The country music star Lainey Wilson is opening up about how much she loves cowboy culture.
Wilson, 32, discussed this while revealing just how much her role on the hit show Yellowstone has changed her life.
Wilson Talks Cowboy Culture And Yellowstone
“It’s crazy to see how the Taylor Sheridan [Yellowstone creator] world has really contributed to everything happening,” she told Variety. “It really did something for country music, and it did something for the Western culture in general. Growing up that way, and even putting my cowboy hat on now and putting my jeans on and being around horses or rodeo or whatever it is, I feel at home.”
If you’re anything like us, the number of people running around in bootcuts and stetsons is definitely noticeable!
“People are so sick of things that make them feel anything other than at home,” she added. “People are craving that authenticity. I think they’re just over the [expletive].”
Wilson played a country music singer named Abby in season five of Yellowstone. Since then, she’s come a long way.
“I just didn’t even realize how important it really was or how beneficial it was until a couple of my songs ended up on the show,” she continued. “Then people would come to shows, even if it was a handful of them. They’d be like, ‘I found you through Yellowstone.‘ And I’m like, ‘OK, these placements are doing something.’”
How Wilson Landed Yellowstone
As for how she landed the role, Wilson bonded with Sheridan personally.
“Long story short, Taylor Sheridan and I just became friends,” she explained. “We met at a horse-reining competition that he does out in Vegas, and we really bonded over horses. I grew up on the back of a horse, and we had a lot in common, and I think it was just kind of a mutual respect for each other. Two completely different worlds, but we were like, ‘Hey, I see you.’”
“He called me a couple years later and was like, ‘Hey, I’ve got this idea. I want to create a character specifically for you. We’re going to name her Abby. And you’re going to pretty much just kind of be yourself. Maybe you’ll say and do some things that you wouldn’t normally do, but you’re going to be able to dress how you dress and sing your songs,'” she recalled.
“It was such a blessing because it really put a face to a name,” Wilson gushed. “Especially during a time when people might have known the song on the radio, but they just didn’t know who sang it or what they looked like. That’s what Yellowstone did for me.”
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Wilson Has Stayed True To Herself
Despite just how far she’s gone in the country music world, Wilson has always stayed true to herself.
“I knew that the kind of music that I write and do was not cool when I first got here,” Wilson admitted. “It just wasn’t. And just like fashion, things go in style, things go out. But I knew still that I wanted to tell stories and I was like, ‘OK, I think things are going to flip back around. I think there’s going to be a time, there’s going to be a need for this specific sound, and if I can just keep trucking along, hopefully I will find my audience.’ It’s been one team member at a time for me, it’s been one friendship at a time, one fan at a time, everything. It’s been just really starting from the ground up.”
“I’m so thankful for that because to tell you the truth, these past couple years have been so insane and my life has completely changed, but I still feel exactly the same,” she concluded. “I’m so glad that I’ve been here a while and been around the block so things don’t feel as scary. And at the end of the day, you ask and you shall receive, and sometimes it comes tenfold, but a group of people that love me and care about me, we’re all on this journey together, and that’s a cool feeling.”
Wilson is one of the most talented country music stars working in the industry today. We can’t wait to see all that she will accomplish in the years to come!
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