WEBVTT - ACM Awards Recap Special with Shannon Ella + Kevin O'Connell 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:07.280 Welcome into the Bobbycast ACM Awards Special. 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:09.560 I am Kevin and I'm Shannon Ella. 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:11.320 I'm so excited to be doing this with you and 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:14.000 talk about the awards because the ACMs. It's been a 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:16.720 long time since I've actually sat and watched through an 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:17.799 entire award show. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:18.560 And that was. 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.160 Insane, sane. I didn't and I never got bored. 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:24.720 No me neither, because how could you. It was like performance. 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.120 I felt like I was at a festival with really 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:30.080 great speeches in between, where it's like you know when 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:33.360 you're at a wedding and the speeches sometimes go off, 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:35.479 you know a little bit. Yes, this time it was 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:37.479 like a wedding with like really great speeches. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.280 Yeah. It was one after another and then performance after another, 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.360 and there was never I think there's maybe what one 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.199 commercial I want to say, Yeah, and it's that for 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:49.040 an Amazon Prime show or movie. 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:50.280 Coming out which I really want to watch. 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:52.120 Yeah, I know. Same here, I'm like, okay, even this 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:52.959 is entertaining. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.240 It was like the bull riding one is see that. 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:57.280 Maybe it's a bull I remember Air? 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.440 They were oh the Air one, Yes, yeah, that one 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:01.360 looks great too. It there was a bull riding show 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.560 or something, and I was like, Okay, I'm in. But yeah, 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.440 I feel like most award shows are going in the 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:10.400 direction of like more performances. 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:13.319 I feel like it's way better that way. Yeah, that's 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:14.520 what we want to hear exactly. 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:16.720 You're like, Okay, we have all these great artists, the 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.000 best in the industry, best in the world. I want 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:20.319 to hear them do what they do best, right. 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:20.680 Yeah. 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:22.640 And it was so good, I mean, like and a 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:23.759 lot of throwbacks too. 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.680 Yeah, which is really cool. Yeah, when they brought out 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.959 Chricier year would And we'll get into some performances, but 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.560 I want to start right away with best Dressed. 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:33.200 Okay, this is hard. 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.080 I made a list, and I feel like your list 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.120 is like one line is like ten. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:38.880 I love it. 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:39.760 So I'll start with you. 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:40.960 Then name off a feel. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.760 Okay, I have to say Gabby Barrett. I don't know 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.360 if you saw her. She had like these gigantic black 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.400 sleeves on, like her dress was bigger than her and 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.560 her husband like he couldn't even get near her. And 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:53.360 I don't know how she made it down the carpet 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.160 with that dress, but it was so cool. But I 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.360 specifically loved all the blue that was on the carpet 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.440 this year. I felt like a lot of people wearing 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:05.320 that color Marida Lambert, Texan Ryan and Brittany Kelly to 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.240 Neil Towns and Mackenzie Porter, my Canadian girls looking good 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.120 and blue. Okay, but I know your pick. I feel 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.480 like is gonna be one of the dudes on the carpet. 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.560 It has to be. And it's not even the outfit itself, 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:21.200 it's when he was getting interviewed on the carpet by Brilin. 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.120 By the way, Brilin did a great job all the hosted, 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:24.040 but Brilyan I thought. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:24.560 Was crushed it. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.120 I thought I was like, he should not that I 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.680 want him to steal my job. But hey, I'm like Brilin, 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:31.360 I would love to co host something with him. I 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:32.720 feel like he's so good at that. 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:34.320 Yeah, he did a great job, and he had a 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.120 great job of like connecting with the artists, you know, 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.840 as a fellow artist himself. But going back to who 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:41.600 he interviewed, it was Mitchell Tenpenny. And the reason I 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.520 say Mitchell Tenpenny is because he had the bolo tie 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.320 and he had a Texas look to him, and Brilin 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.560 asked him like you got the Texas five going today. 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:50.880 We've seen him in the studio and outside the studio 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:52.640 and it doesn't really dress like that. And he's like, yeah, 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:53.880 I ain't got this today. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.360 Of course he did. That was like true Mitchell style, right. 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:58.560 He's like, you know what, I'm gonna go to the 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:00.919 ACMs in Texas. I'm gonna look like I live in 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:02.080 Texas and I'm front Texas. 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:03.440 He looked like he did at his wedding. 