I can't completely screw it up,
01:08:25like, say I hit a bad note, you know,
01:08:27say I don't look the best,
01:08:29I think just knowing that, like,
01:08:31I've found my place and I ain't going anywhere.
01:08:34I feel like now that I've, like,
01:08:35put my stake in the ground,
01:08:36it definitely takes some stress off.
01:09:02All the hardships that I've had,
01:09:04I feel like the words that I write
01:09:06are different because of that,
01:09:07and I feel like that's why I went through
01:09:10a lot of things that I did
01:09:12and that's why it took me as long as it did
01:09:13and all of those things
01:09:14is because I had not been through enough yet
01:09:16to tell the kind of stories
01:09:17that I was supposed to tell.
01:09:18I reached out to Reba probably about a year ago.
01:09:21I said, this is a loaded question,
01:09:23but what do you do when you feel like
01:09:25you can't go any further?
01:09:27And she said, I do it for somebody else.
01:09:31And that right there has put so much into perspective for me.
01:09:35I get on that stage and I do it for other people.
01:09:38This is not about you.
01:09:45Can I see your sign?
01:09:47Y'all look at this sign right here.
01:10:15We all know that North Carolina
01:10:18and a lot of other states have been through a lot,
01:10:22even parts of Georgia in the past few weeks.
01:10:27And, man, I'm getting emotional.
01:10:31But I just want to say,
01:10:37I know a lot of y'all probably are feeling a heartbreak
01:10:39for your friends and your family.
01:10:42And my heart is with y'all.
01:10:44My crew's heart is with y'all.
01:10:46We're going to lay it at his feet tonight.
01:10:49And that's what we're going to do.
01:10:53And we're going to have the time of our life.
01:10:55And I'm so thankful that y'all are here tonight.
01:11:00Any opportunity I get to make this
01:11:02about anything other than myself,
01:11:03I want to make it about other people.
01:11:05It makes my job a lot easier.
01:11:13Lainey, during that Atta Girl moment,
01:11:16a couple of songs before,
01:11:18this woman taps me.
01:11:20And she's like, Eric, Eric.
01:11:23And she's like, hey.
01:11:24I want to ask you, like,
01:11:25if you could try to get, like, a couple of photos
01:11:27of this daughter and this mom.
01:11:29This mom just found out that
01:11:31she has stage four cancer,
01:11:33and she doesn't have much longer to live,
01:11:35and so they're at this concert together.
01:11:37And who did you pick for Atta Girl?
01:11:40I'm like, are they still here?
01:11:41I'm like, are they still here?
01:11:41I know you're going to try and find them.
01:11:43Is the little girl from the front row,
01:11:45the cowgirl, that I still hear?
01:11:48Shit.
01:11:49Do you have a phone on her?
01:11:53Here, but this is the photo of the mom.
01:11:57What the hell can I say?
01:11:58It just kills me.
01:12:01She's in the middle.
01:12:02And her mom and whoever's with her.
01:12:04I'll let y'all know what happens.
01:12:05Okay.
01:12:06She's in the middle, right there.
01:12:09But, like,
01:12:11just kills me.
01:12:16Dude.
01:12:19Woo!
01:12:21Unreal.
01:12:24Yup.
01:12:29It's beautiful.
01:12:31Bless her little heart.
01:12:33Ugh.
01:12:34They were on a mission, just like...
01:12:36Stage four.
01:12:37Yeah, that's what the woman told me.
01:12:39Oh, my gosh.
01:12:40Thinking back on them, like,
01:12:41she's not going to have a mama there to tell her
01:12:43that she's beautiful and smart and talented
01:12:44and all those things.
01:12:45It's just up.
01:12:49Food for you.
01:12:49They're coming up.
01:12:50The people or something?
01:12:52Oh, my gosh.
01:12:52Okay.
01:12:59I'm so glad that you got to get up there.
01:13:02I'm so glad that you got to get up there, girl.
01:13:05Can I just say a little prayer every other way?
01:13:07Absolutely.
01:13:08Absolutely.
