This yr, he had a large night time.
Wallen was once awarded album of the yr via the academy for “Bad: The Double Album” on the 57th ACM Awards on Monday.
He did indirectly reference the talk in his acceptance speech.
“Once I began this album I used to be a child.By the point I put it out I used to be a father and that’s the reason turn into extra necessary to me than the rest,” he mentioned. “To my son this album and this award will characterize that his daddy was once a fighter and that he chased his goals and labored laborious to cause them to a truth.”
He additionally thanked those that had proven him “grace alongside the best way.”
After the video surfaced, Wallen was once to begin with criticized via fellow artists, noticed his tune dropped via a number of radio stations and his contract suspended via his label. However supporters boosted Wallen’s tune gross sales.
He has since performed on the Grand Ole Opry and introduced a excursion.
