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Lainey Wilson Reacts To Shoutout From Kelly Clarkson

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
July 11th 8:59 AM

Lainey Wilson’s music got a shoutout from Kelly Clarkson this week on Kelly’s Insta Stories.

Clarkson posted, “If you’re needing a break from listening to my album, ‘Chemistry,’ then check out @laineywilsonmusic ‘wildflowers and wild horses’ and @codyjohnson ‘when it comes to you.’ You’re gonna love both these artists… or you have s— taste.”

Lainey saw the post and reacted on her Insta stories, writing, “Well dang, this means the world from you, sister. Love you (heart emoji).”

When Lainey appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show in March (2023), she revealed and sang a bit of a song she wrote when she was nine-year-old.

On the show, 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. The two became quick friends on the show.

RELATED: Lainey Wilson Was Writing About The Hard Stuff At Age Ten

Wilson recently had a photo shoot with People magazine in May at her Nashville home, posing in different outfits in her backyard near her pool. She talked about everything from moving to Nashville to her early days as a Hannah Montana impersonator to her love of country icon Dolly Parton. Lainey also spoke about her fashion style, including wearing bell-bottom pants for the last eight years.

When asked how many bell bottoms she has, she quipped, “There’s no such thing as too many.” Lainey added of her flared style, “We still keep it fun. We still keep it interesting. I feel like I get to get up every single morning and get to express myself however I am feeling that day, just like writing a song.”

Wilson also noted that in the future, she doesn’t see herself giving up what has now become her signature look, wearing bell bottoms. She said, “I’ll probably be 90 years old and still wearing bell bottoms—I don’t think anybody’s ever seen my ankles!”

6 Lainey Wilson Songs That Make Her An Award Winner

  • 6 – “Watermelon Moonshine” (2023)

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    The chorus of this fun song includes the lyrics, "Drinkin' watermelon moonshine / We cut the burn with a little lime / Parkin' back in them kudzu vines / I was his and every bit of that boy was mine / Too young to know what love was / But we were learnin' on a sweet buzz / There's never nothin' like the first time / And mine's always gonna taste like / Watermelon moonshine."

  • 5 – “Never Say Never” (Cole Swindell with Lainey Wilson) (2021)

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    Swindell said, "I have been a fan of Lainey Wilson's for a while now, and what she brings to this song is everything it needed." The song hit number one on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.

  • 4 – “Grease” – (2023)

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    A fun song that Lainey performed at the 58th ACM Awards, where she won Album of the Year for "Bell Bottom Country." Wilson released a dancing video for the song, finding country breakdancers that she saw at one of her shows and tracked them down to appear in the video.

  • 3 – “Things a Man Oughta Know” (2020)

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    The music video for this song was shot in Wilson's own home partially and filled with personal elements and close friends. She said of the video at the time, "For the music video, we wanted to create a piece of art where people could watch it and feel something all over again." The song won the ACM 2021 Song of the Year.

  • 2 – “Heart Like a Truck” (2022)

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    Lainey said of the song when it came out, "It's a song about finding freedom and strength. Not being afraid of the scars and the bruises and the bumps along the way. That makes you who you are. It builds character." It recently became her third number-one song on the Billboard charts.

  • 1 – “Wait in the Truck” (HARDY with Lainey Wilson) (2022)

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    So many things to say about this amazing song. It just recently won Visual Media (video) of the Year and Music Event of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards. The music video is epic of the song labeled as a "murder ballad" about a male protagonist killing an abuser. Lainey and HARDY performed the song at the 2022 CMA Awards.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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