Meet the artists
Meet Lauren AlainaFull name: Lauren Alaina SuddethAge: 23Hometown: Rossville, Georgia / ChattanoogaLast movie watched: “Shallow Hal”Best Nashville hangout: Red DoorFavorite song: “I Will Always Love You,” Dolly PartonDream duet: Shawn MendezMeet Kane BrownFull name: Kane Allen BrownAge: 24Hometown: Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia / ChattanoogaLast movie watched: “12 Strong”Best Nashville hangout: Top GolfFavorite song: “You Make It Easy,” Jason AldeanDream duet: Randy Travis or Elvis Presley
Kane Brown was 13 years old when he started seventh grade as the new kid at Lakeview Middle School in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was a jock who wanted to play football. Instead, he was forced into chorus class where he quietly plotted how to sneak out and join the ballgame.
Lauren Alaina, 12, sat next to him. Brown was dating her friend Jerrica, and after the bubbly Alaina heard him hum in class, she decided to force him out of his shell.
“He told me he didn’t sing,” Alaina recalled. “I think he said he only sang in the shower.”
More than a decade later, the reunited childhood friends have soared to the top of country radio airplay charts with “What Ifs,” an uptempo duet about what could happen if they gave love a chance.