If anyone tries to dispute the authenticity of Lainey Wilson’s country roots , she’ll let her accent do the talking.
Lainey Wilson is well known for her signature bell bottoms, unique outfits, and thick accent.
Wilson is from Baskin, Louisiana and she is one of the most honest, kind, and humble artist in the industry.
In a recent interview with Glamour, Wilson talked about how people weren’t as welcoming of her twang-filled dialect in the beginning.
“I think sometimes, especially when people were first getting introduced to me, they heard my accent and immediately thought, ‘There’s no way this girl could be that country,’” she says.
As one proud country girl Wilson is quick to shut down any kind of negative allegations that might suggest she’s not the person she presents to the world.
“The truth is, you can say anything you want to about me, but when you start talking about my accent, I’m ready to fight somebody because then I start feeling you’re talking about my family.”
“When you grow up somewhere like I did with the kind of people that I did, you can’t help but to be country. You can’t escape it no matter if you move eight hours away like I did. Country music was the soundtrack of our lives. We lived it out.”
“To me, country is being a good person. I think ‘giving people the shirt off your back’ kind of people, the people who don’t take no shit, but the people who will love you and lift you up. When I think about country folks, I think about hard work. I think about people who get up with the sun and then go to bed in the wee hours of the morning. I take being country as a huge compliment because it’s the truth.”
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Source: Country Now
