Saturday, August 24, 2024

Whirlwind by Lainey Wilson (Bestie of Taylor Swift)


The good thing about rock bottom/Is up’s the only way/I’m about to open up a can of healing this heartbreak: 
Lainey Wilson - Video -  Whirlwind 

            ~ Lainey_Wilson 



One of Nashville's most relatable new stars delivers a stellar album with Whirlwind (wow … Lainey (32) is even four days younger than my youngest daughter )

OVER THE PAST decade, Lainey Wilson has established herself as a Nashville force. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and recently-inducted Grand Ole Opry member has written songs for the likes of Luke Combs and Flatland Cavalry; she’s appeared on the modern Western Yellowstone after having songs of hers featured on the hit series; and she’s steadily released catchy, punchy albums that mash up Southern rock, soul, and classic Nashville ideals into a genre that she’s dubbed “bell-bottom country.”

Since releasing her first full-length album in 2014, Wilson has refined and built on that concept, polishing and expanding the boundaries of her sound while keeping the honest storytelling and all-in singing that powers her best work intact. With her third major-label album, Whirlwind, the Louisiana native flexes her songwriting and vocal muscles, distilling them through a megawatt charm that brings the listener directly into the heart of whatever she might be singing about.


She’s not afraid to take big swings, even if they’re silly; anyone who’s confident enough to declare “Doggone daggummit, didn’t see that comin’/Country’s cool again,” which Wilson does in euphoric fashion on the galloping nod to country’s recent pop resurgence, “Country’s Cool Again,” clearly is happy with putting their whole self into whatever they are singing.



Lainey Wilson - Video -  Whirlwind

 

"I was a lone wolf
Had my own back
Climbing that mountain only voice howling
Was my own pack
I was a lonestar
Shooting for the moon
But I finally found a rebel who’s on the same level
When I found you"

"We’re a whirlwind cutting through a Texas town
Yeah this funnel wouldn’t be near as fun without you spinning round
Yeah we’re always on the move at a daredevils speed
Running with the buzzards and the tumbleweeds
We’re a whirlwind but baby loving you’s a breeze"
"Yeah, it’s a long road
It’s a rat race
But you keep my head cool ya keep my heart full
On a half tank
I was one set of tracks a million miles an hour
But two palominos is more horsepower"
"We’re a whirlwind cutting through a Texas town
Yeah this funnel wouldn’t be near as fun without you spinning round
Yeah we’re always on the move at a daredevils speed
Running with the buzzards and the tumbleweeds
We’re a whirlwind but baby loving you’s a breeze
Loving you’s a breeze"
        Austral Australia 24 August 2024 AD … 

Lainey Wilson answers our rapid-fire questionnaire.


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