Little Big Town performed their single The Daughters on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, offering an updated musical arrangement for their powerful message about equality.
With band members Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Phillip Sweet all dressed in matching tuxedos, the performance of the song took on an air of symphonic sophistication. Helping that was the minimalistic, dramatic arrangement a sparse combination of acoustic guitars, cello, piano, and the groups layered harmonies.
That stylistic choice put even greater focus on the songs important and timely lyrics, dealing directly with the many conflicting and contradictory messages foisted upon women from the time theyre little children. Ive heard of God the son and God the father/Im just looking for a god for the daughters, Little Big Town sing in the harmonized chorus. This rendition fades out on Fairchilds pleas on behalf of all daughters, repeated and sung like a mantra.
The Daughters is the first release from Little Big Towns upcoming ninth studio album, the follow-up to 2017s The Breaker. After hosting the CMT Music Awards in June, the quartet is hitting the fair and festival circuit this summer and is set to play CountryFest in Cadott, Wisconsin on June 27th.