Maddie & Tae both grew up listening to and loving country music and Maddie Marlow says, “Country music means truth to me. I feel like.” Tae Dye agrees and says it also means honesty, which is what they both love about it so much. Whether they’re pointing out the ridiculous way women were being portrayed in country music with their debut single, “Girl in a Country Song,” or offering words of encouragement to their fans and themselves with their latest song, “Fly,” Maddie says she loves the storytelling aspect of country music, and Tae laughs and says, “If we get to put our stories into songs and be as honest as we are, it’s the best job ever.”
Maddie & Tae are nominated for Top Vocal Duo of the Year at this year’s ACM Awards, and they’ll release their debut album, Start Now, on June 2nd.
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Maddie & Tae – country music truth :21
Maddie Marlow – “Country music means truth to me. I feel like.”
Tae Dye – “Yeah, and honesty.”
Maddie – “Yeah, it’s all about telling stories, and honest stories, and I think that’s what attracted us to Country music so much was just the truth and honest all of it is.”
Tae – “And if we get to put our stories into songs and be as honest as we are, it’s the best job ever (laughs).”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – APRIL 6, 2015 – MONDAY
Maddie & Tae play a couple of dates this weekend as on Friday (4/10), they play Country Thunder in Florence, Arizona and on Sunday (4/12) they perform at the Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
2015 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
Vocal Duo of the Year – Maddie and Tae
The 50th Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 19 at 8:00 PM ET on CBS.
MADDIE & TAE – JUST THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Maddie Marlow (b.7/7/1995) and Tae Dye (b. 9/18/1995) (both girls are 19)
HOMETOWNS: Texas and Oklahoma
DEBUT SINGLE: “Girl In A Country Song”
DEBUT ALBUM: EP released on November 4.
CURRENT SINGLE: “Fly”
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: September 23, 2014
TOURING WITH: Dierks Bentley this summer.
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2015 – “Fly”
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