Lainey Wilson On The Meaning Behind Her Upcoming Album 'Whirlwind,' Friendship with Noah Kahan & More | ACM Awards 2024 - video Dailymotion

Lainey Wilson caught up with Billboard's Lyndsey Havens at the ACM Awards 2024.

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00:00 We are here with the phenomenal Laini Wilson. How's it going tonight? Great. I told you last time I saw you

00:05 But you have the most beautiful eyes. Thank you. Really?

00:08 Thank you. Wow, you have the most beautiful voice

00:11 So you have an album coming out in August what can you tell us I love the title

00:16 Thank you. It's whirlwind because that is what my life has been like in the past few years trying to keep one foot on the ground

00:23 I kept hearing the word I kept seeing the word and

00:28 It was just one of those things where I was like, you know what I've been living it

00:31 So let's call it that and I'm so excited about the songs. I mean, I'm partial

00:36 I wrote them and recorded them but at the end of the day, I do think it still is the best stuff that I've ever done

00:41 Yeah, yes the writing process ever stopped for you though. Like even once the album is turned in do you just keep going?

00:46 I do keep going because I know that as my career is growing and changing

00:51 I know that there's not as much time to be writing as much as I was before normally I like writing

00:57 300 songs to get 12, you know

00:59 But at the end of the day because like I said, my career is changing

01:04 I feel like there's a lot of different parts to the job

01:07 And so I got to make sure that writing is the priority and it continues to be but it's about

01:13 Quality over quantity at this point. I'm not I don't have time to write 300 songs to get the 12 that I need anymore

01:20 But in this world, you know

01:23 So I've loved following you on social media this week with all of your adventures

01:27 I saw you hanging out with one of my favorites Noah Khan. What can you tell me about that friendship?

01:31 Well, I've written with Noah a few times and I love him when I tell you he is like

01:36 One of the most like real dudes that I've had the opportunity to know like outside of country music

01:41 It's about the music for him. It is about the music and you can tell and it's a it's a breath of fresh air

01:48 So he's funny. He's just a great dude and become a friend

01:52 Do we think any of those songs might come out this year? I

01:54 Don't know. We'll see what happens

01:57 I mean we talked about trying to get back together to write some more because his schedule is just as crazy as mine

02:02 So in the last few months, we've like randomly ran into each other at the Grammys and everywhere else

02:07 But uh, we're like hey, we need to write that other song. We need to write those songs. Oh

02:11 So to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year specifically, what does that honor mean to you?

02:17 Well, first of all, I mean that that is like the highest honor I guess you could say

02:22 I think all of them are super high honors

02:26 but when I think about that award I think about like

02:28 The people who have like paved the way for people like me to even be considered for something like that

02:33 And when I look at everybody else who got nominated every single one of those guys

02:37 They have taken me on the road with them. They have like took me under their wing

02:42 Written songs with me or if it was not that they have like genuinely supported me from the beginning

02:48 Whether that means like word-of-mouth or whatever. They have like they've lifted me up

02:52 And so I feel like because of what they have done for me is why even I'm in the mix

02:58 Yeah, and your talent, of course. Well, I'll take that too. Watch out boys

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