Lainey Wilson's Journey: Depression, Anxiety & Grammy Win

0:00It's April 18th. I'm Corey with The Story. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, driven by AI and built for the culture. Country star Lani Wilson drops some real talk in her new Netflix documentary, Keeping Country Cool. The 33-year-old Louisiana native and Yellowstone actress opens up about wrestling with depression and anxiety right as her career blew up. She felt lost adjusting to fame, tying herself worth too much to performing and shaking hands instead of just being herself. As an introverted extrovert, the non-stop recording, touring, and spotlight left her overstimulated and burned out. She pushed through for years, not feeling like herself, trapped in a cycle where anxiety fed depression and vice versa, even wondering if she'd ever snap back. Her team was there, but breakdowns hit hard like a panic call from the St. Louis airport where she told her manager she couldn't stop crying and felt like she was losing her mind. Make attacks lasted days, yet she powered through shows, calling it a terrifying chemical

1:02imbalance and vicious spiral. She reached out to her hero, Reba McIntyre, who hit her with game-changing advice, do it for somebody else. That shift to her perspective big time, helping her separate the artist from the real her and ease the pressure to be perfect. Now, fresh off her 2024 Grammy for Country album of the year, Wilson staked her ground in the game, filling more at home in the spotlight. The doc drops able 22nd on Netflix, showing how she keeps it cool amid the chaos.