Louisiana native Lainey Wilson's full Southern sass is characteristic of her styling. The title of her second album, Sayin' What I'm Thinkin', sums up her feisty personality and its lead single, "Things A Man Oughta Know," finds her teaching men a few lessons about life.
Among the advice Wilson dishes out to menfolk is not letting go of the woman you love when things get tough and learning how to treat people right. She told the UK newspaper The Sun: "It's a song about having good character and discernment. It is not really about whether you can change a flat tire or start a fire; you can just YouTube that stuff. It's all about the way you treat someone. That's something every single one of us all to know."
Wilson wrote the song with Jason Nix and Jonathan Singleton after Nix arrived at their session with the title idea. The three started talking about all the things they thought a man ought to know while drinking a pot of coffee. "The list was way too long so we condensed that list," she told Digital Journal. "We discussed my childhood and the things that my parents taught me growing up. This song is really about having good character."
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