
Country singer Ian Flanigan on Blake Shelton and life lessons learned: 'Be yourself, man'
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Country music singer/songwriter Ian Flanigan — a finalist on "The Voice Season 19" — is the creative force behind the current single, "Grow Up," featuring Blake Shelton. It's had over 2 million streams so far and that number is growing rapidly. But that's only a piece of his personal success story — he shared revealing details with Fox News Digital in an interview.
"I'm focused on working really hard and staying on track." Blake Shelton has "always brought me back down and said, ‘Be yourself, man. That’s all you gotta do.'" "I really got my education on the road, from older musicians." "I realized, We are building a really substantial team, and we're starting to be supported in a much more continuous way."
At next month's CMA Fest, Flanigan will be among the hundreds of performers in downtown Nashville; the festival returns this year following a two-year pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic.