Lainey Wilson

Lainey Wilson brings fringe and festivity to “Over Laredo” at Macy’s Parade

Lainey Wilson rides onto the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade stage with a cowboy hat full of holiday cheer, delivering a festive rendition of a track from her Whirlwind deluxe project.

Amid giant floats and lip-synced enthusiasm, she performs “Somewhere Over Laredo,” lacing country drama with a seasonal twist, evoking a yuletide rodeo where peace meets polyester fringe and Broadway asphalt.

Lainey Wilson strolls "Over Laredo" and into Hot Country Songs' Top 10 at No. 9

Interpolating a 1939 classic, Lainey Wilson’s “Somewhere Over Laredo” slides into the Hot Country Songs top 10 at No. 9, marking her ninth entry, tying with Maren Morris. The track, co-written by Wilson and produced by Jay Joyce, collects 4.1 million U.S. streams, 24.6 million in radio impressions, and a slight 36% uptick in sales during the week of Nov. 14–20.

Kelsea Ballerini enters at No. 36 with “Emerald City,” supported by 2.9 million streams, while “I Sit in Parks” climbs to No. 32. Both appear on her new EP Mount Pleasant, which debuts at No. 9 on Top Country Albums.

Lainey Wilson Snags CMA's Top Prize, Without Breaking the Boys' Club Seal

Lainey Wilson nabs the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year in a move that feels inevitable, not incendiary. She’s clocked a hefty touring schedule, stacked major TV performances, and maintained a visible chart presence without succumbing to the genre’s frequent boy’s club pitfall.

The Nashville Now podcast sifts through the show’s quieter controversies, critiques win placements like Female Vocalist and Song of the Year, and throws light shade at choices that felt more cordial than competitive.

Lainey Wilson trades tequila tales and pink sequins on Colbert's Late Show stage

Lainey Wilson appears on The Late Show, trading quips with Stephen Colbert about small-town life in Baskin, Louisiana—where her departure reduced the population to 156. Recalling her earliest songwriting attempt at age nine, she dryly notes the lyrics revolved around “tequila and cigarettes and everything else”—not exactly playground fare.

Before performing "Somewhere Over Laredo," she revisits singing the national anthem on horseback as a rodeo flag girl. Wilson delivers the song draped in pink sequins and nostalgia, shifting from black-and-white melancholy to color-saturated country theatrics.