01:13:08Lord Jesus, I come to you right now, Father,
01:13:12and I just pray for peace,
01:13:14just a peace that only comes from you, God.
01:13:18I pray for healing.
01:13:20I just pray that you just wrap this family
01:13:23in your loving arms, God.
01:13:24We love you.
01:13:25In your holy and precious name I pray.
01:13:27Amen.
01:13:27Amen.
01:13:39Dude.
01:13:41There's definitely random things like that here and there
01:13:44that, like, just put things into perspective.
01:13:48It's a reality check.
01:13:49It's a, like,
01:13:52I don't know how you get so wound up about
01:13:55the stupid stuff.
01:13:59You know?
01:14:00Like, did I hit the right chords?
01:14:02Did I sing the right word?
01:14:03Like, all that stuff.
01:14:04And then it's just, it don't matter.
01:14:08When things like that happen,
01:14:10I am thankful for my health, the life that I live.
01:14:16It's not about selling it out.
01:14:18It's about celebrating what we are given.
01:14:21It is a gift.
01:14:22This is all a gift.
01:14:36This is all a gift.
01:14:38I can do it.
01:14:43You know, she's doing it.
01:14:45I don't know.
01:14:45Are you kidding me?
01:14:47I'm kidding you.
01:14:54Are you kidding me?
01:14:57Are you kidding me?
01:14:59100%, baby.
01:15:00Mwah.
01:15:01Oh, my God.
01:15:02For real?
01:15:03For real?
01:15:04I'm about to throw up.
01:15:07I'm about to throw up.
01:15:10I'm about to throw up.
01:15:11I'm about to throw up.
01:15:14Yeah, so we're engaged.
01:15:16The truth is, I wasn't a little girl that dreamed about getting
01:15:19married and walking down the aisle.
01:15:21I was dreaming about playing the Grand Opry.
01:15:22I was dreaming about hunting and football.
01:15:25Well, we did it.
01:15:29I don't know how I would have survived these last few years.
01:15:34I mean, I would come home off the road, I'm so tired,
01:15:37and he's the only one that would see it,
01:15:38but I'd be crying and packing my bag again.
01:15:41He got to see behind the curtain.
01:15:42He also knew how much went into doing this
01:15:46and how much that I have dedicated my life to it.
01:15:50He adds so much to my life, I'm like,
01:15:52why wouldn't I want to spend the rest of my life
01:15:54with my best friend and somebody who lifts me up
01:15:56and encourages me and shoots me straight,
01:15:59who cooks potato soup for me?
01:16:01This is making it.
01:16:02I just did not know that this was going to be,
01:16:05this was going to be a part of the making it part.
01:16:08Now I get to do both.
01:16:09I get to sing and write music,
01:16:11and I get to live a happy, healthy life.
01:16:13I get to live a happy, happy life.
01:16:16He's a great, happy life, happy life.
01:16:24Good job.
01:16:29He's like, what you doing here?
01:16:32This is my daddy.
01:16:33Yeah, I'm Brian Wilson.
01:16:35How you doing?
01:16:35How you doing?
01:16:36Hi.
01:16:36Hi.
01:16:36I'm really special.
01:16:38We've been here many a times, haven't we, Daddy?
01:16:40Oh, yeah.
01:16:41In this building.
01:16:42Yeah, it's...
01:16:42Every rodeo and monster truck.
01:16:46Yeah.
01:16:47Also, as a kid, this seemed a lot bigger than it actually is.
01:16:53You know what I'm saying?
01:16:54It's the same seats that's been in here the whole time
01:16:56I've been coming.
01:16:57Yeah.
01:16:57See, everything's the same.
01:16:59Yeah, everything's the same.
01:17:00But it's held up good.
01:17:01Yep.
01:17:03Crazy.
01:17:06I'll tell you what, Monroe, Louisiana, it feels good to be home.
01:17:15I'm willing to bet that most of y'all are my family.
01:17:18So this is probably a big old family reunion tonight.
01:17:23Thank you so much for showing up, y'all.
01:17:27It feels so good to be back here.