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.040 Like when his wedding photos came out to Megan, they're 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.160 all wearing cowboy hats. I was like, I'd never seen 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.720 Mitchell wearing a cowboy hat before, but he rocks it. 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.600 Yeah, he looked great. He rocked it. And I just 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.440 thought him saying, yeah, I went out and bought it 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:17.679 this today, like he didn't try to hide it, and 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:19.600 he said, yeah, this is what it's like when somebody 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:21.600 comes to Nashville and they go out and buy, you know, 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:23.399 a cowboy hat and they wear it on Broadway. You're like, yeah, 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:24.600 I'm in Nashville. This is what I do. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.520 I'm a cowboy. But that's such a guy thing to do. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.000 Like women cannot just go out and buy their red 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.440 carpet outfit like the day of the award show. 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:33.040 Good point, yeah, point, it can't happen. 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.519 But I will say I want to give a shower 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.080 to all the ladies out there that were bumping on 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:38.560 the red carpet because there were a lot of baby 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:43.800 bumps happening, and Nicole Comb's, Luke Combs, Kimberly Kelly, Caitlyn Smith, 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:46.760 just to name a few. I was pregnant obviously at 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.720 one point. I have a son, and I never had 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.400 to go to an award show red carpet pregnant, and 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.880 I was so grateful for that. But they rocked it 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:56.480 because I wouldn't think it would be fun. 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.440 Yeah, I was gonna say, how would that somebody who 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.440 has been through that? What would that be like for 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.880 you? You think, because there's a lot of that's a lot 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.200 in itself. Yeah, And they go out there and go 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.840 on the red carpet and the whole performance and everything, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:08.800 that's gonna be a lot. Right. 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:12.480 I was really not that I wanted the pandemic to happen, 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.600 but I was pregnant through the pandemic and the CMA 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.840 Awards like ACM Awards are all happening, and I was like, man, 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.719 I'm so glad I don't have to get dressed in 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.880 a gown with this big belly. Yeah, and so I 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:25.880 was really grateful. But all those moms they look great. 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.520 But okay, best looking couple. This One's always really hard 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.160 for me to choose because there's a lot of really 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.000 great ones. But I think I'm going to go with 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.120 Nicole and Luke Combs because I feel like they're just 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.960 the sweetest couple ever and they both just look so 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.080 in love and so pumped about them, you know, having 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:43.920 another baby. So I'm going with Nicole and Luke. 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.600 Okay, I'm going to go with another Nicole. Nicole Kidman 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.200 and Keith Urban. Can't go wrong with them. I know 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.800 it's a little cliche here, but they just look so 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:55.320 cool and just it's nothing fancy about it. It's just 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:56.960 we just show up and this is who we are. 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:58.720 And you know, when they walk in a room, matter 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:00.840 what they're wearing, they just rocket and they look like 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.920 the biggest power couple on that red carpet, which is 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:04.080 saying something because they are. 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:05.320 I know, yeah, they really are. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:09.159 Like Nicole Kidman is just so cool. I have no 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.320 other that's it. She's just so cool. 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.839 And then Keith is also cool. The guy ever, he 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:15.680 just walks up and he's just like, I know there, 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:17.280 and I can't do the accident, you know. 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:21.119 He's like, that's something I never try to attempt because 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.479 accents never come out in the moment the way that 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:26.560 you could do them behind closed doors. Like as soon 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:28.599 as you're put on the spot, you're like, nope, my 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.560 Australian is now Jamaican, I. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.400 Know, exactly like my Irish or Jamaican or German, I 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.320 don't know what it is here. But another one I 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.240 thought that I noticed because she was constantly on the 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.760 camera was Leaney and her new boyfriend. 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.240 I saw that Duck Hodges I did not know. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.640 Yeah, and I because I only know him as a 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.880 sports fan, and he played for a little bit in 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.839 the NFL. He had I think maybe one start. But 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.160 I was like, wait, I think that's pretty sure. That's Tim. 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.159 But I've never seen him outside of a football uniform. 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.800 And he's wearing the Bolo tie sitting next to her, 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.560 and you know, anything she wears, she rocks well, so 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:02.600 next to her, I was just like, okay, I like it. 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:04.599 When they showed them on the carpet. He was the 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.320 only one in the picture at one point, and. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.400 I was like, who is that artist? Because he looked 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:09.120 so country. 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.000 And then she came walking in and like put her 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:13.960 arm around him, and I was like, what is happening here? 