LAINEY WILSON ANNOUNCES NEW DELUXE VERSION OF WHIRLWIND OUT AUGUST 22ND
With Five Additional Tracks Including New Single “Somewhere Over Laredo”
Debuted “Somewhere Over Laredo” Live At 2025 American Music Awards
Wilson’s Biggest First Day Of Streaming To Date & Currently #31 On UK Radio Airplay Chart
16x ACM, 9x CMA and Grammy Award-winning artist Lainey Wilson has announced that the new deluxe version of her award-winning album, Whirlwind, which will be released August 22nd via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville in celebration of the record’s one-year anniversary (pre-order/pre-save here here).
In addition to Whirlwind’s original 14 songs, the extended edition will feature five additional tracks: Wilson’s brand new single “Somewhere Over Laredo”, “Bell Bottoms Up”, “King Ranch, King George, King James”, “Yesterday, All Day, Every Day” and “Peace, Love and Cowboys”.
Following its release on Friday, “Somewhere Over Laredo” is this week’s Record of the Week on BBC Radio 2, Absolute Radio Country and Smooth Country, currently sitting at #31 on the UK Radio Airplay Chart, as well as being the most added song at US country radio this week with 129 adds. Furthering its success, the track garnered over 1.16 million streams across platforms in the first 24 hours of its release, earning Wilson her biggest first day of streaming to date, featuring on playlists including Apple Music’s “New in Pop UK”, “New Music Daily UK” and “Today’s Country UK”, as well as Amazon Music’s “Brand New Music UK”, “Fresh Pop UK”, “Fresh Country UK” and Deezer’s “Brand New UK”.
Already receiving widespread attention, Wilson performed “Somewhere Over Laredo” live for the first time at the 2025 American Music Awards earlier this week and appeared on CBS Mornings to discuss the new track, while Billboard praised, “one of her most commanding, dynamic vocal performances to date, crescendo-ing from a soft-focus, tender vocal, before gradually reaching into her upper register for powerful moments that heighten the song’s emotional acuity”.
Written by Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Andy Albert, the track honours the timeless classic “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” while showcasing Wilson’s poignant storytelling and authentic country sound, as she reflects on past love and pays tribute to small towns across the country.
The release adds to yet another triumphant year for Wilson, who won four awards at the 60th Annual ACM Awards earlier this month: Entertainer of the Year (her second consecutive win), Female Artist of the Year (her third consecutive win), Album of the Year (Whirlwind) and Artist-Songwriter of the Year. During the awards ceremony, she also debuted new song, “Trailblazer”, with Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert, which she wrote with Lambert and Brandy Clark.
Additionally, Wilson is in the midst of her nearly sold-out US Whirlwind World Tour, which includes stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Austin’s Moody Center and Denver’s Ball Arena among many others. The upcoming dates follow the tour’s first leg, a completely sold-out extensive run across the UK and Europe earlier this year.
Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Jay Joyce (Miranda Lambert, Eric Church), Whirlwind was released to overwhelming critical attention last summer with The Tennessean calling it “the best release of her career”, while NPR Music praised, “She’s becoming a major headlining country star, and this album feels like it’s cementing that position” and Rolling Stone declared, “her music has a blend of brawn, heart, and willingness to upend the status quo that’s not only listenable, but also the kind of thing you can’t help but root for”.
In just the past year, Wilson was also inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, performed during the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Halftime Show, won Best Country Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards and two awards at the 58th CMA Awards, where she also made her hosting debut alongside Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan. Wilson also received two awards at this year’s ACM Honors: the prestigious Triple Crown Award—presented to those who have won ACM Entertainer of the Year, Female/Male Vocalist of the Year and New Female/Male Vocalist of the Year—and the Milestone Award, which is given to an artist who has had an unprecedented or outstanding year in country music.
A prolific and sought-after songwriter, Wilson has scored eight #1 hits including “4x4xU”, “Watermelon Moonshine” and the 2x Platinum Certified “Heart Like A Truck”, and has collaborated with artists such as Post Malone (“Nosedive”), Cole Swindell (“Never Say Never”), Jelly Roll (“Save Me”), HARDY (“wait in the truck”) and Myles Smith (“Nice To Meet You”). She is also a triple threat within entertainment as a singer, songwriter and actor and will make her feature film acting debut in next year’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him, after first acting in Paramount’s hit television series, Yellowstone. Moreover, Wilson wrote and recorded “Out of Oklahoma”, which was featured in the new Twisters movie.
Whirlwind (Deluxe) Track List
1. Keep Up With Jones
2. Country’s Cool Again
3. Good Horses (feat. Miranda Lambert)
4. Broken Hearts Still Beat
5. Whirlwind
6. Call A Cowboy
7. Hang Tight Honey
8. Bar In Baton Rouge
9. Counting Chickens
10. 4x4xU
11. Ring Finger
12. Middle Of It
13. Devil Don’t Go There
14. Whiskey Colored Crayon
15. Somewhere Over Laredo
16. King Ranch, King George, King James
17. Yesterday, All Day, Every Day
18. Bell Bottoms Up
19. Peace, Love and Cowboys