Lainey Wilson caught up with Billboard's Lyndsey Havens & Tetris Kelly at the ACM Awards 2025.
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00:00I mean look at this outfit. This is a winning fit. Well it looks kind of like a dress from behind but then I like turn around and I'm like whoop. Gotcha. How are y'all? We're good. How are you? Not as good as you. I don't know. I don't know. It seems like there's a good vibe in the air tonight. There is. It feels like everybody is just so excited to be here. We got a lot to celebrate. And what are you celebrating tonight? Well first of all 60 years of I mean this is crazy that this has been around for 60 years. And I was just telling somebody I'm like I
00:29wonder what it's going to look like even 60 years from now. But I definitely think it's going to still be around. I don't think country music is slowing down anytime soon. When you think back on your own career is there a moment that stands out as your proudest? I think being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. I think that one right there takes the cake. Because I was nine years old when my mom and daddy took me for the first time and I just remember thinking like I want to do that. And I had this like overwhelming
00:59feeling and it was just a weird feeling being there with my family all over again full circle. One of my proudest moments for sure. And feeling that at nine girl already knowing what you wanted. I knew. I'm telling you right now. Come on now. Come on now. The Holy Spirit living and breathing. I was just asking Chris and Carly you know what is left on their dream bucket list because they've kind of done it all. That's right. What's left for you? I am excited to just be like living life and having more balance.
01:29Get it. Get it. Get it. Get it. And now I feel like I'm able to just kind of like live and write and play shows and do it all. But in like a healthier way. Which feels good. And for me I just want to like I want to just keep writing music and playing shows. All the simple things in life for me are the things that make me the happiest. So just living loving all those things. All those good things. Yes.
01:59So you know what I met her at the Grammys and I told her I was like I need to try to come to a show at some point in time. And I don't know if I'm going to be able to. We're trying to find it on the calendar. You got to put it on the calendar. I need Lainey Wilson at the Cowboy Carter. I'm like I want to get in that car with her and swing down. There you go. Come on now.