Miranda Lambert Performs ‘Crisco’ at ACM Awards

Miranda Lambert, a frequently seen and welcome face at the Academy of Country Music Awards, mixed country and disco when she sang her upbeat new song, “Crisco,” on the ACMs stage on Sunday night.

Dressed in denim and diamonds and sporting a white cowboy hat, Lambert led her band, bolstered by a string section, through the new track, which she dropped as a single on Friday. “Crisco” is rich in late-Seventies and Eighties Urban Cowboy vibes: she shouts out Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream,” and Glen Campbell’s “Southern Nights.” Lambert is helping revive smooth Eighties sounds, both as co-producer of Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” and with her own new material like “Crisco.” (Langley was seen singing along to “Crisco” in the audience.)

Over the last 20 years, Lambert has become the winningest artist of all time at the ACMs. Although she lost Top New Female Vocalist in 2006, the first year she was nominated, she claimed the trophy for that category when she was nominated for it again in 2007. Since then, she’s claimed 35 of the 75 awards she’s been nominated for. Most recently, she took home the Triple Crown Award in 2023.

Lambert’s last album, Postcards from Texas, came out in 2024, and it isn’t clear yet what “Crisco” portends for her. But it’s also not like Lambert has been silent, since she co-wrote and sang backing vocals on Langley’s Number One pop hit, “Choosin’ Texas.” Lambert also co-produced Langley’s Dandelion album, which came out in April, and duetted with her on its “Butterfly Season.”

The ACM Awards took place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, where Shania Twain served as host. Other performers at the event included Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, Riley Green, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, and the Red Clay Strays.

The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Corp., the parent company of Rolling Stone.