Lainey Wilson‘s extraordinary career is being honored with a new exhibit, Tough as Nails, opening next month at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The exhibit will feature items from Wilson’s life and career, including her rural, small-town upbringing in Baskin, Louisiana, all the way to her present-day superstar career. “It’s a dream come true to have my own…
Lainey Wilson has a Top 30 hit with “Somewhere Over Laredo,” a song she wrote with Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Andy Albert, from her forthcoming Whirlwind Deluxe album. For a songwriter who has had a long string of hits in the last five years, even Wilson knows that there is something special about “Somewhere Over Laredo.” “I’m very…
Lainey Wilson is happily engaged to Devlin “Duck” Hodges, but the ceremony might have to wait a while. The couple dated for four years before Hodges popped the question in February. And now, Wilson says he will have to use the same patience she had waiting for him to propose, before she officially becomes his wife. “ is gonna…
Lainey Wilson is opening up about her upcoming movie role. The Louisiana native is starring in a new film, Reminders of Him, an adaptation of the 2022 book of the same name, by best-selling author, Colleen Hoover. This isn’t Wilson’s first acting job. She previously starred in Yellowstone, but was ready for a new challenge after that role ended….
Reba McEntire is opening up about her “Trailblazer” collaboration with Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson. The 70-year-old says the song came from a close friendship the three already shared, in spite of their age differences. “We’re very close,” McEntire tells CMT. “We love each other’s work ethics and our morals, and hanging in there and helping each other. They’re great…
Lainey Wilson lives by words Ashley McBryde once told her. McBryde, whose 2018 freshman Girl Going Nowhere album came out three years before Wilson’s Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin‘ debut, told Wilson something that became a driving force in how she looks to other artists coming after. “Ashley McBryde a long time ago told me that we got to help…
Ella Langley is the recipient of Billboard‘s latest Rising Star Award. Langley was presented the trophy by her good friend, and biggest cheerleader, Lainey Wilson. “As soon as I met her, I knew she was different,” Wilson says of Langley. “She had this spark and this go-getter attitude that I was drawn to, and the kind of attitude that…
Lainey Wilson is proud to be part of country music. The Grand Ole Opry member is part of a growing increase of popularity within the genre, with Wilson helping to lead its popularity. “What’s happening with it right now, I don’t see that slowing down any time soon,” Wilson tells CMT. “And honestly, it kind of blows my mind…
Lainey Wilson is opening up about her personal struggles. The Grand Ole Opry member has been vocal that she sometimes deals with imposter syndrome, even as her career continues to soar to new heights. But now, Wilson reveals she is coming to terms with her own success, and the hard work she has done to achieve it. “At the end…
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Lainey Wilson debuted her new song at the American Music Awards. The Grand Ole Opry member performed “Somewhere Over Laredo,” a song from her forthcoming Whirlwind Deluxe album, out on August 22. “When I’m flying between shows I catch myself looking out the window, talking to God, dreaming, or even reminiscing,” Wilson explains of the inspiration behind the song, which…
