Music has always been a source of comfort for Lainey Wilson.
Before the release of the new album Whirlwindthe country star, 32, opened up in a new interview about using songwriting to cope in her childhood.
“I faced things that all children face, mean girls… And I don’t even know if I would say I was bullied. I saw how children were mistreated, but it was difficult. I mean, when you’re 13, 14 years old…” Wilson told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “But you come home and find an outlet that just helps you get through all the emotions.”
The “Hang Tight Honey” singer said she used her pen as a way of “dealing with things at home behind closed doors,” and that all these years later, she still uses music as a form of self-expression.
“Writing songs is also a thing for me. I will observe other people and I will be able to become more empathetic towards people,” she told the radio host, 51. “I can take on some of their pain, which is one of my worst qualities and my best qualities. But I can write from someone else’s perspective. And I think just writing songs, in general, has made me a better person.”
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Lainey Wilson on Zane Lowe.
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Wilson wrote her first song at age 9 and spent her childhood listening to country greats like Glen Campbell, Tim McGraw and Patsy Cline, she told PEOPLE last year in a digital cover.
“I grew up in a town where country music is life: we eat it, we sleep it, we breathe it,” she said. “I loved her with all my heart and I feel like I’m finally starting to like country music.”
In the same interview, she described her past year as a “whirlwind” – the same title as her upcoming fifth studio album, due out on Friday, August 23.
“I’m so excited to finally announce Whirlwind. This album has been a long time coming and I can’t wait for the world to get their hands on this body of work soon,” Wilson said in a statement announcing the record. “This new chapter of music is the most cathartic and personal piece of art I’ve ever made. I hope this record brings some peace to your maelstrom and wraps its arms around you like it did me.”
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Wilson, who won the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award in May, said Billboard that same month when she focused on “quality over quantity” when it came to the new record.
“We thought about what works — we got people on the road to do it — and I was pretty inspired,” she said.
Prior to the album’s release, she dropped a string of singles, including “Hang Tight Honey,” “4x4xU,” and “Good Horses,” featuring Miranda Lambert.
Her new song “Out of Oklahoma” is also included on the film’s soundtrack Twisters.
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