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“Damn, I Look Good!”: Ronnie Dunn Gives Kacey Musgraves’ Robert’s Western World Costume The Stamp Of Approval
She got the Ronnie Dunn stamp of approval. On Saturday night, Kacey Musgraves surprised unsuspecting fans who were out for a night on Broadway when she showed up to Robert’s Western World in Nashville dressed as Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn, to sing “Neon Moon.”
Kacey was of course featured on the duo’s first edition of their Reboot album which was released in 2019, and her version of “Neon Moon” with Kix and Ronnie remains my favorite out of both projects to this day (they did a Reboot II in 2024 with different artists).
At Robert’s, Kacey jumped onstage in the full Ronnie get-up, with the right jeans, shirt and belt, and she even had drawn on beard and wig… I mean, she got so detailed she even had some of Ronnie’s most prominent tattoos on too, including the “Cowboy” one on his forearm.
There’s really not much context for this, so I don’t really know what made her decide to do it, but it’s hilarious and I’m actually surprised anyone even figured out it was her, but that voice is unmistakable:
@_tayhendrix Kacey Musgraves as Ronnie Dunn performing Neon Moon at Robert’s Western World #kaceymusgraves #robertswesternsworld #nashville #countrymusic #brooksanddunn @kaceymusgraves @Brooks & Dunn @Robert’s Western World ♬ original sound – Taylor Hendrix
Here’s another angle:
@nashvillexp @kaceymusgraves singing Neon Moon at @Robert’s Western World is my spirit animal (: @robertswesternworld) #Nashville #615 #KaceyMusgraves #Country #BrooksAndDunn ♬ original sound – Nashville Experience
And in a post on Instagram, Kacey shared a video of herself in the costume, along with Brooks & Dunn’s “Play Something Country” in the background, captioning the photo by alluding to her newest release “Dry Spell” saying:
“OMW to end your dry spell.”
Hilarious… she also joked in her own comments section that “Ronnie did nothing to deserve this”:
“Btw Ronnie did nothing to deserve this.”
But I think he was into it, because Ronnie also left a comment saying how good he looked:
“Damn, I look good! RD.”
Again, I don’t really know what this is about, but it’s so funny:
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Tons of other country artists left comments on the post, with Megan Moroney joking:
“Smash.”
Carter Faith also said:
“Period I guess.”
The whole comments section is a trip, so if you need something funny to make this Monday a little better, just go on and scroll through those for a good laugh…
“I feel inspired tbh.”
“Hell yeah brother.”
“Unfortunately this is working for me.”
“Giddy up SIR.”
“Hard Twerkin’ Man.”
“We needed this.”
“I love whatever’s wrong with her.”
“I’d still hit it lol.”
“Do you do weddings?”
“Didn’t know Ronnie was haulin’ so much freight!”
“Guys I think she said f***** yee this time.”
“Ronnie Dunn with a snatched waist is everything we needed today.”
Kacey announced her sixth studio album Middle of Nowhere just a couple weeks ago, which was produced by Kacey alongside longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk.
Kacey is a proud Texas girl, and so the album draws on plenty of inspiration from her home state, and considering there’s a sign in her tiny, unincorporated, no-stoplight hometown of Golden, Texas, with a population of under 300 that reads “Golden, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere,” that sparked the idea for the title track and much of the theme for the entire album.
Middle of Nowhere is due out everywhere on May 1st, and Kacey will also feature several duets on the record including collaborations with icon Willie Nelson, bluegrass phenom Billy Strings, and South African musician Gregory Alan Isakov, and yes, that long-awaited, seemingly improbable duet with Miranda Lambert is coming on a song called “Horses and Divorces.”
“Neon Moon” with Kacey Musgraves
“Dry Spell”
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