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All right, so we're going to get over to Lainey Wilson, who did a great job at the CMAs.

Thank you to all the part tours who listen to the podcast every single day.

Very appreciative of you guys.

And so we will come back and do our version of this podcast.

But first, here's our interview with Lainey Wilson. On the Bobby Bones Show now. Lany Wilson. Lany, good to see you. Great job at CMAs. Thank you. What went on leading up to it? Like, what kind of work did you do pre that we didn't get to see? Honestly, for me, like the week leading up to it, I was just trying to

like get in the zone any way that I possibly could, like spending like a long time, doing

meditations, doing all that kind of stuff to make sure that I was actually in every single

moment and not like, you know, skipping ahead. And because I think that's when I could have like really screwed up.

What was your fear then?

It was, first of all, that it was going to fly by and that I was just not going to like be

where my feet were.

I wanted to make sure that I represented country music the best way that I could.

And I knew that this was like a huge opportunity.

And the truth is it could have like really helped me or it could have really hurt me.

And I didn't even realize that until it started getting closer to Tom.

When they said, hey, we want you to do it by yourself, but you're going to do it by yourself.

No Luke, no Peyton.

What were your thoughts? I was like, I mean, at first, without even skipping a beat, I'm like, great, let's do it. Let's do it. And then as time, like, as it got closer, I'm like, I really did say yes that I'm going to do this thing by myself. So, um, no pressure. You did an awesome job, by the way. Yes. Awesome job. Thank you. Awesome job. the way yeah so good thank you awesome job i enjoyed it

did you get to while in the middle of it appreciate it i did and i did and i think like i was just

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