Things are certainly going well for Lauren Alaina. The 23-year-old won her first ACM Award, forNew Female Vocalist of the Year, is touring with Cole Swindell, and will then hit the road with Jason Aldean, and enjoyed a No. 1 hit with her “Road Less Traveled” single.
She also enjoyed a chart-topping single with “What Ifs,” a duet with her childhood friend, Kane Brown, from Brown’s eponymous debut. The fact that she gets to share their rising star status with Brown makes their success that much sweeter.
Videos by PopCulture.com
“Well, we’re from a town where pretty much your family was born and raised there and you stay there and no one leaves,” the Rossville, Ga. native shared with PopCulture.com at a recent media event. “You go to high school and college and then you come back home. That just was never my plan. I always knew I was going to be in Nashville. My parents started bringing me to Nashville when I was 11 and I sang in Tootsies and Legends and all of those places during the day with the house bands and started writing [in Nashville] when I was 13, probably, because where we’re from originally is only about a two and a half hour drive.
“The lifestyle there is just very different and you do stay there,” Alaina added. “People don’t think that you can actually leave. So few people do it that it’s a hard thing, I think, for them to comprehend. Now we’ve both done it.”
Alaina hopes that she and Brown can both be an example for others who feel stifled by their small-town roots.
“I know that there are a lot of talented people in that area that probably have dreams and hopefully they can know that they can do that, in all small towns, across the country,” Alaina said. “I think they’re proud of us. I feel like they’re very supportive when I go home. I did not feel that way when I was still in high school, but I think people grow up – we all grow up at some point.”
Alaina’s current single, “Doin’ Fine,” is in the Top 30. A list of all of her upcoming shows can be found on her website.
Photo Credit: Facebook/Lauren Alaina
Most Viewed
-
(Credit: Rafa Jodar / Getty Images) -
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – AUGUST 23: Exterior view of a Walmart store on August 23, 2020 in North Bergen, New Jersey. Walmart saw its profits jump in latest quarter as e-commerce sales surged during the coronavirus pandemic (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images) -
TV talk show with female celebrity flat vector illustration. Woman sitting on sofa and talking with host, discussing news in studio. Videographers filming broadcasting. Television, interview concept -
A ring of vibrant marigold flowers with glowing candles at the center, set against a dark background. (Credit: Eduardo Monroy Husillos / Getty Images) -
Netflix logo is displayed during the 'Paris Games Week' on November 02, 2017 in Paris, France. (Credit: Chesnot / Getty Images) -
NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 19: "Toil and Trouble" – Elsbeth is thrown into the world of television after the showrunner of a long-running police procedural is brutally murdered in his office, and although it appears to be the act of a disgruntled fan, she begins to suspect the show's longtime star Regina Coburn (Laurie Metcalf) who yearns for artistic fulfillment. Meanwhile, Judge Crawford (Michael Emerson) continues to be a thorn in Elsbeth's side, on the CBS original series ELSBETH, Thursday, Dec. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Carra Patterson as Kaya Blanke. (Photo by Michael Parmelee/CBS via Getty Images) -
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 13: (L-R) Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom attend the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize) -
Official promotional artwork for <em>The Voice</em>
