{"id":3090,"date":"2025-05-16T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=3090"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:55:25","slug":"miranda-lambert-took-the-stage-at-the-acm-awards-and-poured-her-heart-into-a-song-about-the-pain-and-heartbreak-of-her-past-singing-about-being-unhappy-with-ex-husband-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=3090","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Lambert took the stage at the ACM Awards and poured her heart into a song about the pain and heartbreak of her past\u2014singing about being \u2018unhappy\u2019 with ex-husband Blake Shelton, who sat just feet away in the front row. It wasn\u2019t just a performance\u2014it was a raw, unfiltered moment, like flipping through an old diary in front of a room full of strangers, while the person who broke your heart watches every word."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article__header\">\n<div class=\"article__subdeck t-p-border-color\">Blake fans also believe the new song he performed is a snub to his ex-wife<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__meta article_isFeaturedVideo t-p-border-color\">\n<div class=\"article__name-date\">\n<div class=\"article__author\">\n<p>MIRANDA Lambert gave an emotional performance at the ACM Awards, as fans were shocked she sang a song believed to be about her ex-husband with him in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda, 41, took the stage at the\u00a0ACM Awards on Thursday, May 8\u00a0to perform her songs Kerosene and Run.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-container-placeholder lazyloaded\" data-name=\"entertainment\" data-value=\"Entertainment and TV\" data-login-link=\"https:\/\/login.the-sun.com\" data-widget-name=\"newsletter\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-container-inbox\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/miranda-lambert-performs-run-60th-993196377.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Miranda Lambert performing &quot;Run&quot; at the Academy of Country Music Awards.\" width=\"959\" height=\"639\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miranda Lambert performed Run at the Academy of Country Music Awards in front of her ex-husband Blake SheltonCredit: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/blake-shelton-60th-academy-country-993193126.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=768\" alt=\"Blake Shelton performing on stage.\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake performed his new song Texas, which fans believe is about MirandaCredit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before she sang the upbeat song with Ella Langley, she performed the emotional Run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video down below and don\u2019t forget to share this beautiful song with your friends and family\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miranda Lambert performs &quot;Run&quot; at the ACM Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ovle2v5Qqt0\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miranda Lambert &amp; Ella Langley perform &quot;Kerosene&quot; at the ACM Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fIIq4QjuiLY\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics include, \u201cWell, it wasn\u2019t that you didn\u2019t have the answers\/ There was just no question in my mind\/ I was gonna run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you took too long to see I was unhappy\/ And I took too long to tell you that I was gonna run\/ I was gonna run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More lyrics include, \u201cOh, this freedom I found, babe, sure wasn\u2019t free\/ I owe you a lifetime of apologies\/ I\u2019m tellin\u2019 the truth now\/ I loved you so much\/ I\u2019m sorry for lyin\u2019 about who I was\/ I was gonna run\/ I was gonna run\/ Ooh, I always was gonna run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans are convinced the song is about her relationship with\u00a0Blake, 48, who she was married to from 2011 to 2015.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>They couldn\u2019t believe she performed the song in front of her ex-husband, as he was at the awards show to perform his new song Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Fans turned to social media to praise Miranda for her \u201cbrave\u201d performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat took a lot of bravery to get up and sing that song about Blake knowing he was in attendance,\u201d one fan wrote. \u201cThe truth always comes out and what a beautiful way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second said, \u201cOhhh wow Blake is there and wrote this for him. Healing all around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third commented, \u201cJust weird she sings this &amp; Blake sings Texas????\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fourth believes, \u201cTexas is about you that Blake Shelton sings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans also speculate Texas is about Miranda, as Blake sang, \u201cShe cut me loose and caught herself a somewhere wind\/ I haven\u2019t heard a word and haven\u2019t seen her since\/ She disappeared quicker than this double shot of Jim\/ \u2018Cause everybody at the bar started askin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s probably in Texas\/ Amarillo, all I know\/ George Strait said it\/ Yeah, that\u2019s where all them exes go\/ If she ain\u2019t with me out here in Tennessee\/ Then I don\u2019t know where she\u2019s headed\/ If I\u2019m guessin\u2019, I reckon\/ She\u2019s probably in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exes have both moved on since their divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda\u00a0has been\u00a0married to her husband Brendan, 33, since 2019, as they tied the knot after just three months of dating.<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u00a0married Gwen Stefani\u00a0in 2021 after meeting on\u00a0The Voice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/singers-blake-shelton-l-miranda-659718915.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 56th Grammy Awards.\" width=\"960\" height=\"652\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake and Miranda during happier timesCredit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HANGIN\u2019 ON<\/h2>\n<p>Blake\u2019s new album,\u00a0For Recreational Use Only, was released today.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Texas, his song Hangin\u2019 On also shocked listeners, as the breakup song is a duet with\u00a0Gwen, 55.<\/p>\n<p>They both sing, \u201cOh, I was finally in the clear, feelin\u2019 good \/\/ Out the house, out the woods \/\/ Thought I was through with you \/\/ Then out the blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Together, Blake and Gwen then sing the chorus, \u201cI hear you\u2019re hangin\u2019 on the other side of this town \/\/ Somehow, that messes me up, wonder if that picture of us \/\/ Is still hangin\u2019 on that\u00a0paisley\u00a0wall in your room\/\/ Or did you take it down?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continue, \u201cI should\u2019ve let go by now \/\/ But I keep hangin\u2019 on to every word you said \/\/ Like some old faded tee \/\/ Wish I could take you off, but you keep hangin\u2019 on to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the lyrics seem like the couple might be in crisis, Gwen opened up about the real meaning behind the song.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted the song is not about them during an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Gwen confessed, \u201cit\u2019s a different tone\u201d to anything they have worked on together in the past.<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cThe song was written not about us.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ON THE ROCKS?<\/h2>\n<p>The couple has been\u00a0hit with breakup rumors\u00a0during their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The pair spent time apart, with them even celebrating New Years in different time zones.<\/p>\n<p>Gwen celebrated the new year in\u00a0Las Vegas\u00a0while Blake performed at the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, the couple hit back at claims their\u00a0relationship was in trouble by putting on a united front.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/gwen-stefani-blake-shelton-perform-924351110.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton performing on stage.\" width=\"960\" height=\"685\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake and his wife, Gwen Stefani, perform a duet on his new albumCredit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake fans also believe the new song he performed is a snub to his ex-wife MIRANDA Lambert gave an emotional performance at the ACM Awards, as fans&#8230; 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