Thomas Rhett Talks ‘Beautiful As You’ ACM Awards Performance
Thomas Rhett recently released his new single, “Beautiful As You.” Now, the country star is taking the track to Country Music’s Party of the Year, the 2024 ACM Awards, this Thursday night (5/16), live from Frisco, Texas.
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Rhett’s “Beautiful As You” is one of the most infectious hits he’s released to date and will have you up and out of your chair dancing in seconds. Let us also warn you that it pulls at those heartstrings: he wrote it about his beautiful wife, Lauren Akins.
Backstage Country’s Kelly Ford caught up with Rhett this week right before his live television debut of “Beautiful As You,” in Frisco, to get some insight on the song and what’s to come for his fans.
“‘Beautiful As you.’ I wrote this song about a very special woman in my life. Her name is Lauren. This is basically a song about how I completely outkicked my coverage as a husband, just like we all did. It’s up-tempo and fun to listen to. You can dance to it. It’s a fun one,” Rhett told Ford.
Rhett’s “Beautiful As You” will be featured on his forthcoming seventh studio album, due out on August 23, which he says brings him “back to the root” of why he does, in fact, “love to make music.”
“I did this with a with a new batch of producers and a lot of different songwriters. This is the ‘funnest’ album that I’ve made. This is a very, very me album,” Rhett said.
He continued, “If you liked Tangled Up, Life Changes, and Center Point Road, this album is sort of that on steroids to me.”
Rhett’s fans, also known as the “Home Team,” can expect the singer-songwriter to drop a “bunch of songs” this summer leading up to the record, to be announced soon. The new album will follow his 20 Number Ones collection, released in September 2023, celebrating his 20 No. 1 songs.
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Thomas Rhett’s music videos have helped to catapult him to country music superstardom. Thomas has been nominated for many of his music videos and even won a few trophies for them.
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22nd Number-One Song
Rhett just celebrated his 22nd number-one song, “Mamaw’s House,” a duet with Morgan Wallen about the guys’ grandmas. The country star found the perfect way to celebrate. Thomas jumped into a pool in Florida alongside his Mamaw. He posted the fun moment on his Instagram.
The Jump
Rhett tells his Mamaw in the sweet video clip, “You’ve got to look in the camera and say ‘Mamaw’s House’ is number one.” The two then jump into the pool’s deep end, and the water goes over both of their heads.
Thomas captioned the video clip, “Celebrating “Mamaw’s House,” going #1 with my Mamaw… thank you, thank you, thank you to country radio, @morganwallen, & my whole team. Love y’all.”
Fans Love It
Many fans reacted to the post, including one who commented, “Thank you for such a wonderful song and it being at the appropriate time. My MaMaw passed away a week ago today, and it’s been the hardest thing I have ever experienced. Your song has such a special meaning to me. @thomasrhettakins.” Another fan said, “I just LOVE this song. From the first moment, I heard it. I hoped it would resonate as much with everyone else as it did with me.” One more fan wrote, “Love this so much. Miss mine every day. Enjoy every moment.”
Mamaws Shaped Us
Rhett said, “Our Mamaws were such a big part of shaping us into the men we are today, so I loved being able to pay tribute to them in this way. God Bless all the Mamaws out there for making us all better people, and thank y’all for loving on them with us!”
Thomas and Morgan Wallen released the song, which they wrote together called “Mamaw’s House” In October. The song was written for the special grandmothers in their lives.
When It Was Released
When it was first released, Rhett posted a video clip of him and Morgan talking about the song on Instagram. Rhett said, “We really just wrote this song about small town piece of paradise. I could remember growing up and going to my mamie’s and my Mamaw’s house, who both lived in South Georgia at the time. I feel like so many life lessons were learned at their house.”
He added, “I feel like you learn hard work. I feel like you learn manners. I feel like you learn respect. This song brings up how our mamaws used to act when we were little kids.”
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