Nobody's going to scare you.
We already did it.
The last time I was here was a little traumatic.
I'm triggered.
You were not expecting it, and so that's why we did it.
This time, you're expecting it.
We're not going to do it.
It would still-- it would work.
Yeah.
It would still work, but--
It was wonderful.
We had a lot of fun, and you--
You had a lot of fun.
Yeah-- no, you did too.
[CHUCKLES]
You enjoyed it.
I did.
So you were here--
I was telling you the story in rehearsal--
Portia and I loved your album Golden Hour so much.
And you were here before all of these--
you've won so many awards now since you've been here.
And congratulations on everything.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
It's been fun.
Yeah.
It's been absolutely just wild.
I know.
It's amazing because you've been kicking around,
and you've got this beautiful voice, and you're so talented.
And it's funny how all of a sudden, there's just
a moment in time when everybody goes, hey, she's amazing.
I think that timing has a lot to do with it,
and just these songs came at a time,
I think, when we all needed a little bit of an escape
from the chaos and the craziness of the political world,
the social world, whatever.
Just I wanted the record to be a little bit of a hiding
place from that.
And for me, it was.
And I think that it was for a lot of other people too.
So maybe that's--
I don't know, Maybe that's what it was.
Well, yeah, you've got a beautiful voice.
The songs are great, so many reasons.
But anyway, I'm just very happy for you.
Thank you.
So like I said, you've won all these awards.
You did this Christmas special.
But there's something you did that is your favorite thing
you've done this year.
I want you to tell everybody what you did,
because it's very cool.
[CHUCKLES] Well, my sister, she comes on tour with me
sometimes, and she does a lot of my photos.
She's designed all my album covers, my little sister.
And so we shoot a lot when we're on the road.
And it was the last time we were in LA, or a couple of times
ago.
We needed to find a one-hour photo place really quick.
And she just found a place that happened to be open
and that could turn the photos back around in a quick time.
So it was called Tom's One Hour Photo.
It was in Koreatown on Beverly.
And so she went and she dropped the film off.
And she called me, and she's like, this guy was so cute.
You have to come.
When we come pick up the film, you've got to come with me.
You're just going to fall in love with the place.
I was like, all right.
So my sister and I went, and our friend Melani, and we--
the place is amazing.
It's been there for 30 years.
He's been open since, I guess, 1990.
But he does walk-in portrait sessions,
and you can pick your own background.
And it's just very nostalgic, the whole thing.
Tom's a sweetheart, a very, very hard worker.
He's a Vietnamese immigrant and--
oh, yeah, there it is.
There's our photos.
But so we came to get our film, and while I was there
snapped a portrait or two.
And he has all these fun props.
And I don't know, it was just inspiring to see somebody that
was such a hard worker, and his business kind of
has stood the test of time.
But we were like, Tom, do you have an Instagram?
Come on, we need to get your name out here.
And he was like, no, he doesn't-- and so we tried
in the store to set up an Instagram for him.
I didn't know how to work the Android he had--
[LAUGHTER]
--so we went home, and my sister and I
created an account for him.
And I mean, it just amassed thousands of followers
within days.
We were just kind of blown away.
People were lined up trying to get in his store.
They were-- yes, and I was like, man, there
is this huge nostalgic renaissance happening.
There he is, cute little Tom.
And I just felt like my generation would genuinely
appreciate his business.
And since then, he's had all these news stories.
His business hasn't stopped.
They said it's completely flooded,
and that it's totally turned around.
Good for you.
So I mean, I just--
I come from a household of small business owners.
My parents are, and I know firsthand
what it's like when people choose to put their money there
versus a place that might be more convenient or bigger
or whatever.
And I don't know.
I just-- I love small businesses.
That's-- well, me too.
I love that you did that.
All right, so the Christmas special
is getting amazing reviews.
I'm so glad you did that.
Thanks.
You'll probably-- it'll be a yearly thing,
you'll do a Christmas thing?
It nearly killed me, so I'm not sure.
OK.
[LAUGHTER]
But no, it was great.
Dan Levy's the narrator.
He throws me shade the entire time.
My nana, she's a guest, my actual grandma.
She came from Texas to be on the special,
and she basically saves Christmas,
so it's really special.
All right, well, it's called the Kacey Musgraves Christmas
Special.
It's streaming on Amazon Prime right now.
Kacey is going to perform when we come back.