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Why Lady Antebellum Decided To Change Their Name to Lady A · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood Seacrest. After much reflection over the last
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, superstar country trio Lady Amabellum has decided
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Speaker 1: to change their names, shortening it to Lady A, after
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Speaker 1: discussions with black colleagues and friends led to the realization
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Speaker 1: that their band name was a bit problematic. The word
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Speaker 1: anabellum is a Latin derivative translating literally to before war,
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Speaker 1: but it refers to the South, pre Civil War, before
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Speaker 1: the end of slavery. They explained, when we set out
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Speaker 1: together almost fourteen years ago, we named our band after
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Speaker 1: the Southern Anabellum style home where we took our first photos.
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Speaker 1: It reminded us of all the music born in the
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Speaker 1: South that influenced us, Southern rock, blues, R and B, gospel,
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Speaker 1: and of course country. But we are regretful and embarrassed
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Speaker 1: to say that we did not take into account the
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Speaker 1: associations that weighed down. This word, which includes slavery causing pain,
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Speaker 1: was never our heart's intention, but it doesn't change the
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Speaker 1: fact that it did just that. So today we make
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Speaker 1: a change much more In Lady A's note posted up
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Speaker 1: in full on air with Ryan dot Com that's direct
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Speaker 1: from Hollywood,