Thomas Rhett spent quite a bit of time meeting and greeting his fans at CMA Music Festival earlier this month, and based on the smile on his face, it was hard to tell who was happier about it, him or his fans. Thomas says, “I was blown away ‘cause I will never forget my first booth signing. I feel like it was like 2012 or 13. And walking in and there were maybe like thirty people there, who might have known you or might not. And so walking in and seeing just a line of people, you know, that are not only, they’re in Nashville obviously to see a bunch of people, but they take an hour out of their day to come stand in a line and meet you. I just kind of sat there and I was like ‘Dude, these are the people that make my dreams come true’.”
One thing he loved about meeting his fans was getting the chance to hear their stories about how his music has impacted their lives. Thomas says, “Them telling me the stories of how a song like ‘Die a Happy Man’ changed their life or they got engaged to ‘Die a Happy Man,’ or ‘Crash and Burn’ was their anthem when they were in 6th grade. It’s just really cool to know that just the music you’re writing really does effect and influence lives and to get to have your fans actually tell you those stories is a really cool thing.”
There’s no doubt Thomas’ new single, “Vacation,” will become an anthem for the summer of 2016 for a lot of people.
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Thomas Rhett – meeting fans at Fest :40
“Well I was blown away ‘cause I will never forget my first booth signing. I feel like it was like 2012 or 13. And walking in and there were maybe like thirty people there, who might have known you or might not. And so walking in and seeing just a line of people, you know, that are not only, they’re in Nashville obviously to see a bunch of people, but they take an hour out of their day to come stand in a line and meet you. I just kind of sat there and I was like ‘Dude, these are the people that make my dreams come true’. And so meeting every single one of them and them telling me the stories of how a song like ‘Die a Happy Man’ changed their life or they got engaged to ‘Die a Happy Man’ or ‘Crash and Burn’ was their anthem when they were in 6th grade. It’s just really cool to know that just the music you’re writing really does effect and influence lives and to get to have your fans actually tell you those stories is a really cool thing.”