BOYCOTTS AND QUARANTINE TO KEEP
PLAYING.
MANY SAY THEY SOUND BETTER THAN
EVER.
♪ GASLIGHTER ♪
>> Reporter: THE CHICKS HAVE
NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO SING WHAT’S
ON THEIR MIND.
♪ YOU BROKE ME ♪
>> Reporter: WITH 33 MILLION
RECORDS SOLD, THEY ARE ONE OF
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE BANDS OF ALL TIME.
OF ALL TIME.
THE GROUP FEATURES NATALIE MAIN
AND SISTERS NOW READY FOR THEIR
COMEBACK.
14 YEARS SINCE YOUR LAST STUDIO
ALBUM.
YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN
SECRETLY PLAYING TOGETHER FOR
THE LAST TWO DECADES.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> MAGIC OF THE STUDIO.
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME, PERFECT
IT AND DO IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
BUT WE
>> BUT WE TOURED IN 2016.
IT HELPS KEEP THE CREATIVITY
GOING.
>> Reporter: THE TRIO RECENTLY
MAKING WAVES WITH NOT JUST THEIR
MUSIC BUT THEIR NEW NAME.
I READ YOU DROPPED DIXIE BECAUSE
YOU WANTED TO MEET THIS MOMENT.
>> WE’VE BEEN KICKING IT AROUND
A LITTLE WHILE.
FEELING A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT
DIXIE.
WITH THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT, WELT HOW COULD WE NOT?
♪ WIDE OPEN SPACES ♪
>> Reporter: IT’S HARD TO
BELIEVE IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO
DECADES SINCE NATALIE MAINS
SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HER COMMENTS IGNITED A FIRE
STORM OF CONTROVERSY.
ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP
SELLING ACTS QUICKLY BECAME
PARIAHS OVERNIGHT.
RADIO STATIONS PULLED THEIR
MUSIC, THEIR CONCERTS WERE
BOYCOTTED, AND ALBUMS WERE
DESTROYED.
SOME REFER TO YOU AS THE FIRST
VICTIMS OF THIS CANCEL CULTURAL
MOVEMENT WE SEE SO PREVALENT
TODAY.
>> I THINK AS FAR AS THE
INTERNET PLAYING A ROLE IN CANCELING SOMEBODY, YES.
CANCELING SOMEBODY, YES.
BUT I ALSO THINK FOR US IT
DIDN’T FEEL SO MUCH CANCELED.
>> PLAYING GOOD MUSIC IS
SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
WE LOST A CERTAIN CONTINGENCY,
BUT OUR FANS WERE STILL THERE.
I DON’T REGRET ANY OF IT, TO BE
HONEST.
>> YOU CAME BACK A FEW YEARS
LATER SWEEPING THE GRAMMYS.
YOU WERE ON A TEN YEAR BREAK.
WHY?
>> WE WERE TIRED. WE HAVE NINE KIDS.
WE HAVE NINE KIDS.
>> BEING CANCELED IS EXHAUSTING.
>> Reporter: THE CHICKS’ NEW
ALBUM IS A NOD TO THEIR
FAMILIES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND
DIVORCE.
>> I THINK DEFINITELY WHEN THEY
WERE YOUNGER, THERE WASN’T THAT
BALANCE.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BE THERE
FULL-ON AS A PARENT AND AS A
MOM.
YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU GOT TO BE
THERE.
WHEN THEY GET TO BE TEENAGERS,
YOU’RE LIKE WHO WANTS TO GO ON
TOUR?
WHO WANTS TO MAKE A RECORD?
>> Reporter: NEVER SHYING AWAY
FROM CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS, THE
GROUP AGAIN TAKING ON CURRENT
EVENTS.
I LOVE THE QUOTE AT THE
BEGINNING.
IF YOUR VOICE HELD NO POWER,
THEY WOULDN’T TRY TO SILENCE
YOU.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK THE ROLE
AND THE POWER OF MUSIC IS TO
SOCIETY RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK IT’S HUGE.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING OUT
MORE.
PEOPLE WHO USED TO SORT OF DO
THE, JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE, IT’S
NOT MY JOB TO COMMENT, I’M JUST
HERE TO ENTERTAIN.
I THINK THOSE PEOPLE STARTING TO
SPEAK OUT NOW AS WELL, I THINK
THAT’S WHAT MUSIC IS FOR.
>> Reporter: AS CRITICS CALL
THIS ALBUM THE BAND’S BIG
COMEBACK AND THEIR SONGS CLIMB
THE CHARTS --
♪ GOOD-BYE EARL ♪
>> Reporter: -- THEY HAVEN’T
FORGOTTEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WITH COUNTRY MUSIC.
>> I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC.
>> WOULD YOU PERFORM THE CMAs?
>> WE DID THE CMAs WITH BEYONCE.
♪
>> WE’LL ONLY DO IT WITH
BEYONCE.
THAT’S OUR RULE.
>> Reporter: THE CMAs ASKED YOU
TO DO "GASLIGHTER," WOULD YOU DO
IT?
>> YOU’RE JUST STIRRING UP.
YOU’RE JUST TRYING --
>> I’M NOT.
I’M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
YOUR AVENUE OF PROMOTION.
>> WE DON’T CUT ANYBODY OUT OF
ANYBODY, BUT NO WE WOULD NOT
PERFORM "GASLIGHTER" ON THE
CMAs.
>> Reporter: THE CHEMISTRY
BETWEEN THE THREE OF YOU IS SO
PALPABLE.
HOW HAS THIS RELATIONSHIP BEEN
THIS SEEMINGLY PURE FOR SO LONG?
ZBLIFL
>> I FEEL LIKE WE’RE LIKE A LONG
MARRIAGE.
WE HAVE SUCH A HISTORY.
I THINK ABOUT HOW YOUNG WE WERE
WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER.
>> YEAH.
I FIND OUR FRIENDSHIP TO BE WAY
EASIER THAN MARRIAGE.
>> A LONG GOOD MARRIAGE.
>> A LOT OF LAUGHS.
>> YEAH.
>> A LOT OF LAUGHS, GOOD TIMES,
GOOD HANGS.
THE ALBUM IS GREAT, BY THE WAY.
THE CHICKS SAID THEY COMPLETELY
CHANGED THE WAY IN WHICH THEY
RECORDED AN ALBUM.
THEY WOULD WRITE AHEAD OF TIME
AND KNOCK THEM OUT.
THEY DIDN’T DO THAT.
THEY GOT A GREAT YOUNG PRODUCER
FROM JERSEY, WORKED WITH JACK.
WORKED A LOT OF THESE IN THE
STUDIO.
IF YOU’RE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT,
THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH THE
CHICKS IS UP AT TODAY.COM
INCLUDING MORE ON THE WRITING
PROCESS AND ALSO WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE
CANCEL CULTURE.
THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT
BACK IN THE DAY.
>> GOOD CHEMISTRY WITH ALL YOU
GUYS.
>> YEAH, IT WAS FUN.
IT WAS A GOOD TALK.
NICE TO TALK TO A BAND WHO
SPEAKS THEIR MIND AND ANSWERS
QUESTIONS WHEN YOU ASK THEM.
>> ALSO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THE
CHANGING ROLE OF ART IN OUR
WORLD.
>> RIGHT.
NATALIE SAID ARTISTS USED TO SAY
WE’RE JUST HERE TO PLAY.
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.
AND IT’S PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
>> NEVER HAPPENED WITH THE
CHICKS.
AND WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM
THEM, ACTUALLY.
THE MUSIC IS COMING UP IN JUST A