Lainey Wilson On Writing Songs With Luke Combs

Lainey Wilson talked about knowing Luke Combs before they were famous. She's opening stadium dates for him on tour this spring.  Wilson said in a recent interview, "He used to come over to my camper trailer, and we'd write songs, and he'd drink my cold drinks and eat my snacks, and now he invited me on the road with him. He just believed in me from the beginning, and he put his money where his mouth is."

Lainey also touched on playing a part in the super-popular Yellowstone TV series. She noted of the role, "I got to be myself playing the role of Abby. I got to wear bell bottoms, sing my own songs, so I got to play myself with a little salt and pepper. I had a kissing scene; I thought I was gonna end up on the prayer list back home! So I had to step out of my comfort zone. It was such a cool learning experience."

In the same interview, Lainey talked about that very special night in November at the CMA awards, where she won a couple of honors, including her first Female Vocalist of the Year award. She said, "I tell you what, that was the biggest and best night of my life. Not to mention, my daddy got to walk the red carpet with me. That right there was a win in itself." She added, "Oh my gosh, my daddy was in hog heaven. We were at a table with Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, and Elle King; he thought he was hot snot! I let him steal some of my thunder. I was OK with it."

Wilson recently appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show and sang a little bit of the first song she wrote when she was nine. Kelly asked Lainey if she remembered the first song she ever wrote, and Wilson said, "I do; mine's called 'Lucky Me.'"

Clarkson said her first song was called "Baby Blue Eyes," and she admitted it was about a boy, and Lainey said, "Mine was too. I wrote mine at a sleepover, nine years old, and she (her young friend) went to one room, and I wrote another; she was like, 'Let's write a song and come back and share it with each other.'" Wilson continued, "It ain't real good, but I'm gonna sing it for ya." She then sings, "Lucky me, I feel free, and I can't deny that he loves me, which I know that he does, so he's the one. Lucky me oh, I said, oh, I'm the one for him, and he's the one for me, baby."

Country music has a new CMA darling this morning (9/7): Lainey Wilson. Miranda Lambert, who has been the CMA's darling for quite some time, posted a headline article to her Insta stories of Lainey topping the CMA's nominations list with six nods total. Lambert wrote over the story, "Hell yeah, she does. Go, friend, go."

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Wilson got her very first nominations today, and among her six nods are Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. Lainey herself posted to her socials when she heard the news, "6 NOMINATIONS!?!? I'm speechless. While I try to find the words, just know that I'm blown away and so so honored and proud to be nominated. Thank you to the entire country music community! @CountryMusic #CMAawards."

With her new CMA fame fresh today, we look at some of the things that Lainey, who is also currently filming her first acting role on Paramount's Yellowstone series this month, has been up to in the last year.