Watch a special performance from Lainey Wilson as she celebrates the release of her new album, ‘Whirlwind,’ as part of Audacy’s ‘Lainey Wilson Whirlwind Weekend.’
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00:00This has been shown nationwide, you're listening to KSOS on the Odyssey Country Station.
00:27Are y'all ready to get ready now?
00:38Uh-oh.
00:43This is such a big deal.
00:46Lainey, look at this.
00:48Look at your crowd, look at your people.
00:51This is absolutely insane, y'all.
00:53I'm not playing.
00:55I don't know if I've ever experienced a day like today.
00:58It has been nuts.
00:59I feel the love.
01:00The record, Whirlwind, is out.
01:05What'd you guys think of it?
01:08I'm so glad, y'all.
01:09Lainey, Lainey, we have so many young ladies in this front row here.
01:14I love that.
01:15My mom let me skip school to be here.
01:17And they know all the words.
01:19They were singing along.
01:20I'm glad you do, I'm glad you do.
01:22So if I forget, I'm gonna look down there at y'all, okay?
01:26So sweet.
01:27So, Lainey, we've known you now for a while.
01:29We've known how hard you've worked.
01:30And we know, I mean, literally, the sweat and the blood and the tears
01:33that you put in this, living in a trailer in a parking lot
01:35for so long in Nashville, only to be here in America's finest city
01:38and broadcast throughout America.
01:41And as Tammy mentioned, everybody knows every word to your song
01:44to this record already.
01:46I mean, this is...
01:47How did that happen?
01:48I don't even know the words.
01:51Do you find yourself in the middle of the night waking up thinking,
01:53Holy Lord, did I just dream this whole thing?
01:57Yes.
01:58It's so weird because, actually, somebody asked me the other day.
02:00They said, Can you believe it?
02:02And it's a weird thing for me because the truth is, yeah, I can.
02:06Because I did for a long time when nobody did.
02:09I was slightly delusional to think that something like this could happen.
02:14And...
02:17My hype people down here.
02:18I'll take it.
02:19I'll take it.
02:20Well, you know what?
02:21I don't think you were delusional at all, Lainey.
02:23And that's how people make things happen.
02:25And there's so many young people here.
02:27You know, the way to make things happen is to see it in your head
02:30and don't ever let it go.
02:32And don't give in to doubt.
02:34Right?
02:35Because, look, I mean, she's a living, breathing example
02:38of manifesting exactly what you want.
02:40That's right.
02:42Thank you so much.
02:43Thank you for that.
02:44Yeah.
02:45Keep your people close.
02:46Stay true to yourself and your roots.
02:48And work your butt off.
02:50Just remember there's somebody always working harder than you are.
02:53Okay.
02:54How cool was it coming in on a helicopter?
02:56That was my first helicopter ride.
02:58I was going to ask.
02:59Originally, we were going to bring Lainey in on a horse.
03:01But, you know, weird things.
03:03And you can't just get a horse at the drop of a hat.
03:05So we got a helicopter instead.
03:08It's like whirlwind.
03:09I guess it makes sense.
03:10Right?
03:11And I don't know if we would have had time to get over here in time
03:14if we wouldn't have done that.
03:15But you'd have had fun.
03:16When you came in that Toby tribute concert on that horse,
03:18that was so regal and so fabulous and so emotional.
03:21It must have been so beautiful.
03:22Oh, my gosh.
03:23Yes, we got to honor Toby Keith the other day in Nashville.
03:27And I got to sing Beer for My Horses with Jamie Johnson.
03:31And I rode in on a horse like a redneck.
03:33Hang on.
03:34I'm going to pinch you.
03:35Because this is your life.
03:36So I just want to keep pinching you so you know that.
03:37Stop pinching her.
03:38Oh, stop.
03:39Just stop.
03:40I'm going to pinch you.
03:41And she's got people, John.
03:44We love, and we've said this on our show so many times,
03:46we love having the opportunity outside looking
03:48and watching someone's dreams come true before all of our eyes.
03:51And that is what we're watching with you.
03:53And this album release party could not be a better example of that.
03:56We're so happy and proud and show so much love for you, Lainey Wilson.
03:59For real.
04:00Thank y'all for showing up.
04:01And thank y'all for, like, this is a big deal.
04:04Well, we're glad that you trusted us to host it.
04:08I mean, that really meant a lot to us that you're like,
04:12OK, I trust these two.
04:13Well, no, honestly.
04:14They're not going to mess it up.
04:15I was like, I know these two like to have a dang good time.
