RaeLynn Revisits The Moment That Sparked Her Country Music Career Ahead Of Milestone Bridgestone Arena Show

RaeLynn is feeling all the emotions as she prepares to deliver a milestone show at Nashville’s iconic Bridgestone Arena just 14 years after her dreams of becoming a country artist first began.

It all started on September 17th 2011, when the songstress found herself walking around the streets of Lower Broadway the same night that Taylor Swift was playing a sold-out show on her Speak Now Tour. At the time, it seemed impossible that she would ever get the chance to take the stage at the same venue that Swift and so many iconic acts have played over the years. Now, on Thursday, August 7, she will finally get the chance to have that long-awaited moment while opening for Jason Aldean on his Full Throttle Tour.

Feeling more motivated than ever, she returned home to Texas and let that inspiration kickstart her dream career. For RaeLynn, this upcoming performance is proof that “great things take time.” She took to Instagram just a few days before to reflect on her journey up until this point, and that memorable night that started it all.

“I remember my cousin daring me to sing karaoke in the front while everybody was walking in and of course I said YES,” she recalled of that monumental night. “That moment started a fire in me to figure out what my future would look like as a country artist and right when I got home to Texas from this trip I began writing more than I ever had and sending emails to random people in the industry sorry if you got an email from Racheal Lynn 😂”

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The Instagram post begins with a snapshot from that spontaneous karaoke performance, where a giant Taylor Swift photo op can be seen behind her. The second image captured RaeLynn posing with the iconic Elvis Presley statue located on Lower Broadway outside the Legends Gifts store, just a few feet away from Bridgestone Arena. Alongside those photos, she set the entire post to a track off 2018’s Origins project, “Praying For Rain.”

This powerful tune perfectly sums up RaeLynn’s never-give-up attitude that has always been guided by her daily prayers.

She goes on to say that she prayed every day, something she still does today, for God to open the right doors for her music career. Not long after, RaeLynn returned to Nashville for meetings with ASCAP, which led to her very first co-write in town. That co-write helped her land an audition for The Voice, and just one year later, she officially made the move to Music City as a signed artist.

“THAT TRULY IS ONLY SOMETHING GOD COULD DO. Now here we are 14 YEARS LATER and I get to play @bridgestonearenaofficial with @jasonaldean ❤️”

The “Heaven Is A Honky Tonk” singer ended her reflective message by telling her fellow dreamers, “don’t give up on what your heart is telling you. I am so grateful for the journey that led to this moment. SEE YOU THURSDAY NASHVILLE 😢💋”

RaeLynn will continue serving as a special guest on the remainder of the U.S. leg of Aldean’s current headline run. Her final performance on the trek will take place in West Palm Beach, FL on October 4.