Jessie Murph caught up with Billboard's Lyndsey Havens & Tetris Kelly at the ACM Awards 2025.
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00:00Hi! Oh my goodness!
00:02It's his name Wilbur.
00:04You heard?
00:06The rumors are already spread about this famous man.
00:08Look, we heard about your date yesterday.
00:10I've been desperately waiting. Hi Wilbur!
00:12Everybody's loving Wilbur.
00:14And you match. Oh my goodness.
00:16And honestly, he matches the fit, so I love that it's like,
00:18we're coordinated today. You've been owning this pink era.
00:20I'm loving it. You debuted at Coachella.
00:22It was a gorgeous pink set.
00:24Okay, you also debuted your cheerleading moves,
00:26which I did not know you had those.
00:28Will you tell me about the decision
00:30to incorporate that into your show?
00:32Well, I've kind of always wanted to. I did cheer in high school.
00:34And I was always thinking when I was in cheer,
00:36it would be so cool if I was doing this,
00:38but singing. And so then for Coachella,
00:40I was like, what can I do
00:42that I'm good at?
00:44And I'm not the best dancer, so
00:46I was like, cheer stuns.
00:48Cheer stuns! And I heard they might even be incorporated
00:50on the tour.
00:52Okay.
00:54And I love, by the way, that you're petting Wilbur
00:56like during the interview.
00:58I know.
01:00He loves it.
01:02Oh my God. And then talk to me a little bit about the outfit.
01:04I heard it was inspired by somebody special.
01:06Priscilla Presley.
01:08Oh, I love that.
01:10Thank you, thank you.
01:12And I mean like, how'd you put it together?
01:14Amanda, she's wonderful and she helped me.
01:16It's a custom look and it's inspired by
01:18one of her fringe looks, Priscilla Presley.
01:20Oh, nice. Amazing.
01:22Amazing. I was talking about, I love how
01:24wide ranging your inspirations are.
01:26I mean, not just in fashion, but obviously sonically too.
01:28Tell me a bit about how,
01:30we've talked a lot about, you know, hip hop and country
01:32have always been really closely linked,
01:34but we're seeing that actually more and more.
01:36Definitely. What's that like for you? Because
01:38you've been doing this for a long time. It's not like you're new.
01:40Well, I think I just love both genres so much.
01:42I love soul too, and a lot of like older music.
01:44And whenever I make songs, it just comes out in a filter
01:48of all the stuff I love.
01:50And we're seeing that now resonate on the charts too.
01:52Hey girl.
01:54Yeah, it's crazy. Watching your glow up has been amazing.
01:56We're just so proud of you.
01:58Thank you guys, that's so nice.
02:00Have so much fun tonight with Wilbur, by the way.
02:02Thank you, I will. It's the best date that I've ever seen.
02:04You're the best.
02:06Bye buddy. See you later man.