Tigirlily’s Hit Song “Shoot Tequila” Takes the World by Storm

Tigirlily, the country duo comprised of sisters Kendra and Krista Slaubaugh, have been making waves in the music industry with their hit song “Shoot Tequila.” The song, which was co-written with Kevin Griffin and David Mescon, captures the energy and excitement of drinking tequila with friends.

Inspired by their time playing cover gigs on Broadway in Nashville, Kendra and Krista wanted to create a song that would get people up and dancing, regardless of whether or not they were country music fans. “We really want a song that kind of encompasses that sort of energy,” Kendra explained during our interview. “And so we said if we’re going to write a drinking song, it’s going to be about tequila.”

The song has been a massive success, with over two and a half million streams on Spotify alone. It has also gained popularity internationally, particularly in the UK and Australia. “We only got booked for C2C because of ‘Shoot Tequila,’ because the song is doing so well over in London in the UK, and even like Australia. So it’s going international, which is really cool,” Kendra added.

“Shoot Tequila” is just the beginning for Tigirlily, who have an EP coming out soon and another song, “Blonde,” already in the works. “Blonde,” which was co-written with John Luke Carter and Victoria Banks, is inspired by Dolly Parton and her energy. “We love how she handles stuff like people can make fun of her but she turns around and like pokes fun at herself,” Krista explained.

Despite their success, the sisters remain humble and grateful for their fans. “Honestly, I feel like this is really just the start of it,” Kendra said. “It just went to country radio. So I’m excited to see where this song takes us.”

But “Shoot Tequila” is not just a hit song. It has become a TikTok sensation as well, thanks in no small part to the sisters’ grandfather, Bruce. “Our grandpa, Bruce, even like, long before we were even going viral on social media. He would want to do stuff on our social media. He thinks he’s hilarious,” Kendra shared. “And he loves to be an entertainer. You know, he’s like, ‘I’m a star.'” The sisters invited their grandparents to join them for an event in Arizona, and during their visit, they filmed TikTok videos featuring their grandfather dancing to “Shoot Tequila.” “My grandpa was like, ‘This better go viral,'” Kendra recalled. And go viral it did, further cementing the song’s popularity.

Tigirlily’s infectious energy and undeniable talent, combined with their ability to create music that resonates with people, have contributed to their growing success. As they continue to make music that gets people up and dancing, there’s no doubt that they will continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

TRUTH OR TRUTH

**Have you ever accidentally hit something or someone with your car?

Krista admitted that she had hit a garage before, but never a person. She has hit a few poles and walls before, but nothing serious. Kendra, on the other hand, claimed to be an A+ driver and had never hit anything until she hit a tree head-on during a snowy day in North Dakota. “Most [of the time], I’m an A plus driver.”

**What’s the best advice someone has ever given you?

Krista’s best piece of advice was from their bass player, Scott Pope. “The audience owes you nothing. You’re there to entertain and give to them.” So, they should focus on giving their best performance and not expect anything in return. Kendra’s best advice was to focus on what they can control and not worry about things that are out of their control.

**Cold weather or warm weather?

The guests unanimously agreed that they prefer warm weather. “Warm weather. And it goes well with tequila because [we can be] right on the beach.”

**What would be your best vacation destination?

Krista said, “Honestly, I love the mountains and I love being in the cabin with a fire.”  Kendra said, “I really like San Diego to Arizona. I mean, Bora Bora if we’re talking about big [destinations].” Sue offered to carry their guitar if they ever needed a personal assistant.

FULL TRANSCRIPT:

Sue Bonzell
They are fresh off of a trip to the UK for sea to sea and they have a song go into radio, y’all. I am so excited. Tigirlily gold is here. Ladies. We’ve got Kendra and Krista. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, I’m thrilled to have you here because we first of all, we got talking about the new song. Yeah, okay. This song is like money. It’s 100% Gold, I see that you’re already converting non country lovers with this song. Tell us about the song,

