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Lainey Wilson's 14-Year Country Journey

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Lainey Wilson, the CMA Entertainer of the Year, unveils her Netflix documentary Keepin’ Country Cool. The film chronicles her journey from small-town Louisiana to country music stardom, highlighting her fourteen-year hustle. Wilson addresses misconceptions about her overnight success, revealing her personal life, including her fiancé and plans for motherhood. Directed by Amy Scott, the documentary premieres globally on April 22nd, showcasing the realities of making it big in country music.

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Lainey Wilson's 14-Year Country Journey

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Music News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Lainey Wilson's 14-Year Country Journey. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 8th. Welcome in. This is Music News Today, where music meets AI. I'm Cori with the story. Laney Wilson, the reigning CMA entertainer of the year from Basque and Louisiana, is dropping a new Netflix documentary called Keeping Country Cool. It chronicles her grind from small town routes to country music superstar status. She makes it clear, this ain't no overnight success. It's 14 years of straight hustle on the road, pouring blood, sweat, and tears into every gig. The trailer dropped this week, kicking off with Wilson busting out of her type blue jeans during a show, signaling a killer night ahead. She lays it out raw, folks think she popped up quick, but she's been at it for over a decade, calling it a 14 year overnight success story. Fans and newcomers get a peek into her real life too, like her bond with fiancee Devlin Duck Hodges and her choice to free some eggs dreaming of. Motherhood one day. She owns up to not having it all figured out, showing the messy side of chasing fame while staying true.

Directed by Amy Scott, whose handle docs on Cheryl Crow and counting crows, this film dives deep into what it takes to make it big in country. It hits Netflix globally on April 22nd. Wilson wraps the trailer strong, pushing back on talk that country suddenly cool again. She says it never stopped. The world just finally caught the vibe.

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