Lainey Wilson arrives at the 56th annual CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Wade Payne
Lainey Wilson says during her high school years she learned a lot about performing while impersonating Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana was played by Miley Cyrus over a decade ago on the Disney Channel.
Lainey says, “You know what? I think I got a lot of practice with stage presence when I was impersonating Hannah Montana for five years. I did that as my high school job. I would do three or four birthday parties a weekend, and I did it for five years straight. I mean, I was playing at a nursing home one day and I was playing at a three-year-old’s birthday party the next, and sometimes both in the same day, so I really had to learn how to adjust to my surroundings and learn my crowd, but I think I found my stage presence along the way. I knew what made me feel alive.”
Lainey’s current single, “Heart Like A Truck” sits in the Top 5 on Mediabase this week. She recently stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform.
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