Singer and songwriter Lainey Wilson blends tough-as-nails grit and tenderhearted sentiment in contemporary country tunes with more than a touch of traditionalism. Born in 1992, she was raised on the classics in the tiny town of Baskin, LA: “I knew that country music for me and my family was more than just a genre,” Wilson tells Apple Music. “It literally is what we lived.” She started writing songs before she hit her teen years and took a gig impersonating Hannah Montana in high school