Carly Pearce is so proud of the rising female artists in country music right now. Pearce, whose debut Every Little Thing record came out in 2017, is singing the praises of artists like Megan Moroney and Ella Langley, who are now making their mark on the genre as well.

“It’s a great group of girls,” Pearce boasts to Everything Nash. “And even, let’s say I’m closer to Kelsea [Ballerini] and Lainey [Wilson], I’m still equally mind blown at what Megan’s doing. [Selling] 450,000 tickets? I wish that people understood what that means. I’m so rooting for her. What Ella has done reminded me of the trajectory of watching Lainey skyrocket. I think she’s an incredible artist, and just a really, really great performer.”

Pearce has been friends with both Ballerini and Wilson for a long time, two artists she is proud to support, and also be supported by, in her own career.

“Lainey, I’ve said it for so long, she reminds me of Reba [McEntire], in the way that she is so poised and so perfect to hold the torch,” Pearce says. “I think because I see those girls — and truthfully, my relationship with Kelsea, we’ve grown up in this industry together and had success, and helped each other get through it on a true human level.”

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Pearce could see artists like Moroney, Langley, and others as competition. But instead, Pearce has a lot of empathy for the path they are on, vowing to do all she can to help.

“I want to have an influence,” Pearce explains. “I’m really big into the girls behind us. I love that. I know that we’re good here. Like, we’ve got our thing going on. I wish I would have had one of me, or a Lainey or a Kelsea back then.”

“It’s not that anybody wasn’t nice to me, but it just didn’t happen,” she continues. “And I’ve taken great pride in that kind of mentorship. I’ve gotten to a place where these girls call me, and they come over, or we’ll talk on the phone, or we send voice texts. Nothing’s off limits. It’s the kind of relationship Kelsea and I have.”

Pearce reveals that she and Ballerini spent some time hanging out with Wilson over the summer, deciding not to post about it because it wasn’t meant for anyone else. But for Pearce, it reaffirmed the importance of women sticking together, especially in country music.

“It was like, ‘Oh yeah, this is what it’s all about,'” Pearce explains. “I feel like I have that with some of these younger girls, and it’s been super fulfilling for me. But it’s also like, ‘Gosh, let me tell you all the things that if I could go back in time, I would probably do differently’. Or, ‘Learn from this,’  or ‘Maybe you should do this.’ And it’s just fun. It’s fun to be a big sister to girls that are walking right where you’ve kind of left the breadcrumbs, and they’re coming up.”

Pearce has a hit single at radio with “Dream Come True.” The song is from her forthcoming new album.

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