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:14.640 I did not know? 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.080 So yeah, very cool new relationship announced on the carpet. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.359 Best Acceptance Speech. There were so many. I kept literally 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.000 writing down my favorite and then I'd erace it and 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:28.120 be like, no, this one wins for me. But Cole 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.800 Swindell he got to make a few tonight, which we 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.960 will talk about. But his little shout at the end, 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.600 since I'm a mom to wish everyone happy Mother's Day, 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:39.440 I loved he didn't thank his fiance, so I thought 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.039 when he won the next award, I was like, Okay, 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.240 surely he's gonna thank his brand new fiance. 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:43.960 And he did not. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.680 So I'm like, Cole, if you're listening, don't miss her 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:48.440 on the next acceptance. 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:52.000 Speech, right, you got to tell him send him a text. 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.640 Man, I'm gonna literally right now, be like, dude, you 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:55.800 just got engaged. 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.800 I do love the Mother's Day thing because he came back, 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.080 he gave his speech, and then everybody, the writers all 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:02.640 the other writers talked to them, and he came back 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.040 and and said, Happy Mother's Day all the moms out there. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:06.800 So I did love that as well. Me too, but 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.240 I think we can both agree. The best it made me, 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.800 literally lol, was Hardy. 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.040 I think I messaged you. It was like, did he 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:16.680 really just do that? As he did? 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.040 He walked up and said, I forgot to spit my 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:20.720 dip out before I came up here, so I got 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:22.040 a dip in right now, And he just went on 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.960 and went on about his business. Typical Hardy form, good 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.160 old country boy just doesn't care, walks up there and 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.400 big old'ipper in his mouth and accept an award. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.400 Yeah, I mean, it would not be an ACM Awards 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.320 without like something like crazy like that happening during you 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:37.640 don't know or don't expect that you're going to win 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.800 an award. You're like in the bathroom or you're with 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.240 a dip in like Hardy. But he still was able 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.320 to speak really well, which I've never done dip before, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:49.040 But I feel like it would be tricky to not 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.040 spit at some point. 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:52.920 If you're a seasoned veteran. For sure, he probably has 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.040 done it for so long that he just swallows it, 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.600 which is very tough to imagine. And I mean I've 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:03.240 done it times on accident, never on purpose. So Hardy 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.320 is a veteran in the dipping world. But his speech 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.400 was awesome and just coming up there and doing that. 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.080 And we were talking about the most fun to sit 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.400 within the audience if you were at that show, if 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.040 you had to have a seat next to somebody, who 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.600 would it be with or people? 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.920 I mean, I would say Hardy, But now that I 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.440 know he was doing dip and spitting in a cup 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.200 in the front row, I'm like, well maybe not. But honestly, 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.760 Landy Wilson is one of my favorite people ever. Every 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.360 time I'm with her, I always have the best time. 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.000 And I just know she, no matter what win or lose, 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:35.760 like she was going to be having a party and 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:37.600 enjoying herself. So I would want to sit with Laney. 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.720 I can't go wrong with that. Laney. And now Duck Hodges, of. 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.440 Course, yes, I know. I guess I'm skeoching him over thought. 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:45.960 You're like, you got to excuse me, Doug, but mine 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:47.400 would be and they didn't really show him. I was 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:49.280 kind of upset as Jelly roll I don't know where 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:49.959 he was sitting. 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.480 He obviously maybe he wasn't sitting, he was partying somewhere. 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:54.760 That's probably true. He said that on the red carpet too. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.800 They're like, hey, how's your You know you been here 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.720 in Texas? How's your night going? Like we've been partying 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:01.439 since Monday? 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.040 And he's not lying, no, no, he is not lying. 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:05.840 So I would just love to sit next to jelly Roll, 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.880 be anywhere with jelly Roll, and to be at an 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.079 event like that would be awesome. I can't even imagine 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:13.720 just how loud he was and how much fun he 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:15.800 was having, because he's just joyful no matter what he's 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:17.880 doing and no matter where he's at. So mine would 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.200 have been jelly Roll for sure. And moving on from that, 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:22.760 the host. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:24.400 Two hosts, two hosts. 