Lainey Wilson: The Country Singer’s Path from a Farm in Louisiana to Stardom in Nashville, How She Handled Years of Mainstream Rejection, And Why She Sees Songwriting as an Exercise in Empathy
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Lainey Wilson burst onto the country music scene in 2022 with her album Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’. That year, she won Female Vocalist of the Year and Best New Artist at the CMA’s. But for seven years before that, she struggled to make it in the high-pressure Nashville music scene. And before that, she was a kid from a tiny town in rural Louisiana with a dream of being a country star. She joins Guy to talk about how she handled the hard times, what she’s learned about the art of collaboration during the making of two acclaimed albums, and what defines her unique style, which she calls Bell Bottom Country.
Links from the Show
01. Tougher Music Video
02. Things A Man Oughta Know Music Video
03. Lainey’s French Bulldog Hippie Mae’s Instagram
04. Hillbilly Hippie Official Lyrics Video
05. Lainey’s Female Vocalist (2022) Acceptance Speech
06. Lainey’s New Artist of the Year (2022) Acceptance Speech
07. Tougher (2016)
08. Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’ (2021)
09. Bell Bottom Country (2022)