Lauren Alaina made her first appearance onLate Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday night, performing her current single Ladies in the 90s. The song, penned by Alaina with Jesse Frasure and Amy Wadge, is the singers first new music to follow her 2017 albumRoad Less Traveled.
In a square-shouldered dress and flanked by her bandmates, Alaina sings of growing up on radio waves, when the ladies dominated. In the chorus, she references Deana Carters Strawberry Wine, Britney Spears Baby, Shania Twains Man! I Feel Like a Woman, Faith Hills Breathe, Destinys Childs Say My Name, TLCs No Scrubs and Dixie Chicks Cowboy Take Me Away. Where her recorded version has a burbling, synthesized feel, Alainas live performance of Ladies in the 90s gets a rousing rock edge on Late Nightthanks to her live band.
In 2018, Alaina was named the ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year after a successful run of singles from Road Less Traveled. This year, shes playing a supporting role on Blake Sheltons Friends and Heroes 2019 Tour, which also includes John Anderson, the Bellamy Brothers and Trace Adkins. The trek got underway Valentines Day in Oklahoma City and will make its next stop February 21st in Indianapolis.