04:17Yes.
04:18So you can trust anybody who likes to have a dang good time.
04:21Oh, thank you for that.
04:22Listen, you guys heard enough of us all throughout the day and the week,
04:25and we love you for that.
04:26Thank you for the best job in the world.
04:27But how about we let Lainey sing for her supper a little bit, OK?
04:30Yeah.
04:31Guys, thank you so much.
04:33America, thank you so much for joining us
04:35on our Lainey Wilson Odyssey listening party.
04:39Way to go, John.
04:40For whirlwind.
04:42Check, check.
04:43We're all good.
04:49Is it too early to have a drink?
04:53Did y'all try the ring finger drink?
04:56Oh, my gosh.
04:58This is, let me try this.
04:59Hold up.
05:04I'm going to be having a real good time tonight at the show.
05:20All right, y'all.
05:21This is my buddy Aslan, my right-hand man.
05:24We've been working together about nine years,
05:26and he's put up with me that long.
05:29He actually produced one of my very first projects
05:31before I even had a record deal.
05:33And it's so cool.
05:35This record, my band got to play on this record.
05:38And these are the guys that we used to ride around in a flatbed F-450 truck
05:43and strap our equipment down to the back.
05:45And just to hear them in this record, too,
05:48it just makes me excited.
05:49I feel like a proud sister.
05:51So, you want to do a little bit of Hang Tight, honey?
05:54Okay, let's do that.
05:57Come on.
06:05Y'all want to sing them oohs with me like this?
06:08Come on.
06:09Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
06:39Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
07:09Woo, come on
07:10Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
07:13Yeah, you can't hold me and I can't hold you
07:16From two time zones away
07:18When you're clockin' out, yeah, I'm clocking in
07:22Gettin' ready to hit the stage
07:25Just know they're singin' along
07:27To all those songs they wrote aboutyou
07:30And I'll be saving all my lovin' for you
07:34Come Sunday afternoon
07:36I ain't tired, honey, on the white line runnin' down a dream on a long, long highway
07:43Me and this man, we won a million sales for some fancy straight-up sideways
07:49Baby, I miss your blue-collar kiss, just one more day to get through
07:55I ain't tired, honey, got a pocket full of money, head straight home to you
08:06Whoo!
08:07I ain't tired, honey, every good one comes to an end
08:36I ain't tired, till I'm in your arms again
08:41I ain't tired, honey, on the white line runnin' down a dream on a long, long highway
08:47Me and this man, we won a million sales for some fancy straight-up sideways
08:53Baby, I miss your blue-collar kiss, just one more day to get through
09:00I ain't tired, honey, got a pocket full of money, I'm headed straight home to you
09:05Sing it now!
09:06I ain't tired, honey, got a pocket full of money, and I'm headed straight home to you
09:18I'm headed straight home to you
09:24I'm headed straight home to you
09:55We wrote this song in 30 minutes. I've never written a song in 30 minutes, but it just fell right out of us.
10:01This song's about keeping your people close, and I finally found me a man worth writing about.
10:09He's a good one. His name is Duck.
10:12And as soon as I thought I couldn't get any more redneck, I somehow did.
10:18Come on, 4X4 by you.
10:39I'm the kind who take the kicks
10:42Don't sit in a shotgun seat unless I want to
10:47But you make me want to
10:52Hypnotized by the white lights
10:55Your hands tending to all this heart of mine
10:59Makes me feel at home
11:01Yeah, boy, you brought me home
11:04And I'm 4X4 by you, babe
11:08From the bayou to Kentucky
11:12City to the country
11:15From here to Timbuktu
11:18And boy, after a long day
11:22You know there ain't no wrong way
11:26To drive my crazy crazy
11:29In a 4X4 by you
11:35Parked out in the driveway
11:38Backed up to a fire on a tailgate
11:41Feet on the dashboard
11:44Oh, love, that I love more
11:49Not eating nothing but we in slow motion
11:52Up in the mountains or down by the ocean
11:56It's all the same to me
11:58Ain't nowhere I'd rather be
12:00Than in a 4X4 by you, babe
12:04NYC to LA
12:08City to the country
12:11From here to Kalamazoo
12:14And boy, after a long day
12:18You know there ain't no wrong way
12:22To drive my crazy crazy
12:25In a 4X4 by you
12:33Right there beside you
12:41Every morning sun
12:44Every afternoon
12:47Fly me to the stars
12:51Fly me to the moon
13:03In a 4X4 by you, babe
13:07From the bayou to Kentucky
