Lainey Wilson<\/a> came to The Late Show on Wednesday night (Sept. 24) to, in her words, talk about \u201cpeace, love and cowboys.\u201d In her first proper sit-down with host Stephen Colbert, the country star talked about being from Baskin, La., a town she joked bumped down to 156 residents after she left.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not a small town, that\u2019s a big family,\u201d Colbert said. Wilson described getting the bug to get try country music because it was the lingua franca of her tiny town, where, she explained, \u201cwhen you\u2019re from a town of 157, you live your live on the edge of your seat waiting on the next story.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s why it was no surprise that she wrote her first song at nine-years-old after feeling like the voices on the radio were \u201cspeaking to me.\u201d Wilson \u2014\u00a0known for her eye-catching ensembles, wore a suede patchwork suit and matching brown hat for the appearance \u2014 joked that her subject matter at the time was totally normal for a fourth grader: \u201ctequila and cigarettes and everything else.\u201d She also made her first $20 at that age singing at the grand opening of a local convenience store, a bill her dad still has framed at home.<\/p>\n That wasn\u2019t her only gig as a kid. She said she and her sister were also rodeo \u201cflag girls,\u201d with Wilson doing double-duty by singing the National Anthem on horseback at the professional rodeo events.<\/p>\n Wilson brought her signature fashion flare to a performance later in the show as well, wearing a belly-baring pink jumpsuit with a large bejeweled belt, white cowboy hat and a pink and white flowing cape as she rambled through \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d from the deluxe edition of her Whirlwind album. The song opened with a close-up of an old-fashioned wooden TV console, with Wilson singing the moving ballad in black and white before the tempo picked up and she was in full technicolor, crooning about flying over Laredo and \u201cdreaming about those rodeo nights.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Wilson on the Late Show below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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