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Country Superstar Lainey Wilson on Wanting to Be Not Just an Entertainer but a Storyteller — and With ‘Stories That Outlive Me’
Lainey Wilson, who is being named Storyteller of the Year at Variety's Hitmakers event, talks about revealing her own story as well as fictional ones.
“I’ve really been trying to perfect my craft since I was 9 years old,” Wilson points out, talking about how she would rush home from school to pick up her guitar and spin tales with it. I was playing sports and doing softball and basketball and cheering and running track, but when I would get home I would pick up my guitar and I would write music and I would tell stories, and that’s what I knew I wanted to do. And on the other hand, you’ve got songs on the record like “Whiskey Colored Crayon.” It tells a story about a little kindergarten boy who shows up to class and he’s going through some things back at home.
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