Month: January 2025

If there’s a Georgia girl who’s proud of her Southern roots, it’s Lauren Alaina.

The “Georgia Peaches” singer recently shared a snippet of an unreleased track and demo titled “Those Kind of Women,” which she says is “an open letter to the strong (sassy) southern women that made me who I am.”

“Wooden spoon stirring sugar in the sun tea/ Brimstone Bibles on nightstands/ For better or for worse on some gold bands/ A long line of crazy/ Biscuits and gravy/ That’s what made me/ I was raised by those kind of women,” Lauren sings in the song, painting vivid images of her childhood at home.

Lauren’s latest project is her 2023 Unlocked EP, which was followed by a single-track release, “Just Wanna Know That You Love Me.”

Lauren will join Rascal Flatts on their upcoming Life Is A Highway Tour, kicking off Feb. 13 in Evansville. For tickets and a full list of dates, visit laurenalainaofficial.com.

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Brett Eldredge‘s kicking off the new year with a new song, “Gorgeous.”

The track’s the first preview of Brett’s second independent album following his latest holiday record, Merry Christmas (Welcome to the Family), which arrived in September.

“I am beyond proud and excited for this one!” Brett shares on Instagram. “I hope this song is a reminder of the gorgeous person that you are, even on your worst days, you are more than enough, you're Gorgeous:) Let. that. sink. IN.”

Of his forthcoming new album, Brett reflects, “I feel loved and accepted more than ever and I feel empowered to put out music in unconventional ways that many may not expect but I know you are gonna love.”

“There will be multiple different styles and sounds, taking you around the globe with me on a musical journey from beaches, to mountains to evening strolls under city street lights,” he adds. “this is going to be a lot of fun.here's to the next chapter.”

Brett’s last album with his longtime label home, Warner Music Nashville, was 2022’s Songs About You. 

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Lainey Wilson‘s all ready to get hitched.

The “Hang Tight Honey” singer recently told Jelly Roll‘s wife, Bunnie Xo, in a CMT interview that she’s just waiting for her boyfriend, Devlin “Duck” Hodges, to pop the question.

“No pressure, brother! No pressure,” Lainey said, responding to Bunnie when she said she’s manifesting for them to get married.

“I might have to propose to him. We waiting!” Lainey adds.

Lainey and Duck have been dating since 2021 and made their red carpet debut at the 2023 ACM Awards.

Lainey’s currently #8 and climbing up the charts with her romantic single “4X4XU.”

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Post Malone and Zach Top singing a ’90s country classic together? We’re in.

The singers were on the Wild Horses Fest lineup together on Dec. 30 and took the opportunity to share the stage for Vince Gill‘s #1 hit, “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away.”

Posty recently posted a clip of their performance and captioned it, “cheers @zachtop :)”

Posty and Zach both have singles currently climbing up the country charts.

Posty’s Luke Combs-assisted “Guy for That” is in the top 10, while Zach’s “I Never Lie” is approaching the top 20. 

On the tour front, Posty’s readying to hit the road with Jelly Roll for the Post Malone Presents: The BIG A** Stadium Tour, kicking off April 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Zach’s currently on his headlining Cold Beer & Country Music Tour, with the next show slated for Jan. 16 in Omaha City, Nebraska.

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Jelly Roll‘s wife, Bunnie XO, is opening up about expanding their family.

On Thursday’s episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast, which included a conversation with psychic medium and astrologer Sloan Bella, Bunnie XO said she’s “ready to be a parent.”

“I just feel like I’ve been healing so much trauma with my parents that I finally am ready to be a parent,” the singer and podcast host said.

She added, “I just want a little piece of Jay and I together.”

Bunnie XO and Jelly were married in 2016. Jelly is already a father to two children from previous relationships, daughter Bailee and son Noah Buddy.

Bunnie XO said that she’s helped raise Bailee since she was 7 and it showed her that she could raise a child of her own.

“I think that also showed me that, ‘Hey, I’m not going to f*** up a kid’s life too badly,'” she said. 

“But I feel like I’ve mastered – not mastered, but I feel like I can do this,” she added.

Bunnie XO then talked about how she has been pregnant three times in the past. She said at 16 she got an abortion when she learned that she was pregnant, saying she was scared and “didn’t know what to do.”

In June 2024, Jelly and Bunnie XO revealed that they were beginning their journey with in vitro fertilization to expand their family.

At the time, Bunnie XO shared a video on Instagram of her husband talking about their IVF journey during a conversation on the podcast Bussin’ with the Boys.

She captioned the post, “God Willing- Baby DeFord 2026.”

A month later, Bunnie XO said in an episode of her podcast that she and Jelly would be going the surrogate route.

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You probably know Tucker Wetmore as the country newcomer about to clinch his first #1 hit. But did you know he had a well-decorated athletic career before music?

“I grew up playing sports my entire life. Football, baseball, track,” Tucker tells ABC Audio. “[A] little bit of basketball [as well], but I stopped playing that pretty early on. It wasn’t my forte. I kept getting mono, so I was like, I’m done with basketball.”

“I went to college to play football [and] ended up getting injured,” he shares. “So that was kind of the end of my sports career.”

Having it come to a screeching halt was quite a blow to Tucker. He was down and out, uncertain of what to do next. 

“I moved back home and I was super lost. I was like, ‘Ma, I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know what I want to do with my life,'” he recalls. 

That’s when his mom came through with words that changed the course of Tucker’s life.

“She was like, ‘Just go sit in front of your piano or pick up your guitar. That was your therapy back in the day.’ So I wrote my first song that night and I never looked back,” he says. “I wrote my first song in 2019, I moved to Nashville in 2020.”

Tucker’s currently #2 and ascending to the summit of the country charts with his debut single, “Wind Up Missin’ You.”

Tucker will open for Thomas Rhett on his Better In Boots tour this summer, with the kickoff show slated for June 5 in Rogers, Arkansas. Tickets are available now at tuckerwetmore.com.

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