Lainey Wilson had a giant evening on the 2024 CMT Music Awards on Sunday — however some followers are already wanting towards the longer term at a giant collaboration which may be on the horizon.
Wilson not solely delivered a reside efficiency of “Nation’s Cool Once more” in the course of the star-studded present on the Moody Heart in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, she additionally took home the trophy for Female Video of the Year for her tune “Watermelon Moonshine.”
Wilson spoke with ET’s Cassie DiLaura backstage after the present — and addressed a rumor that she may be the yet-unannounced artist who collaborated with Keith Urban on a brand new duet he is releasing subsequent month.
Wilson performed coy when requested concerning the hypothesis, and jokingly replied, “I am going to textual content you later.” Nonetheless, she did take time to reward City for his kindness.
“I am going to say this — Keith City has been so good to me,” Wilson shared. “Like, anytime I see him or run into him, he provides me like simply life recommendation, and phrases of knowledge. I actually jot it down in my telephone, ‘trigger I am like, ‘I have to do not forget that Keith City mentioned this to me.”
“He is simply taught me a lot… [so], you may see,” Wilson added, seemingly teasing a possible duet.
As for her large win, the songstress mentioned she was taken without warning when her identify was referred to as.
“I used to be shocked. I imply, while you have a look at each lady that is in that class? It is actually mind-blowing when you consider what they’ve executed and the way everyone is so completely different, their story is so completely different, and simply how exhausting they work to deliver their imaginative and prescient to life,” mentioned Wilson, who beat our Ashley McBryde, Gabby Barrett, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Reba McEntire and Megan Moroney for the award.
In the meantime, ET also spoke with Urban on the red carpet — and the singer remained very tight-lipped about which singer he collaborated with on his forthcoming single and his future album.
“So, ‘Straight Line,’ [was the] first single, ‘Messed Up as Me,’ simply got here out in February, and now we have one other single popping out subsequent month — that is a duet,” City shared. “So excited to get that out.”
Addressing the fan hypothesis that the duet could also be with Wilson, City performed coy, telling ET, “You simply by no means know!”
“We recorded it final summer time, and I have been having to sit down on this factor since then, so I am prepared for it to come back out,” City mentioned. “Then the album later this 12 months.”
After his performance of “Straight Line” during Sunday’s show, he additionally spoke with ET backstage and confirmed that his duet associate was “very a lot within the constructing.” Nonetheless, given the sheer variety of nation singers on the occasion, that did not precisely slender issues down or verify any rumors.
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the 2024 CMT Music Awards have been held on the Moody Heart in Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 7, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The present aired on CBS and also will be available to stream live and on demand via Paramount+.
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