MADDIE & TAE SCORE THEIR FIRST CMA AWARD!
“Girl In A Country Song” Takes Video of the Year on Good Morning America
First CMA Nomination/Win for Maddie & Tae + First Award of 49th Annual CMA Awards
First CMA Nomination/Win for Maddie & Tae + First Award of 49th Annual CMA Awards
Photo Credit: Allister Ann
Nashville, TN (November 4, 2015) – Tae Dye was still asleep. Maddie Marlow was on the couch in a t-shirt and slouchy pants, watching Good Morning America on
ABC. Suddenly, the pair of songwriter sensations from Sugarland, Texas
and Ada, Oklahoma were the first award winners for The 49th Annual CMA Awards.
“Oh, my… oh, wow… oh, OH, OH!” Maddie texted her team, “Tae and I just won a CMA!!” She followed the text with a video of her doing a happy dance because “Girl In A Country Song,” the pair’s gender-role-flipping video response to Bro Country, had just scored an upset for Video of the Year against Miranda Lambert’s “Little Red Wagon,” Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Biscuits” and Carrie Underwood’s “Something In The Water.”
“We were just so glad to be nominated,” Tae said a few minutes later. “When you see all those amazing artists names, and you see yours, you think, ‘Wow.’ You don’t think about winning; you’re just glad to be there. But to win? That’s crazy.”
“Girl In A Country Song” took America by storm when it was released last fall. Media attention from The New Yorker to Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone to Atlantic Monthly to The Village Voice took Country where it rarely appeared – and Country radio agreed, making this only the third female duo in Billboard Country chart history to have a #1 debut single. The pair were recently honored with the NSAI's “10 Songs I Wish I Had Written.”
But it was the video – directed by TK McKamy – that really captured the spark. At a time when females in Country songs were mute Barbie dolls, Maddie & Tae turned the tables on real boys by casting some normal guys as video vixens. Or as NPR’s Ann Powers wrote of the power pair, “Maddie & Tae are more. They’re songwriters, powerful harmonizers…and in the video for ‘Girl In A Country Song,’ natural comediennes.”
“This video was so much fun, but it also got a lot of people talking,” Tae explained. “And it really says some stuff about what makes girls matter. I’m honored people saw it as we meant it: more than a joke, but proof you can speak you mind and not be mean.”
“Our parents raised us to stand up for ourselves,” Maddie continued. “To never let anyone tell us you can’t – as long as you do the work – and to know that what makes you matter is what’s inside your heart! We’re funny and smart and we have things to say, and with ‘Girl In A Country Song,’ especially the video, we did that!”
Surpassing 28 million VEVO views, “Girl In A Country Song” is not just one of Country music’s most talked about videos, it’s also one of the genre’s most watched. Believing there’s a place for plucky girls, Maddie & Tae have been smashing stereotypes and empowering young women since their first single dropped late last year.
After finishing Dierks Bentley’s SOUNDS OF SUMMER TOUR, they kicked off a headlining tour at NYC’s Highline Ballroom to strong reviews as Rolling Stone raved, “Maddie & Tae Launch Headlining Tour With Precocious Wisdom, Wit.” Now with their first CMA Award, they head into tonight’s show – airing live on ABC at 8/7c – vying for another win as Vocal Duo and New Artist nominees.
“Oh, my… oh, wow… oh, OH, OH!” Maddie texted her team, “Tae and I just won a CMA!!” She followed the text with a video of her doing a happy dance because “Girl In A Country Song,” the pair’s gender-role-flipping video response to Bro Country, had just scored an upset for Video of the Year against Miranda Lambert’s “Little Red Wagon,” Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Biscuits” and Carrie Underwood’s “Something In The Water.”
“We were just so glad to be nominated,” Tae said a few minutes later. “When you see all those amazing artists names, and you see yours, you think, ‘Wow.’ You don’t think about winning; you’re just glad to be there. But to win? That’s crazy.”
“Girl In A Country Song” took America by storm when it was released last fall. Media attention from The New Yorker to Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone to Atlantic Monthly to The Village Voice took Country where it rarely appeared – and Country radio agreed, making this only the third female duo in Billboard Country chart history to have a #1 debut single. The pair were recently honored with the NSAI's “10 Songs I Wish I Had Written.”
But it was the video – directed by TK McKamy – that really captured the spark. At a time when females in Country songs were mute Barbie dolls, Maddie & Tae turned the tables on real boys by casting some normal guys as video vixens. Or as NPR’s Ann Powers wrote of the power pair, “Maddie & Tae are more. They’re songwriters, powerful harmonizers…and in the video for ‘Girl In A Country Song,’ natural comediennes.”
“This video was so much fun, but it also got a lot of people talking,” Tae explained. “And it really says some stuff about what makes girls matter. I’m honored people saw it as we meant it: more than a joke, but proof you can speak you mind and not be mean.”
“Our parents raised us to stand up for ourselves,” Maddie continued. “To never let anyone tell us you can’t – as long as you do the work – and to know that what makes you matter is what’s inside your heart! We’re funny and smart and we have things to say, and with ‘Girl In A Country Song,’ especially the video, we did that!”
Surpassing 28 million VEVO views, “Girl In A Country Song” is not just one of Country music’s most talked about videos, it’s also one of the genre’s most watched. Believing there’s a place for plucky girls, Maddie & Tae have been smashing stereotypes and empowering young women since their first single dropped late last year.
After finishing Dierks Bentley’s SOUNDS OF SUMMER TOUR, they kicked off a headlining tour at NYC’s Highline Ballroom to strong reviews as Rolling Stone raved, “Maddie & Tae Launch Headlining Tour With Precocious Wisdom, Wit.” Now with their first CMA Award, they head into tonight’s show – airing live on ABC at 8/7c – vying for another win as Vocal Duo and New Artist nominees.
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