Little Big Town played double duty at the 2018 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night (June 6) when the four titans opened up the ceremony at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennesee to unveil the television debut of their uptempo new single, "Summer Fever."
Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook might not excel at choreography, but they know all about the two-step as viewers saw them turn the arena into a dancefloor. With oversized spheres hanging from the ceiling and their best Beyoncé hair fans nearby, the act swayed from left to right as they crooned to the breezy summer track. Beyond the set, Karen and Kimberly rocked plenty of sequins and it matched perfectly with the rainbow confetti that poured down on the audience at the end of the number.
"Summer Fever," which was co-written by Karen Fairchild alongside Jesse Frasure, Cary Barlowe, and Sam Romans, serves as the first taste from the upcoming LBT album. "Jesse had a really cool track, and we were talking about writing something fun for the summer," Fairchild told CMT.com. "All I remember is that we had the first few lines and then Cary Barlowe goes, 'We’re about to float that Malibu with that flip-flop attitude.' We were like, 'Yes! That’s it.' We just built towards the chorus, and we kept fine-tuning it. We want to see people dance on this song because it was so much fun to write."
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