Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. chose the CMA Awards telecast for the live television premiere performance of their theme for the Stephen King adaptation “ The Long Walk .” Titled “Took a Walk,” the duet aims to let viewers down easy from the brutal dystopia they’ve just been witness to, and to suggest, in ballad form, that there may yet be unity at the end of the road, as unlikely as that seems right now… er, in the movie.

In a visit to the Variety CMA Awards Interview Lounge — presented by Duke Cannon at Anzie Blue — the two talked about how the collaboration came to be.

“To be honest, how it came about for me was, they used one of my songs in the trailer, ‘Last of My Kind,’” explains Shaboozey. “I’m very particular (but) I love a lot of Midwest, Middle America textures… and it

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