Country music singer Thomas Rhett attends the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards with his wife Lauren Akins at The Forum on March 5, 2017 in Inglewood, California.
What's a Thomas Rhett song without the lyrics about his wife Lauren Akins? Not only is she the main star in his music videos, but she's the inspiration behind some of his biggest hits, too. Have you ever seen how much he swoons over her when he talks about her? It's pretty much the cutest thing ever.
The two of them got married back in 2012, but they were actually high school sweethearts before that. They met each other in the first grade. They actually just announced in February 2017 that they're expecting a baby girl. What's crazy about that news is that they told the world about that on the same day they spilled that they're adopting another child from Africa, too. How adorable is that?
Rhett's not afraid to talk about his ladylove, either. He's actually said in interviews before that if it wasn't for her he would've never been successful and that she's his biggest fan. Perhaps that's why he seems to always write songs about her? Ah, what a lucky gal.
Below is a list of the best Rhett songs that are about and inspired by Akins. Get ready to swoon.
5. "Vacation" (2015), Thomas Rhett
This fun song of Rhett's was released on June 13, 2016, and is on his Tangled Up album. While the lyrics to this track aren't as lovey-dovey as his other ones about his wife, she is the star in the "Vacation" video. The fun they're having together in the clips just show how in love they are with each other, no cute words neccessary.
Seeing Rhett's wife as the leading lady in his music videos shouldn't be surprising, though. During an interview with TheBoot.com, Rhett explained why we'll never see him with a video vixen.
"I was just very adamant with the record label and with my video producer, just saying, 'Look man, it's not a big deal. It's just not really me to be all over some girl in a music video,'" he said. "Even if they are the nicest people in the world, it's just not really what I do."
Hey, you have to respect that, right?
Learn more about "Vacation" here.
Learn more about Thomas Rhett here.
Read the lyrics for "Vacation" here.
"Vacation" download: Amazon – iTunes – Google Play
4. "Something To Do With My Hands" (2012), Thomas Rhett
This track was released in February 2012 as the first single from his debut album, It Goes Like This. And if "Something To Do With My Hands" sounds a little sexy to you, that's exactly what Akins told her husband she thought about the song, too.
She apparently told Rhett that even though "Something to Do with My Hands" was about her, that it was too saucy and overly sex-driven, and that he needed to write sweeter songs. With lyrics like, I don't work, on a car and I'm as bad at pool as I am at throwin' darts, and golf, not a fan. But I need something to do with my hands so maybe I could stick 'em in your pockets, run 'em through your hair, and we can get to rockin' there you are and baby, here I am, and I need something to do with my hands…," you can kind of see her point.
Cue the other songs on the list…
Learn more about "Something To Do With My Hands" here.
Learn more about Thomas Rhett here.
Read the lyrics for "Something To Do With My Hands" here.
"Something To Do With My Hands" download: Amazon – iTunes – Google Play
3. "The Way Things Go" (2014), Thomas Rhett
Now this song may be from the hit movie "Best of Me," but that doesn't mean Rhett doesn't kill the track with his romantic lyrics like the usuals on his albums. There's no proof out there that this song is about his wife, but once you read the lyrics, it's sort of obvious that it is.
"And I coulda swore back when I was 15 I'd go to college and get my business degree, I never made it that far God put a big old wrench in my plans and he put this guitar in my hands. So much for crystal balls and wishin' on stars, as you're watchin' them fall to the ground. Yeah you can dream big and you can dream small but it all comes down to the luck of the draw so I found. Cause it's gonna rain as soon as you wash your car and as sure as you go on and give up your heart a curve gets thrown, that's the way things go. I woulda tattooed her name on my arm
Rhett and his wife met in the first grade, and fell in love when they were just teenagers, and after they both tried to date other people. They got married when they were young and shortly after they got together, and of course, they have been happy ever after. See why we assume it's about her?
Learn more about "The Way Things Go" here.
Learn more about Thomas Rhett here.
Read the lyrics for "The Way Things Go" here.
"The Way Things Go" download: Amazon – iTunes – Google Play
