Lady A admit they were "so naive" to have been known as Lady Antebellum for so long.
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The trio announced earlier this year they were changing their name because of the connotations of slavery and Charles Kelley admitted they had a "blind spot" for a long time about how offensive their moniker could have been to people.
He said: "I think the word to me that resonates the most this year has been ‘blind spot.’ And I think I am so guilty of…I didn’t think about it.
"You know, we came up with the name thinking about the antebellum home…I don’t know. It’s so naive now looking back, but I think, as we’ve grown up, we all have kids now.
“I mean, why now? Well, we’re a lot older, we look at the world a lot different. We’re trying to leave the world a little bit better, too, for our kids and the next generation. And we want to be a part of change.”
Meanwhile, bandmate Hillary Scott hopes the name change will make their shows more inclusive.
Speaking on 'The Tamron Hall Show'. she said: "“The heart of our decision still rings true today as much as it did back in June when we made this announcement.
"I mean, we want our music, and our live shows and, you know, anything that we’re a part of, for everyone to feel welcome and invited. And we realised, you know, over the summer I think not touring and watching just this movement happen that is so needed in this country and around the world, we started to see what our part was, what part of our first steps and making a difference could be.
"And so our name changing was the first step…but you never know how things are going to happen and we never saw that coming.”
Dave Haywood added: “I think the experience began with so many conversations with friends of colour.
"We employ several Black people, we spoke to a lot of Black people, in and out of the industry and our goal was to find out the heart behind what ‘antebellum’ could bring up for some, and unanimously, it brought up hardship. So, this decision was simple for us.”
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