Lainey Wilson’s Crowd Often Surprises Her
Lainey Wilson’s crowd often surprises her. The CMA Entertainer of the Year kicks off her 2024 headlining “Country’s Cool Again Tour” in Nashville for a two-night stand of sold-out shows on May 31.
In a recent interview, Lainey told us what she saw in her audience at the 2023 tours before she got back on the road. She said, “A little bit of everything. I’m excited about that. I truly am. At one point in time, I thought that my crowd of people would be like me and talk just like me and maybe be from a town of 200 just like me and blah, blah, blah and ride the tractor with her daddy, and you know, that kind of stuff.”
She continued, “It really is crazy to look out and see a little bit of everything. And that just goes to show you the power of music, the power of country music. It really does make you feel at home.”
Lainey won a CMT Music Award earlier this month in Texas.
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A Place To Let Your Hair Down
Wilson concluded, “Everybody just wants to feel loved and accepted, and I want my show to be a place where everyone can come and let their hair down and be one hundred and ninety percent themselves. And us to for an hour and a half, just let it all go.”
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The country superstar also recently told us that she feels responsible for being a light and a good influence to young kids, who are a good portion of the many fans she has amassed in the last few years as one of country music’s biggest stars.
Lainey said, “I will say I feel responsible. I do have a lot of little kids watching me. It’s important to me to make sure that I am making the right decisions.”
She knows it isn’t always going to be perfect, though. She offered, “I’m not gonna get it right all the time, but I’m gonna try my best. At the end of the day, what I want those little kids to see or take away is like… I’m from Baskin, Louisianna, a hundred and eighty-something people. You do not have to be locked into something forever. I’m maybe the second person to really leave Baskin.”
Allowed To Dream Big
Lainey added that it isn’t going to be easy to make those dreams come true like she did. She said, “I want them to see that you are allowed to dream big, but you’re not allowed just to dream. I mean, you have got to work really, really hard and somehow turn those nos into yeses and keep on going.”
She concluded, “Like I said, I know that I’m not always gonna get it right, but I do feel that responsibility, and I will try my best.”‘