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.360 So I was so excited when I found out that 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.800 Garth and Dolly were co hosting the awards, because one, 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.000 I love Dolly Parton, I mean who doesn't, and I 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.679 feel like she's so great at it. But Garth Burk says, never, 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.120 I've never seen him in that kind of position before. 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.200 But as if you've been to a Garth show, you 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.160 know that he's he basically is a host every night 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:47.040 when he performs because he's so good. So I just 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:49.120 was kind of intrigued to see what he was going 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.520 to be like as a co host, and I feel 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.600 like he crushed it because he never felt like he 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.480 was reading off a teleprompter. I mean at times he was, 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.600 but I just think that that's something he should do 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.120 more of personally. And the two of them were together 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.240 was really cool. A lot of like royalty up there 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.200 and Dolly. I love her outfits. They are just so 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.760 good and the goat bringing the literal the goat coming 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:12.959 out on stage at the beginning. 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.440 The great thing about Garth was and like you said, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.920 he's got such a presence on him and he's performing, 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:21.679 but he was up there with Dolly and he kind 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.200 of knew it. He'd let her be the star of 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.640 the show because as big as he is, which is 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.720 crazy to say, Dolly is even bigger. 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:29.439 She's the goat. 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:31.480 She is the goat exactly. So I thought he did 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.079 a great job of letting her even though they were 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.320 co hosts. She was really the star of the show 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.959 all night, even with the end performance with her new 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.400 song at the very end, and I thought they just 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.439 they teamed it well together. They gelled well together, and 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.839 like you said, he was very smooth with everything he did. 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.200 And I thought they were just awesome together. They were entertaining. 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.520 I hope they get them again next year. I truly 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.760 I did enjoy them. I was wondering where he was 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.600 going when he was talking about the goat and naming 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.080 all of these incredible men. I was like, you have 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.880 not listed one woman, sir, And then I was like, Okay, 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.000 I see where you're going with this. But yeah, the 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.000 amount of awards that were given out tonight was overwhelming. 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.280 Did you have any that kind of shocked you? I mean, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.040 we'll get into it more, but was there a category 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:17.000 that kind of blew your mind? 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:22.760 I wouldn't say necessarily a category. I would say overall Colswandel, yeah, 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.960 and how much he won. And I'm not hating on 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.559 it at all. It's just that shocked me more than anything. 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.480 I mean, it started with Colswondell, whom won the first award, 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:33.839 and then the Song of the Year she had me 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.960 at Heags Carolina, and I think it's just the background 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.760 of Heads Carolina right that everyone loves and Jody Massina 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.240 that performed it. And it was great, So I was surprised. 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.920 That was my biggest surprise, probably of all the awards. 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:47.079 It's how many he took away. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.240 Yeah, me too, and not like you said. I love 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:53.040 that song so much and it's so cool for them 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.920 to bring back such an iconic nineties song and have 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:59.560 Jody Massina on the show. But I just was not 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.080 expected him. I think the second award he also was 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.120 not expecting to get because you. 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:05.640 Look at all those songs that are nominated. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.040 I don't know who chooses them, but it would be 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.120 a really tough job because I could not do it. 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.160 Oh, because they're all so great. You're like, yeah, that's 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.080 gonna win. No. Eight, that's gonna win. Wait I know, 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.120 Oh that's the winner. You're like, oh, okay, she had 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:17.160 me a head Carolina. 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:19.760 But it is a jam, and I feel like maybe 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:23.160 we should encourage people to rewrite epic nineties songs. 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:24.840 It's going well. 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.880 For it's going well, Let's keep doing it. 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.960 Absolutely. Let's run through the awards then real quick, and 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:31.720 we'll start with the ones that were announced the night 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.640 before New Male Artists of the Year. The finalists were 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:37.840 Bailey Zimmerman, Dylan Scott, Nate Smith, Zach Bryan, Jackson, Dene, 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:42.480 and Ernest. And the winner was Zach Bryan, which was 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.680 a little surprising only because he's not really on the radio. Yeah, 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.640 but he's got such a big following and he's such 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.800 a great artist. So like me personally, I was like, well, yeah, 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.080 that makes sense, but it was just a little surprising 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.040 in the sense of he's not as well known throughout 0:12:56.040 --> 0:13:00.680 the country as maybe say somebody like an Ernest or 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.199 even a Bailey Zimmerman of course too. 