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
man. I mean, we wrote it. It’s really inspired by we play down on Broadway in Nashville for several years doing the four hour cover gigs, you know, three to four days a week. And so when we were down there, you play songs over and over again, like Man I Feel like a woman friends in low places. And it doesn’t matter if you like country music or not when Oh, songs come on absolute bar, and everyone just lights up. And so when we were writing for this project, we were like, we really want a song that kind of encompasses that sort of energy. And so we said if we’re going to write a drinking song, it’s going to be about tequila, there’d be about two. And we wrote it with Kevin Griffin and David mescon and it was our first write with them. And it was just honestly, honestly, magic. You know, you can’t make that stuff up. You just have to capture it while it’s there. And we were super excited to release it. And just the response. Since January has been overwhelming. There’s so many comments like I’m not a country music fan, but this makes me I think that kind of stuff is really cool, because it’s really cool to see our music, you know, transforming people in a country music fans.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
And it was a lot of fun. We got to play shoot tequila, we wrote this a little over a year and a half ago, and it’s just finally coming out now. But all last year, we got to play it out live kind of test it out, see if people liked it. And it was always a good crowd pleaser. No matter if we were playing in bars and theatres. Any crowd any audience even I was like, my kids, you’re too young for tequila. You know, they’re 21

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Yeah, exactly. We still get videos of kids go like Nikki, and I’m like, oh, boy, this is good. But I feel like a rat influence.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
But yeah, we’re just so excited to see it connect with everybody. And yeah, we just got back from London. Yes, I was

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
just amazed. I mean, we only got booked for CDC because of shoot tequila, because the song is doing so well over in London in the UK, and even like Australia. So it’s going international, which is really cool. We’ve never felt, you know, that sort of experience before. But London was amazing. I mean, people were like Tiger Lily gold shoot to cable. And like, we were like getting into our Ubers. And they’d be like, totally, we don’t want to kill you like they were yelling it at us and I and one night we were we were at this bar and it wasn’t even by the otoo. Like we were 4550 minutes away. And we had gotten done with a few drinks and they were calling last call and you know, pain or tab or whatever. And the waitress comes over and she’s like, by the way, I love your tequila song. She’s like, I just want to be discreet when they’re celebrities. I was like, Oh, you think we’re celebrities? Like you want to take a picture? Like an autograph? Yeah. So it’s, it’s just been so cool. And honestly, I feel like this is really just the start of it. I just went to country radio. So I’m excited to see where this this song takes us

Sue Bonzell
yet. Two and a half million streams already.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Spotify today. Yeah. I mean, and then overall, it has more but yeah, it’s definitely our biggest song to date. So super thankful. You know, you want to keep just growing, taking those small steps forward. So

Sue Bonzell
well. I’m excited. I’m hoping we get to play it on my radio station because I heard it and I was like, I want to hear that on my station. Yeah. I’ll be calling the program director.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Yeah, we need Tyra gold shoot tequila. Now.

Sue Bonzell
They listen to me once in a while. So that’s

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
more people kind of whispering. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. She’ll hit

Sue Bonzell
internet. That’s right. Yeah. No, you have an EP coming out. And another song. Yeah. Called blonde. Yeah, that is exciting to

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
super off brand.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
But obviously blonde. Yes, we’re blonde. But when we wrote blonde we wrote it with a brunette and a strawberry blonde. So it is approved by all hair color. Yeah, I say blonde is a state of mind though. It’s really inspired by Dolly Parton. We love her energy. We love how she handles stuff like people can make fun of her but she turns around and like pokes fun at herself. Yeah, and she helps So many people and obviously this is you know, besides the main fact that she’s amazing at what she does amazing songwriter singer all of that. But her persona she I mean, she’s a legacy. Yeah, so blonde state of mind Dolly Parton state of mind. You don’t actually have to be blonde to be blonde if you know what I’m saying. But we wrote this with Alex Klein and Scott step a cough. also kind of a year, you know, a year ago and we knew we had something super fun girl anthem jam, it’s definitely in the vein of shoot tequila. And it is also the title track for the EP so blonde state of mind being bold and confident in who you are. Don’t take no crap from anybody. But we’re super excited like it’s coming out in a couple hours. I don’t know when this will be posted. It’s probably gonna already gonna be out. It’ll be ready to go. You can. Blonde is out for the world to see. Yeah, it is.

Sue Bonzell
So it’s really funny. Because what I like to do is I kind of like to stalk you a little bit on on your socials. And speaking of being blonde, I want to hear about your blonde moment that you shared on social sand. I was cracking up on sorry,

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
you’re good I

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
posted so that is fair game I posted it’s fairly

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
new. So I shared a blonde moment and you know, our bar song won and I you know, I said be able to poke fun of yourself. So this is me publicly posting this. I did this to myself, I knew this was gonna start coming up in interviews. So when I was in high school, I was like, kind of a sheltered kid a little bit sort of know a lot of this stuff. Maybe I should have known at the high school age. But I had posted to my Snapchat story, like a little like selfie thumbs up, like, just join the Mile High Club. Because I didn’t know what it meant. And I thought it meant like flying to Denver, because you know, Mile High City Mile High Club like duh. So anyways, it was up there for I don’t know, 20. And it was just that would have been very out of character. Like my character. I

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
was like, You’re not good.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
I was like, 16 min. So like, I get sheltered chill child. But one of my friends replied to this. And I was like, Did you mean to post this? And I was like, yeah, it just means like, flying to Denver. And he’s like, no. But yeah, that is, you know, probably my blindness moment.

