Headline : Emmy Russell on Carrying Her Grandma Loretta Lynn’s Legacy: ‘Her Essence Is Literally in My Blood’

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Emmy Russell has vivid memories of her childhood, riding in the tour bus alongside her grandmother — or Meemaw as Russell calls her — Loretta Lynn. She’d sometimes join her onstage or they’d sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” together.

It took years, though, for Russell — who lives in Nashville and recently auditioned for American Idol — to finally embrace the “gift” Lynn always said she had.

“All the time, she’d be like ‘When are you going to come back and do what you’re made to do?'” she tells Rolling Stone. “She would always say, ‘If you have these gifts, don’t bury them under a rug. Use them.'”

During her audition on American Idol, Russell wowed judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan with her performance of an original ballad titled “Skinny” about her struggles with an eating disorder. They were also surprised by the fact that she was the granddaughter of a country legend and daughter of country singer Patsy Lynn. 

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