Miranda Lambert chats with THR at the MTV Video Music Awards and dishes on this new era of music she's putting out with her album 'Postcards from Texas.' Plus, she reveals artists she is itching to get in the studio with, like Chappell Roan and Lainey Wilson.
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00:00How are you feeling tonight to be here at the VMAs?
00:03This is my first VMAs, so yeah, it's my first rodeo.
00:06Well, this is 40 years of VMAs right now.
00:11Do you have an earliest memory or like some like
00:14iconic performances that you remember seeing as a kid?
00:17I just know so many iconic performances happened at the VMAs,
00:20so I'm glad to actually be here in person to watch some of that go down.
00:23Well, you have an album that's dropping.
00:26Is it dropping in September?
00:28It's Friday. My album drops on Friday.
00:30Yeah. How would you describe this new era of music that you're putting out right now?
00:34This record's called Postcards from Texas, and I made it in Austin.
00:38I hadn't made a record in Texas since I was 18,
00:40and I've been doing this over 20 years, so it felt very full circle for me
00:43to go home to my honky-tonk roots for sure.
00:46Speaking of kind of diving back into your past,
00:49is there, what would you say to a younger version of yourself
00:51that was about to embark on a journey in music?
00:55I would just say, slow down, take a breath, and enjoy the ride a little bit more.
01:00I know, you know, you've probably collaborated with everybody under the sun at this point.
01:03Is there anybody that you're still itching to get back into the studio with?
01:07Yeah, well, I've gotten to collaborate a little bit with Posty,
01:10so I'd like to, he's been hanging around National, making friends with all of us,
01:13so it's just great, and Chapel Rhone. I'm a huge fan,
01:16so I want to meet her tonight. I'm excited to see her perform.
01:19One album that you've been listening to on repeat this year?
01:22Chapel Rhone's and Lainey Wilson. She just had a record come out,
01:26so, and it's called Whirlwind, so I'm a huge Lainey fan.