Sue Bonzell
I love it more. There’s more to come. I liked the

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
series. Part one, part two, and it’s gonna be all Christian. I’m just getting

Sue Bonzell
I was gonna say anything you’d like to share.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Oh, man, I’ve my probably the one I that comes to mind right away is when I was in high school. What did our parents teach us enough? I don’t know. We’re from North Dakota. And it snowed like a foot. And for some reason, I thought it was a good idea to take a metal shovel to my car to get the snow off. Oh, yeah. Let’s just say dad was not happy about that. Yeah, that’s that. I mean, there’s many more but

Sue Bonzell
young Yeah. Young, early blonde. Okay, pass on that one. Okay.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
Oh, I could I do have one related to London. This could be the new blonde moment. Okay, actually, I posted this one. Yeah, this will be the new game one. Okay. So also when I was in high school, we’ve gotten wiser with that’s good, at least. Apparently, they did not teach us about geography enough. But when I would see pictures of Big Ben, it was always the clock. But also there was those double decker buses in there as well. So every picture I saw Big Ben, the double decker red buses. So for the longest time, I thought Big Ben was the red buses was the buses. So I like said one time I was like, Yeah, I can’t wait to like ride the Big Bend. And they’re like, What? Like, I’m like, yeah, like the buses. They’re like, No, that’s how Big Ben is. I was, you know, properly educated when I went to London. Seriously, I could do an hour. Yeah, it’s

Sue Bonzell
so good. Okay, so speaking of the socials, we got talking about your grandparents, like they are absolutely priceless. Yes. I mean, y’all went viral with them dancing, right? Yeah.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
Grandpa’s a hit.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Right. Yeah. You know, our grandpa, Bruce, even like, long before we were even like going viral on social media. He would, like want to do stuff on our social media. Like he thinks he’s hilarious. And he loves like, he’s an entertainer in the comments. Like, you know, he’s like, I’m a star. You know what I mean? And so we were in Arizona for this little event. And it was just all like industry people, but we invited our grandparents to come and so they already felt like very bougie and cool. And should tequila just come out. And we’re like, you don’t have to, but would you guys want to film some videos with us? Because I know my grandpa honestly likes to do it. And they were like, yes. And they were like, okay, so what do you have to do? And like beforehand, were like, just memorize the one tequila, two tequila, like just that part. Memorize it. And I remember being there. My grandpa was like, this better go viral. So it was fun calling and being like, you are actually viral. Yeah.

Sue Bonzell
Now how old? Is he?

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
At two or three? Oh my god. Yeah, he’s getting up. They’re like grandma’s like, Bruce, you’re doing great. We got to put your teeth in for like

Sue Bonzell
Yeah, that’s so fun. I say more of grandpa

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
for sure. I do have some ideas for them if they are up for it, and honestly, it’s just so fun creating like fond memories with them and they love it. And

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
we’re already a family band. So like, I feel like the more we share about our family and who we are, and you know, where we come from, who raised us, our grandparents are also the OG supporters. I mean, there’s a day one fans Yeah,

Sue Bonzell
yeah, we keep those. Yeah, keep those. I love them. Now, y’all played CMA fest, and you’re playing again this year. Right? So this is exciting. How was how was CMA fest for you? Was it last

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
year? Yeah, that was our first time playing an official stage at CMA fest. So obviously, the first time is always like the most exciting where you’re never done it before. And it’s all new to you. But we had so much fun. And this year, we’re playing the spotlight stage. None of that upstage. Shoot this one. No, just kidding. Reverb stay. Saturday.

Sue Bonzell
Okay, good. Oh, perfect.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
You’re saying that either I you just went by. All I know is cmfs. Obviously, we’re playing some new songs, songs off the record. The fans are always amazing. But when you play this stage, you get a free pair of Maui Jim sunglasses as well, which also really excites me. Well.