01:17:29This is where we're ending the country's cool again, Toy.
01:17:33I feel like my life has changed, but I still feel exactly the same.
01:17:38And I think that's because I keep my people close.
01:17:41Those people who remind me who I am and where I come from,
01:17:43and the ones that encourage me to stay true to myself and my story.
01:17:50No matter where I go, no matter where this crazy dream takes me,
01:17:54and it has already taken me more places than I could imagine,
01:17:58I'm always going to find my way back home, Monroe, Louisiana.
01:18:09There's a green pasture I want to be in it.
01:18:12I'm a wild, wild flower.
01:18:14Just get ready for the ticket.
01:18:16You.
01:18:2231 years is a long time coming.
01:18:25I'm one feet off the ground, but I'm a stearer.
01:18:28Ooh.
01:18:34I don't need a mile.
01:18:36I don't need a road.
01:18:37I don't need a fence.
01:18:39I just need a road.
01:18:40If you want to love me, you don't need a road.
01:18:44You just need to know.
01:18:49Good horses come home.
01:18:54I mean, the first line is,
01:18:55if there's a green pasture, I want to be in it.
01:18:58I've always felt that way.
01:18:59I wanted to be outside where I could see the wide open spaces,
01:19:02where I could dream.
01:19:04And that's what I felt like.
01:19:05Safe, but also at the same time,
01:19:07I felt there was a big old world out there, you know?
01:19:12I knew I was going to find somebody very special
01:19:14that was going to be okay with this way of life
01:19:17and, like, me being in this business.
01:19:20Duck is that person.
01:19:21I don't have to explain it to him.
01:19:23Put them hands up!
01:19:255.45, babe.
01:19:26What are we doing?
01:19:27Get these eggs retrieved.
01:19:30All hormones went up, down, backwards, and sideways.
01:19:34You've had a great attitude the whole time, baby.
01:19:36You have, too.
01:19:40On the road again.
01:19:41Definitely doing that one.
01:19:44Oh, Willie.
01:19:46I'm going to be able to be a wife.
01:19:47I'm going to be able to be a mama.
01:19:49And I'm going to be able to do this.
01:19:54I know it's not going to be easy.
01:19:57But I'm going to do it.
01:20:05It's the first time you ever see me in a dress.
01:20:06Is that a dress?
01:20:08Is that a dress?
01:20:10Is that a dress?
01:20:11You look cute little, uh...
01:20:13Cafeteria lady.
01:20:15Yeah.
01:20:32I know that I lead with love.
01:20:36It's about love.
01:20:38That's what it is.
01:20:39It is unconditional love.
01:20:42And that is beautiful.
01:20:45Good.
01:20:46Good horses.
01:20:50Good horses,
01:20:52Good horses come home.
01:21:04I'm the kind to take the gears
01:21:07Don't sit in a shock
01:21:09Don't see
01:21:12You won't do
01:21:16Get my ties by the white lines
01:21:19No hands in and two
01:21:20On this heart of mine
01:21:26And four by four by you, babe
01:21:30From the bayou to Kentucky
01:21:33City to the country
01:21:36From here to Timberton
01:21:38Boy, after a long day
01:21:42You know there ain't no wrong way
01:21:45To drive my crazy, crazy
01:21:48In a four by four by you
01:21:51Boy, after a long day
01:21:55You know there ain't no wrong way
01:21:58To drive my crazy, crazy
01:22:01In a four by four by you
01:22:19Somebody's downtown, somebody's at home
01:22:24One's on a new high, one's just getting stoned
01:22:30Well, somebody lets go
01:22:33Somebody holds on
01:22:35You fall out of love
01:22:39Hearts break right in two
01:22:41You think they break evil
01:22:47But they never do
01:22:50But they never do
01:23:01Somebody's blind
01:23:03Somebody's free
01:23:06Somebody's healing
01:23:08But they sure ain't no wrong way
01:23:16They never do
01:23:19Never do
01:23:21You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:22You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:26You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:38You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:40You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:41You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:41You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:42You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:42You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:44You know there ain't no wrong way
01:23:46You
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