13:11City to the country
13:14From here to Timbuktu
13:17And boy, after a long day
13:21You know there ain't no wrong way
13:25To drive my crazy crazy
13:28In a 4X4 by you
13:31And boy, after a long day
13:35You know there ain't no wrong way
13:38To drive my crazy crazy
13:41In a 4X4 by you
13:45Sing this with me like this
13:47I said ooh ooh ooh
13:50Ooh ooh ooh
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14:01Ooh ooh ooh
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14:10Ooh ooh ooh
14:13Come on, just like this
14:16Ooh ooh ooh
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16:13Ooh ooh ooh
16:16Ooh ooh ooh
16:19Ooh ooh ooh
16:22I was a Long Wolf
16:47I was a Long Wolf
16:52Had my own back
16:57Climbing that mountain, only voice howling was my own pack
17:04I was a lone star
17:09Shooting for the moon
17:13But I finally found a rebel who's on the same level when I found you
17:19We're a whirlwind, cutting through the Texas clouds
17:29Yeah, this farm wouldn't be this far without you spinning round
17:38Yeah, we're always on the move at a daredevil speed
17:43Running with the buggers and the tumbleweeds
17:46We're a whirlwind, but baby, loving you's a breeze
17:54Loving you's a breeze
17:59Yeah, it's a long road
18:03It's a rat race
18:07But you keep my head cool, you keep my heart full
18:12Oh, I have to
18:13I was one set of tracks, a million miles an hour
18:20But two kilometers is more horsepower
18:24We're a whirlwind, cutting through the Texas clouds
18:31Yeah, this farm wouldn't be near as far without you spinning round
18:39Yeah, we're always on the move at a daredevil speed
18:46Running with the buggers and the tumbleweeds
18:50We're a whirlwind, but baby, loving you's a breeze
18:57Loving you's a breeze
19:08We're a whirlwind, cutting through the Texas town
19:26Yeah, this farm wouldn't be near as far without you spinning round
19:35Yeah, we're always on the move at a daredevil speed
19:40Running with the buggers and the tumbleweeds
19:44We're a whirlwind, but baby, loving you's a breeze
19:52Loving you's a breeze
19:56Loving you's a breeze
20:00Loving you's a breeze
20:05Loving you's a breeze
20:35Ring Finger
21:05We was two years in, it was just about time
21:08But the line got walked and the night got tight
21:10I was tired of giving up the milk for free
21:13So I said, boy, you better get on one now
21:21Well, it popped the question and I took that rock
21:23And I made me an appointment at the beauty shop
21:26Got a little white dress and a boutonniere
21:29While he was laying with a dog drinking day-old beer
21:36Then he picked me up when the big day came
21:39The courthouse was just about a mile away
21:42I saw a long black hair on a short bench
21:44See, I said, that there hair don't belong to me
21:47He hollered, tell me who
21:49He said, baby, it ain't like that
21:52I said, read between the lines
21:54Kept the cash and left his ass
21:57I got the ring, he got the banger
22:03Yeah, I hit the road for a wheeze on Jerry Springer
22:08Love is sweet, but you know it's sweeter
22:13I got the ring, he got the banger
22:21Well, the wind is down, diamond in the wind
22:24I had half a mind to call up his friend
22:26But I called my mama, said, cancel the shower
22:29I was mad as hell, but it was happy hour
22:32I hit up the pawn, I hit up the bar
22:34I hit on the bouncer and I took it to the bar
22:37We took it to the back, I took it to the front
22:39And I took it wherever the hell I want
22:46I got the ring, he got the banger
22:51He got a cheatin' country song
22:54And, buddy, I'm the singer
22:57Love is sweet, but you know it's sweeter
23:02I got the ring, he got the banger
23:09Yeah!
23:20Alright, girls
23:23So this here song's for all the girls
23:26Who've had the balls to walk away from Merle
23:28Bigger nuts than a redneck squirrel
23:31Let me hear it if you know what I mean
23:33You lost your man, but you took the blame, blame
23:37I got the ring, he got the banger
23:42Yeah, I hit the road for a whiz on Jerry Springer
23:47Love is sweet, but you know it's sweeter
23:52I got the ring, he got the banger
23:57I got the ring
24:16He got the bird
24:20I told y'all I was crazy
24:23No sense in hiding it anymore, right?
24:27Man, thank y'all so much for being here today
24:30This has been... I've had the time of my life
24:32Thank you, for real
24:33It don't get much better than this
24:36I see you, I see you
24:37We'll figure it out, we'll figure it out
24:57I see you, I see you