Thomas Rhett Amazed At Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’
I got to speak with Thomas Rhett backstage at TidalWave Music Festival 2023. We talked about family, his new project, and Taylor Swift. I have followed Thomas Rhett’s career closely…
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 07: Thomas Rhett performs onstage during the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards at Allegiant Stadium on March 07, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo…
(Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for ACM)I got to speak with Thomas Rhett backstage at TidalWave Music Festival 2023. We talked about family, his new project, and Taylor Swift.
I have followed Thomas Rhett's career closely since the first time I met him. He has evolved a lot, now married for longer than 10 years and raising four children. Thomas told me that evolution has been fun for him, especially now that he writes about deeper topics, like family and fatherhood.
Thomas Rhett headlined the first day of TidalWave Music Festival on Friday, August 11. I asked if he ever dreamed he would get to a point like he's at now in his career. He is working on a project that has 20 songs, and he's working his way to 21. His success in country music is mounting, and to me, it still feels like it's only up from here for Rhett.
The two of us also took the opportunity to joke around about Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour. Thomas' children like her music, and he finds himself amazed at how she constructed a 3-hour concert where people never get bored.
Watch the full interview with Thomas Rhett at TidalWave 2023 here:
Razz also did a rapid-fire with Thomas backstage at TidalWave Music Festival. 🏖️
Thomas Rhett: 14 Songs That Show Why He Is A Superstar
Thomas Rhett celebrates his 33rd birthday today (3/30) and is also celebrating the first anniversary of his Where We Started album on Saturday (4/1). Thomas reflects on where he and his wife Lauren started over a decade ago.
Rhett told us, "Just kinda looking back at the last decade of our lives … Shoot, 2012, when I was playing 600 shows a year, and Lauren was with me on the tour bus with nine other dudes, it felt like we were never going to get out of that. And my wife, being like, 'Man, how many times have we been to Wisconsin this year?'"
He continued, "I wake up now, and I'm like, we have four children; so much has changed in my career from just success to bigger rooms to getting to do neat collaborations with people. And sometimes you wake up, and you're like, man, today is tough. And you look back at your past, and you're like, yeah, but think about where we were. And I think whether you do music, or whatever you do, I think anyone can look back at their past, and be like man, looking at where we are now, compared to where we were, the future looks pretty bright."
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14. "What's Your Country Song" - (2021)
BMLGHis 17th number one song. Rhett said of the song, “We wrote this song on the road last year in Dallas, Texas. It’s really about how I was noticing that no matter where you live or where you’re from, everyone has a little bit of country inside their bones.”
13. "Beer Can't Fix" - (2020) - Duet with Jon Pardi
BMLGThe song's thesis is that, regardless of the nature of one's life problems, there ain't nothing that a beer can't fix.
12. "Sixteen" - (2018)
BMLGThomas said that he wrote the song when he was 25, and that it was one of the first he wrote for the ‘Life Changes’ album.
11. "Look What God Gave Her" - (2019)
BMLGRhett said he wanted the video of the song to "highlight amazing women in Nashville for all of the amazing things they've done around the world." The video features his wife Lauren and their daughters.
10. "Unforgettable" - (2017)
BMLGThe song examines a day at the start of a relationship with the hindsight of a few years. It sounds like a classic the first time you hear it.
9. "Beer With Jesus" - (2012)
BMLGThe follow up to his debut single. Rhett wrote the song with Rick Huckaby and Lance Miller.
8. "Something To Do With My Hands" - (2012)
BMLGThomas' debut single. A great introduction to an amazing career.
7. "Life Changes" - (2018)
BMLGThe video for the song features his wife Lauren and two daughters Willa and Ada James on tour, along with him performing with his band on stage.
6. "Marry Me" - (2017)
BMLGThis song is so beautiful. The song’s chorus samples the melody of Taylor Swift’s 2014 song “Style” from her fifth studio album 1989.
5. “Craving You ( with Maren Morris)” - (2016)
BMLGThomas said of the collaboration with Maren Morris: "I think me and my wife and my team were just collectively like ‘Wow, she adds such a crazy element to the song.’”
4. "Crash and Burn" - (2015)
BMLGIt’s one of many songs that Chris Stapleton co-wrote for other artists (in this case, he co-wrote it with Jesse Frasure). On a personal note, this was me and my then 8-year-old son's favorite song and what made him love country music.
3. "Remember You Young" - (2019)
BMLGA truly touching song. Thomas said that "We wrote this song about the people in life that we love, and always remembering them in their youth, no matter how much time passes and we all change." The song's accompanying music video features a group of elderly people who reminisce on their lives.
2. "Die a Happy Man" - (2015)
BMLGWhat so many, myself included, call the "love song" of a lifetime. "Die a Happy Man" topped the Hot Country Songs chart on November 14, 2015. The song remained on top for seventeen weeks.
1."Be a Light" (featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, and Keith Urban) (2020)
BMLGA song that can lift anyone’s spirits. Thomas said that he wrote the song in 2019 and held on to it, but chose to release it because he thought its message would be well received in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
