{"id":1308137,"date":"2019-04-08T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T03:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1805164"},"modified":"2019-04-08T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T03:57:12","slug":"acm-awards-backstage-and-upfront-with-thomas-rhett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/acm-awards-backstage-and-upfront-with-thomas-rhett\/","title":{"rendered":"ACM Awards: Backstage and Upfront with Thomas Rhett"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> 11m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Thomas Rhett<\/a> assumed his daughters Willa Gray and Ada James were probably way up past their bedtime and watching when their dad win the ACM for male artist of the year for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should be in bed,\u201d Rhett said during his backstage press conference after Sunday\u2019s (April 7) ACM Awards. \u201cBut if they\u2019re staying with my grandparents, they\u2019re definitely not asleep. It will be really cool to go home.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were in Australia last month playing some shows, and I had just got done doing soundcheck and [Willa was] like, \u2018Daddy, I\u2019m so proud of you.\u2019 First of all, I\u2019m like how do you know how to say that? Second of all, it just melted me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been really awesome to share some of these moments with my kids the way I got to share these moments with my dad, as well. It\u2019s kind of coming full circle in a way. I do this for them, man. I write songs for them, and it will be really cool to show them this trophy when it comes in the mail probably in six months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more from Rhett\u2019s backstage Q&A:<\/p>\n

On whether he was thinking he was going to win\u2026<\/strong> \u201cWe never go into award shows expecting anything. We\u2019re just glad to be there. We\u2019re glad to be nominated. I was just looking at that card that they gave me, just looking at those names in that category \u2026 all those people are truly my best friends, and I listen to their music. We hang out with them Mondays and Tuesdays because those are our weekends. The fact that their music has shaped who I am and I took a lot of things from them, gosh, I love that.\u201d<\/p>\n

On how awards impact his definition of success\u2026<\/strong> \u201cI never felt like I changed at all \u2026 Probably having kids and having a wife I love so much just really put a lot of things in perspective and so I really just try to live every day in the present and being present this year is my New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2026 Success for me is always writing better songs, and playing better shows. And I\u2019ll always try to be the best dude that I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the next chapter in his career \u2026<\/strong> \u201cCenter Point Road<\/em> comes out May 31, and I have a couple cool collaborations. Little Big Town is on there. Kelsea Ballerini is on there, and Center Point Road<\/em> is the street that I grew up on 20 minutes north of Nashville in a town called Hendersonville. So much of the songs on this album were shaped by past experiences of being in high school, in college, being young, successes, failures, and all the firsts and disasters in your life. I think I got to pull a lot of inspiration from that. So on this record, I went a little more rootsy and just very nostalgic on this record. I think people are going to really enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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