The country hitmaker reflects on the album that looks at life's highs and lows.
Lauren Alaina speaks on stage at The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards held at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Lauren Alaina has gone through many chapters in her life, and she relives many of them on her new album Stages, out Friday (Aug. 28). But happily, for Alaina, she is in a great stage right now, to say the least.
“I am in the best stage of my life ever,” she tells Billboard during a recent visit to Los Angeles. “I’ve still lived some heartache in this stage, losing my dad [in July 2024], but I genuinely feel like I am living the life that I’ve always dreamed of.”
