Jeff chatted with Lainey Wilson, who took home the title of "New Fame Artist of the Year" and "Song of the Year."
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00:00It's Jeff from Jeff and Amy in the morning right here in Las Vegas 57th annual ACM awards with one of my favorite girls
00:06Laney Wilson is with us man. It's so good to see you. It is so good to see you. You were here for NFR. I was which was
00:12incredible and now we're hearing you're coming back with John Party. Come on. I might as well just stay. I might as well just
00:18I mean hey listen. I'm moving in. My co-host is actually at my fiance's bridal shower right now. Really?
00:25So I think Jeff and Laney in the morning as opposed to Jeff and Amy in the morning sounds pretty good. What do we think?
00:30Laney this is so exciting. We got to go right up front. Congratulations. Thank you man. Thank you. Are you ever going to get sick and tired of hearing that from every single person you see this weekend? No not at all. I think I was telling you this yesterday but it's like like every hour I just have this like overwhelming feeling of like whoo how in the world how did this happen? I mean I know how it happened blood sweat and tears and you know hard work for 10 plus years but it's just so cool to to just be recognized.
01:00And you know my team has busted their tail for so many years now and it just seems like everything is just coming to fruition.
01:07You know what makes me laugh is in that video you said your team told you oh I thought I was going to be talking to somebody in Las Vegas.
01:12So you thought you might have been talking to us and then you find out the biggest news of your career to date.
01:19Yeah.
01:19So yeah.
01:20I think that is so great.
01:21Let's let's back up here real fast.
01:23NFR.
01:24How much fun was it to be part of that rodeo weekend that whole audience that crowd they love your music.
01:29Well so I grew up rodeoing.
01:30Of course.
01:31And me and my sister we were PRCA rodeo flag girls.
01:34Wow.
01:34So we'd ride in with the flags.
01:36My daddy was like a member of the rodeo committee in our area and so I mean I was on the back of the horse before I could even walk.
01:42Right.
01:42So it was just so awesome.
01:45Mom and daddy came up and like the first time my daddy ever got on an airplane was to go.
01:49No way.
01:50To the NFR.
01:51And that was like three years ago.
01:53So yeah we take it very serious.
01:56Well I love that.
01:57And then of course you're seeing your hit with Cole Swindell do so well right now.
02:01It is moving.
02:02He's a friend of yours.
02:04And how cool is it to see like obviously being a solo artist you see a song go up the charts you're like celebrating with your team but to call your buddy up and be like you see?
02:11Did you see the report this week?
02:13I mean I can't even keep up with it you know.
02:14I know.
02:15I'm used to just clawing the walls trying to get a song but you know.
02:17And this one it just like grew a set of wings and you know so he wrote the song back in like 2017 with some dear friends of mine.
02:25And so he sent a song to me and he just said I wrote this a while back.
02:29He said listen to it.
02:30Let me know what you think.
02:31And immediately when I heard it I was like I got to be a part of this thing.
02:35I'm in.
02:35I'm in.
02:35I love that.
02:36And that's that relationship.
02:38Who are you excited this weekend to see?
02:40Because when you're crazy busy you're on tour you're doing all this stuff you're playing shows.
02:43You don't really cross paths with a lot of artists unless you're you know in Nashville or seeing them on tour.
02:48Oh I know.
02:48Who are you excited to see this weekend?
02:50Well.
02:51Or who have you already seen?
02:51Dolly Parton.
02:53Dolly Parton.
02:53I've actually never met her and she is.
02:55Oh wow.
02:56She is my hero.
02:57Are you going to be nervous?
02:59I'll probably be more nervous about meeting Dolly than performing on the ACMs.
03:03Should we rehearse?
03:04Okay.
03:05We might.
03:05Ready?
03:05Here we go.
03:06Dolly.
03:06I'll be Dolly.
03:07I turn.
03:08What's the first thing you're going to say?
03:09I love you.
03:11I love you.
03:12And that's what I love is like country music is so beautiful.
03:15She's going to say I love you too and she's going to know exactly who you are because these artists are just they love seeing people like you on the rise.
03:21Your music is just so fantastic.
03:24It's so amazing.
03:25And I know you're a big Yellowstone fan.
03:27I have to ask.
03:27Who's not?
03:28Come on.
03:28Do you like 1883?
03:29Have you started watching Tim and Faye?
03:31I've seen a few episodes.
03:32I'm rarely home.
03:33I know.
03:34I was going to say when do you even have time to watch?
03:36Like I just need to download something on my phone so I can watch it going down the road.
03:41But yes I think everything that Taylor Sheridan touches is just incredible.
03:45I mean he is so creative.
03:47Thinks outside of the box and he's been good to me.
03:50He has.
03:51Him and the music supervisor Andrea Van Forrester.
03:53Now we just need to get you on the show.
03:55That's what I'm saying.
03:56Taylor?
03:57I know.
03:57I told him.
03:57I'm like come on Taylor.
03:58I can ride a horse.
03:59Put me on there boy.
04:00We met him at the 1883 premiere here in Vegas.
04:02Oh.
04:03He's awesome.
04:03And I told him.
04:04I said Lainey Wilson.
04:05You did?
04:05I promised you I told you I would say something.
04:07Yes you did.
04:07And I did.
04:08It was very quick.
04:08I said put her in the show please.
04:10And that was it.
04:11See?
04:12I wasn't going to waste my moment for you.
04:13Not for Lainey Wilson.
04:14Hey.
04:14On with Jeff and Amy in the morning.
04:16Lainey Wilson everybody.
04:17Thank you so much for joining me.
04:19I appreciate it.
04:19Bye.
04:19.