Country music star Laney Wilson says her hardworking personality comes from being the daughter of a fifth-generation farmer.
In an interview with FOX News Digital ahead of the 2024 ACM Awards, the “Yellowstone” star talked about how his parents Brian and Michelle Wilson raised him to never give up on his dreams. talked about.
“Yeah, my parents are. They’re to blame. They’re to blame for all of this,” Wilson joked. “They really supported me from the beginning.”
And while Michelle and Brian helped shape the “Yellowstone” star into a successful woman, she believes that goes back several generations.
Laney Wilson credits her work ethic to her upbringing as a farmer’s daughter. (Getty Images)
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“I really think it’s coming from a generation of farmers, so my mom’s side and my dad’s side. They rolled up their sleeves. They went to work every day, they had good years and bad years. But at the end of the day, they really liked it,” Wilson told FOX News Digital.
Laney Wilson is the daughter of a fifth-generation farmer. (Getty Images)
“That meant they got up and did it again, and they fell down and did it again. They just didn’t have any other choice, and my dad always told me he worked really hard. I was trying to remind him that he worked hard not only for himself, but for me and my sister and my mother and my sister’s children and someday for my children. “There are,” Wilson continued.
Rainey said it’s “really important to keep that in mind” when work gets tough. Because it’s “just life.”
“When you take the pressure off, it takes the pressure off a little bit. I think it makes it a lot easier to work hard,” she explained.
Laney Wilson said her father worked “really hard” not only for himself but for his family, which included the country music star, his mother, his sister and her sister’s children. (Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)
Wilson, who told Fox News Digital that she considers the ACM Awards “a big family reunion,” won Entertainer of the Year at the 59th annual ceremony. The country musician also won the Female Artist of the Year award.
This month, it was also announced that Wilson would continue its partnership with Tractor Supply, which Wilson described as “true to the brand.”
Laney Wilson brought her mother Michelle Wilson to the 2024 ACM Awards. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Penske Media, Getty Images)
“I mean, as a fifth-generation farmer’s daughter, I would say it’s pretty on-brand,” the singer told FOX News Digital. “I feel like Tractor Supply has played a very important role in my life since I was young. It was the place where my family sourced almost everything we needed for our farm in Louisiana.”
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Wilson continued, “This really comes full circle for me. So at the end of the day, Tractor Supply represents what I live for and what I love.” I continued.
Tractor Supply recently renewed its partnership with Lainey Wilson. (tractor supply)
Wilson’s newly released song, “Hang Tight Honey,” highlights her upbringing and is a tribute to the hard-working men and women who raised her.
“When I think about who I am today, it’s precisely because of the places and people who raised me. It’s always important for me to honor those people and remember where I came from. It’s very important,” Wilson said. “During this crazy time, my life has changed and I feel like it hasn’t stayed the same, but that’s the way my life is, if that makes any sense. I feel it’s important for me to remember that, and to remind myself. ”
Wilson continued, “It’s great to be able to write this music and be reminded of that every night. At the end of the day, to be able to tell the kind of stories that you’re expected to tell. ” he said. I have to continue living as normal a life as possible in order to communicate and empathize with my fans. That’s why I keep people close, that’s what keeps Baskin people close. [Louisiana], my town of 200 people, is close by. ”
Laney Wilson grew up in Baskin, Louisiana, a town of 200 people. (Photo provided by Christopher Polk/Variety)
In February, Rainey released her song “Country’s Cool Again,” which she believes will always be true.
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“At the end of the day, I think country music is always cool. I eat, sleep, and breathe country music, but at the end of the day, where I grew up, people didn’t even recognize country music as a genre. It was just a way of life,” Wilson said of the hit single.
she continued. “So when I was writing this song, I was thinking more about living like the Western way of life. When you go on TikTok, you see everyone wants to ride horses and wear cowboy hats. They are wearing Wrangler jeans and you can see that it makes people feel relaxed and everyone likes to feel that way.
Rainey says country music is “cooler than it’s ever been.” (Getty Images)
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“It’s kind of funny that all of a sudden country music has that moment and that song comes out. It was perfect timing. But yeah, country is cool again. Cooler than it’s ever been. ”
