Carly Pearce on country music’s big year and that viral moment with a heckler
LA TimesCarly Pearce is fast becoming country music’s queen of the clapback. In June, after social media users speculated that she was into Satan because she’d posted a photo in which her tour bus appeared to be parked in a space marked 666, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter took to X to proclaim, “I am a devout Christian who takes PRIDE in using my platform to point people toward JESUS.” Two months later, a video went viral showing her interaction with a heckler at a festival gig in Minnesota. Yet among Nashville’s top stars, Pearce might be the least interested in reaching beyond country music’s borders — and at a moment when the genre has more crossover energy than it has in years. I don’t want to.” Named female vocalist of the year at the Country Music Assn. When I was 5 years old, I told my parents, “I’m gonna sing on the Grand Ole Opry one day.” Later on, people thought we were crazy when my parents let me homeschool so I could take a job singing in the country show at Dollywood.
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