Tim McGraw Makes Lainey Wilson Cry and LOCASH & Parmalee Drop a Summer Anthem | Music City Minute
Here's one that'll hit you right in the heart. Lainey Wilson has spent her whole career saying Tim McGraw is the reason she wanted to make country music the two even grew up just down the road from each other in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, a few decades apart. But incredibly, the two had never actually met. That changed this past weekend at CMA Fest when McGraw invited Wilson to join him for a surprise duet of "I Like It, I Love It" at Nissan Stadium. But it's what happened backstage that has the internet in its feelings. Years ago, a young Lainey wrote Tim a letter that he never received. When McGraw found out about it last year, he did something nobody expected he wrote her back. Backstage before the show, Tim handed Lainey a stuffed envelope and told her quote, "I wrote it as though I had gotten the letter this is what I would've said." Lainey fought back tears, and honestly, good luck not doing the same when you watch the video.
On a lighter note if you're looking for your summer soundtrack, LOCASH and Parmalee just delivered. The two acts teamed up on "Let the Country Music Play," a country reimagining of Rupert Holmes' classic "Escape The Piña Colada Song" that swaps the beach bar for a boat on the lake and name-drops everyone from Shenandoah to Merle Haggard to Alan Jackson. It's fun, it's nostalgic, and it's out now on all platforms.
