Still.Hanging Tight, Honey

Lainey Wilson dishes on critics, life onstage and what’s next

- LEANNE ACIZ STANTON

Lainey Wilson is one of the hottest acts in country music, but even she encounters haters from time to time. Luckily, the Grammy winner — who released her fifth album, Whirlwind, in August — has found a way to block out the noise. “I’m trying to flip the script. Instead of coming from a place of like, ‘Man, I got a lot of people to prove wrong,’ [it’s], ‘Man, I got a lot of people to prove right,’” the singer, 32, told Us while celebrating the launch of her new Wrangler collection at NYC’s iconic Hotel Chelsea. “There’s a lot of people who love me, believe in me and think I can do this. That’s the foot I try to lead with.” Here, Wilson catches up with Us.