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Kane Brown Opens Up About Heartfelt Connection with Young Fan, Recalls Childhood Experience with Racism
By Kelly Fisher
Feb 12, 2025
Photo: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
Country star Kane Brown shared a touching story about a special moment with a young concertgoer during an interview with Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Tuesday (February 11).
Brown recounted that the interaction was both “very sad” and “very special.” He explained that while on stage, he was wearing sunglasses and couldn’t fully read the fan’s homemade sign. He gave the fan a hug, and it was only later, after the show, that he saw a photo of the sign and understood its full message.
“I don’t know why I did this, and I’m not gonna do it anymore for my fans in the future,” Brown said, referring to the sunglasses. “I got this weird kick of wearing sunglasses on stage, but they were the Meta sunglasses so I could record everything. So it was really cool. I got really cool videos. But I’m walking and I can’t see anything. And I just feel this little person beside me, so I take a picture real quick and then I keep walking.”
He continued, “After the show, everybody was like, ‘that was so sweet.’ And I was like, ‘what was sweet?’ And I ended up reading the sign, and it was just saying that he got picked on in school. …So I didn’t get to read the whole sign…until I got home and saw the picture, so I felt bad that I didn’t sit there and talk to him. It was sweet, and I hope he remembers that. And I love him, if he’s watching this.”
Photos of the fan with Brown were displayed on a screen, revealing the sign’s powerful message: “bullied for the color of my skin. I just want a hug from Kane.”
Clarkson, calling it “a beautiful thing,” asked if Brown had similar experiences growing up.
“This sounds weird, and a lot of people don’t understand what I’m talking about, but my dad’s been in prison since ’96, and he’s still there,” Brown shared. “And so, I grew up with my whole white side of the family. And so my dad was never talked about or nothing. I mean, everybody on my side of the family was white. I never knew anything about color. My Black friends, I remember, I just thought you hung out in the sun longer than I did. I had no idea. there was times during the winter, got really light, and then when I was playing baseball, I got dark as hell. So, that’s how I thought it worked, and it took my little brother to tell me. ‘Cause his dad was in the picture. So, I was like, ‘OK, his dad’s my dad.’ But I didn’t know, so then I found out that I was biracial. And then some kids ended up — I started learning different words that don’t mean the nicest things, and yeah, finding out what that meant.”
Clarkson expressed that while the experience was “horrible,” it was “kinda cool that it happened to a person that has such a huge spotlight now to show these little…so that little kid can look at you and be like, ‘whatever. he’s like me.’ That’s really powerful.”
The conversation also touched on Brown’s personal life and career. The singer-songwriter is balancing his career with family life, as he and his wife, Katelyn Brown, are parents to three young children: Kingsley Rose, 5, Kodi Jane, 3, and Krewe Allen, who was born in June 2024.
Brown also discussed his fourth studio record, The High Road, which was released last month. The 18-track album includes “Fiddle In The Band,” “Backseat Driver,” “Haunted” with Jelly Roll, and “Body Talk” with Katelyn. Next month, Brown will kick off his headlining “The High Road Tour,” with Mitchell Tenpenny, Scotty McCreery, Ashley Cooke, and Dasha joining on select stops. A full list of tour dates can be found here.
In other news, Brown is among the many country stars nominated at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. This year’s show will also feature a special tribute to the resilience of Los Angeles following the devastating wildfires that affected the community, and will drive donations to FireAidLA.org. Contributions made to FireAid will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation, supporting both short-term relief and long-term prevention initiatives.
Fans have the opportunity to decide winners in several categories through fan voting, which began on January 22 and will close on March 10 at 11:59 pm PT. Categories open to social voting include Favorite Soundtrack, Favorite Broadway Debut, Favorite K-pop Dance Challenge, Favorite Surprise Guest, and more. Fans can cast their votes by visiting iHeartRadio.com/awards.
The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards will air on Monday, March 17 on FOX from 8:00-10:00pm ET live/PT tape-delayed. The show will also be broadcast on iHeartRadio stations nationwide and on the free iHeartRadio app.