Sue Bonzell
I will. I can’t I can’t wait to be there. We’re going to be there too. Yeah. And so I can’t wait to hear that song. You know, I’m gonna be singing along and dancing.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Oh, you know, we’re going to be playing some shoot tequila, some blondes and all of it. Okay,

Sue Bonzell
I can’t wait. Well, we’re gonna take a little break. And when we come back, we’re gonna play my world famous game truth or truth. And you can see the ladies play their new song and acoustic performance right here at up in country so don’t go anywhere. 

Sue Bonzell

All right, it is time for my world famous game truth or truth with Tigirlily Gold. Ladies, are you ready to play? Ready? So okay, so I’m gonna have you pick a question. And then you can answer and then you can answer

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
Okay. Have you ever accidentally hit something or someone with your car

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
while you’re me answer for me not to answer. I’ve hit a garage. You will yeah, I’ve never had I never had hit a person. No, I’ve hit a person’s car couple I went to school at Belmont University in the parking lot garages are really small. So you know there’s been a pole or two wall or two that have hit our garage back in North Dakota or straight into my my Chevy has taken a couple little little dents. If for some reason we still let her drive

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
most Oh, yeah.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
Interesting. Yeah, it’s all been like, fender, you know, to me, it’s been like very low impact hitting of stuff. So you can’t ever

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
hit anything. No, I’m a A plus driver. Oh, no, ever. One time it was really snowy North Dakota and I it I hit a tree head on that do nothing but just a trim really wasn’t my fault. You know, so just the tree just jumped down a tree, you know, just came out of nowhere. So yeah.

Sue Bonzell
And we also learned about, you know, not using a metal shovel on the on the car. You don’t do that same day. No, no. Yeah. It’s true. Yeah. I got so flare up in your turn.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
Oh, what’s the best advice someone has ever given you actually know what mine is you go then this really pertains to live music and live performance. But one of the best pieces of advice I’ve I’ve been given from our one of our bass players today was Scott Pope. He’s like, Hey, I don’t know who told me this. But the audience owes you nothing. You’re there to entertain and give to them. So whatever you can give them. Like it helps that performance. So like don’t expect anything out of the audience. You give it to them, and they’re gonna give it back. So it’s really helped us in whatever crowd we’re in. We just do our best and then people are happy and smiling back. Yeah.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
I love that advice. Yeah. I feel like when you were saying that it reminded me of the best advice. I feel like we’ve we were both given this advice too. But you can only control what you can and don’t worry about the other things like control in our career, how we can sing how we can write, play, but there’s so much that’s out of our control. So to Just let that be and focus on what you what you can control. Exactly.

Sue Bonzell
That’s great advice for anyone. Yeah. Oh, we have to work on that you need to I need to tell you the next one okay, we’ll do one more.

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
Okay Kendra go for

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
a good one. Okay. Oh, it’s an either Oh, this is easy. Cold weather or warm weather. Can we all answer?

Sue Bonzell
Yes, go ahead. Warm weather. And it goes well with tequila because

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
right on the beach and a little support not released. Ah, yeah.

Sue Bonzell
So So beach for a vacation what would be your best vacation where would you like to go? Anywhere

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
we don’t get we don’t take a vacation to that many different beaches. We grew up in North Dakota which is extremely landlocked. So but honestly, I love the

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
mountains and I love being in the mat like with a fight if I’m in a cabin with like a fire. Yeah, so Montana, Colorado, but you know little Florida beach. I really like San Diego to Arizona. I mean, Bora Bora if we’re talking like big

Krista (Tigirlily Gold)
Australia Yeah, there you go. Never been no good. And I’m down on the

Sue Bonzell
and you guys are popular there.

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
The songs do it well over there. So I’ll have to go play over there. Make a trip there soon.

Sue Bonzell
I think so. And if you need anybody to carry a guitar I’m available

Kendra (Tigilily Gold)
okay personal assistant. Yes.

Sue Bonzell
Yeah, I’m right there with you. Well, ladies, I want to thank you so much for being here. If you guys don’t follow Tiger Lily gold go find them right now. Their new song shoot tequila is out as well as blonde so we got lots of music from Tiger Lily gold. Thank you ladies. Thank you. Thanks for watching up in country. Be sure to like and subscribe and leave us a comment. We do new episodes every Tuesday and be sure to follow up and country on Instagram Tik Tok and Facebook and you can follow me to add Sue Bonzell on Instagram, Facebook and Tik Tok.