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:06.800 Yeah, I mean, honestly, that category was so stacked because, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.920 especially in the new era with social media and the 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.920 amount of TikTok fans that people have and stuff like that, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.800 artists like Nate and Bailey, Nate Smith and Bailey Zimmerman, 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.640 like these guys at the start of their career already 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.040 have such a massive fan base and people that show 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:24.600 up for them in such a huge way. So I 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.120 feel like Zach Bryan's super deserving of it. But it 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.560 could have gone so many ways, and I feel like 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:31.840 they'll all be nominated again at some point. 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:34.720 Yeah, They're None of those guys are going anywhere anytime now, 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:35.480 that's for sure. 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.160 New female artists of the Year category. So many great 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:46.040 ladies in here, Caitlyn Smith, Megan Maroney, Hailey Witters, Morgan Wade, 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.040 and Priscilla Block. And I was so, so so happy. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.240 I have been such a long time supporter of this girl. 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:52.600 Hailey Witters was the winner. 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.400 Yeah, congratul to her. She deserves every bit of it. 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.640 Her performance was awesome too. I mean it was simple, subtle, 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.199 but typical Hayley. She's up there with a smile the 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.040 whole time, sounds great, looks great, and I'm very very 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:04.880 happy for her as well. 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.400 I remember when she first started releasing music and I 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.000 played her on radio in Canada and I got a 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.400 message from her and Kappy being like, thanks so much 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.400 for supporting and you know, we hope that you know, 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:17.240 this turns into something really big. And I was like, 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.200 I've loved her since her first EP she ever released, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.000 and to see where she is now, I'm like, girl 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.080 and she crushed it. Her performance was one of those 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.000 that I listed as one of my favorites for sure. 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.000 Yeah, And you could tell everyone feels the same about 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:31.680 her in the industry, whether it's an artist or some 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:36.080 of you management or somebody that works you know, Red carpet, interview, radio, anything. Everyone. 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.000 She walks in a room and you're like, this girl 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.760 is just special, so congratulate her. We'll go on to 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.360 Song of the Year, and the finalists were Morgan wall 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.240 and Sand in My Boots, Cole Swindell She Had Me 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.840 at Head, Carolina, Cody Johnson n Til You Can't Hardy 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:49.840 and Laney Wilson of Wait in the Truck, and Chris 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.400 Stapleton You should probably leave. We just talked about Cole, yeah, 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:54.080 and he won. 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.000 This and the Song of the Year. 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.600 Like, you have to really look up how these songs 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:03.520 are chosen, because you know there is reasons why they 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.240 choose Song of the Year and Single of the Year. 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.480 There's certain criteria that they have to match and stuff, 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.560 but every single one of those matches the criteria to 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.280 be nominated. My personal favorite out of that one has 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.200 always forever been Till You Can't Buy Cody Johnson, Like 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:19.520 that song just blows my mind. But I'll be honest, 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.480 I feel like all of those songs are ones that 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.920 I've listened to multiple times over the past year. So 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.240 when he was announced, I didn't go, eh, I don't 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:28.840 think that's right. 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:30.800 I was just like damn good for you, Cole. 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.040 I know, yeah, same here. My personal favorite probably would 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:35.320 be and I thought it would win just because it's 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.600 who he is, Chris Stapleton. You should probably leave because 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.280 just Chris Stapleton, just so you hear that voice and 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.000 you can't go wrong with that. That's one of my 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:45.240 favorite songs from him, for sure. 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:50.680 Group of the Year, So Nominee's Lady a Midland Old Dominion, 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.800 Little Big Town in Zach Brown Band and Big Surprise 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.840 for the sixth year in a Row Old Dominion. But honestly, 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.800 they are in credible. Like I got to go out 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:03.320 and watch a bunch of their shows on the No 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:07.920 Bad Vibe sewer and their show is like something I've 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:08.680 never seen before. 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:09.840 It is truly incredible. 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.120 So I can't say I'm at all surprised that they've 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.280 won that award for six years because they really are 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:15.160 such a great group. 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:18.480 Yeah, and they put out album after album, single after single, 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.120 and they've been doing it for so long, like you said, 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.240 six times, that's insane. It's almost like they just show 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.000 up now. They just know, they're like, yeah, okay, we're 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:25.640