Morgan Wallen‘s young son, Indigo Wilder Wallen, has a name that means something important to both his parents.
In a new installment of Bunnie Xo‘s Dumb Blonde podcast, Wallen’s ex-fiancée, KT Smith, explains the story behind the unusual moniker — and how little Indie was almost named something completely different.
- Wallen’s son was born in July of 2020.
- By the time he was born, Wallen and his son’s mother — KT Smith — had already split.
- They had a lengthy on-again, off-again relationship at one point, and were briefly engaged during late 2016 and early 2017.
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In her interview with Bunnie Xo, Smith explained that Wallen wasn’t very involved in her pregnancy, saying they only spoke “probably twice” during those nine months. She chose a name for their son on her own.
“I saw it in a dream,” she reveals. “He was going to be Indigo James.”
There was just one problem: Turned out, Wallen wasn’t a huge fan of her selection. Some fans may remember that when his son was first born, Wallen initially introduced him to the world under another name: Wilder.
“Little Wilder, I’m a changed man. Since you came into the world Friday, I see mine differently now. It’s not just me anymore, and I’m glad it’s not,” the singer wrote in a social media post announcing the baby’s birth.
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Smith says adding “Wilder” to Indigo’s name was a last-minute decision. “I was like, ‘You know what, fine, I’ll change it,'” she remembers.
It makes sense that this is the name Wallen would highlight in his announcement post: Wilder is a profoundly special name to the singer since it has a family connection.
“It’s a family name for Morgan, and he was always super close to his granddad, and his granddad passed. So it was a very special name for him,” Smith relates. “So. He just became Indigo Wilder. It was a good compromise without having to change the whole thing.”
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