Lainey Wilson took a long, winding path to country-music stardom, beginning with a high school stint as a Hannah Montana impersonator. That path led the Louisiana native to a Grammy for best country album earlier this year 鈥� for her terrific 2022 breakthrough, Bell Bottom Country 鈥� and it continues with Whirlwind, which dropped Friday.
Just days before the new album鈥檚 release, Wilson took yet another victory lap at the Tiny Desk, where she performed three songs from Whirlwind before closing with the first single from Bell Bottom Country, 鈥淗eart Like a Truck.鈥� Though she and her band opened the set with two killer songs about romantic devotion, the show鈥檚 grabbiest moments 鈥� and the ones likeliest to go viral 鈥� came during the irreverent 鈥淩ing Finger,鈥� a kiss-off song for the ages. (How we made it to 2024 without a banger containing the words 鈥淚 got the ring / He got the finger鈥� will have to remain a mystery.)
The whole deeply charming set announced Wilson as a star with staying power. She鈥檒l maintain a presence at the Tiny Desk, too: She left us her hat for safekeeping.
SET LIST
- 鈥淗ang Tight Honey鈥�
- 鈥�4虫4虫鲍鈥�
- 鈥淩ing Finger鈥�
- 鈥淗eart Like a Truck鈥�
MUSICIANS
- Lainey Wilson: lead vocals, guitar
- Aslan Freeman: guitar, vocals
- Tommy Scifres: bass, vocals
- Kevin Nolan: keys, electric guitar, vocals
- Matt Nolan: drums, vocals
- Sav Madigan: violin, guitar, mandolin, vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Director/Editor: Kara Frame
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Mitra I. Arthur
- Audio Engineer: Andie Huether
- Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Alant茅 Serene
- Tiny Desk Team: Maia Stern, Hazel Cills
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and 老夫子传媒: Keith Jenkins
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