{"id":60674,"date":"2026-03-23T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/ronnie-dunn-responds-to-kacey-musgraves-prank\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:09:51","slug":"ronnie-dunn-responds-to-kacey-musgraves-prank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/ronnie-dunn-responds-to-kacey-musgraves-prank\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie Dunn Responds to Kacey Musgraves&#8217; Prank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/brooks-and-dunn\" target=\"_blank\">Brooks &amp; Dunn<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/ronnie-dunn\" target=\"_blank\">Ronnie Dunn<\/a> has seen the videos of <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kacey-musgraves\" target=\"_blank\">Kacey Musgraves<\/a> dressing up as him and hitting the stage to perform &#8220;Neon Moon&#8221; in downtown Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>And from the looks of it on social media, he thinks the moment was hilarious.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Did Ronnie Dunn Say About Kacey Musgraves Dressing Up + Performing As Him?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Videos of Musgraves performing at Robert&#8217;s Western World in full-on Ronnie Dunn gear \u2014 complete with facial hair, sunglasses and a &#8220;COWBOY&#8221; forearm tattoo \u2014 started circulating on social media this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Dunn replied with a comment on the Broadway honky tonk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWLI7sNgFYM\/\" target=\"_blank\">video post<\/a> of the moment, writing, &#8220;Damn, I look good!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Robert&#8217;s Western World, Instagram<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Robert&#8217;s Western World, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In fact, he was so impressed that he repeated that comment under several different social media posts of Musgraves&#8217; performance, and both he and Brooks &amp; Dunn shared the video to their Instagram Stories. Safe to say that he&#8217;s a fan of Musgraves&#8217; homage.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Watch Kacey Musgraves Dress up + Perform As Ronnie Dunn<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Musgraves surprised the crowd at Robert&#8217;s Western World, hopping onstage dressed as Dunn and performing &#8220;Neon Moon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her costume was so elaborate, it&#8217;s hard to even tell that it&#8217;s Musgraves \u2014 until she started singing. Musgraves&#8217; rendition of &#8220;Neon Moon&#8221; is unmistakable, especially since she <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kacey-musgraves-neon-moon-brooks-and-dunn\/\" target=\"_blank\">once recorded a version of the song<\/a> with Brooks &amp; Dunn for their first\u00a0<em>Reboot<\/em> album in 2019.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Did Kacey Musgraves Say About Dressing Up + Performing As Ronnie Dunn?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The stunt seems like part light-hearted joke, part creative promo for her upcoming album\u00a0<em>Middle of Nowhere<\/em> and new song &#8220;Dry Spell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kacey-musgraves-dry-spell-lonely-with-a-capital-h-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kacey Musgraves&#8217; &#8220;Lonely With a Capital &#8216;H'&#8221; Lyric Explained<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She referenced that song in a post that shows her full Ronnie Dunn outfit, writing &#8220;Omw to end your dry spell over a clip of her sauntering toward the camera.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Btw Ronnie did nothing to deserve this,&#8221; Musgraves added in a comment under the post.<\/p>\n<p>Several other stars and fans chimed in with their own jokes. Our unofficial award for best comment goes to the fan who wrote, &#8220;You&#8217;re a&#8230;brand new man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Kacey Musgraves, Instagram<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Kacey Musgraves, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/megan-moroney\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Moroney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/jake-owen\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Owen <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kimberly-williams-paisley\" target=\"_blank\">Kimberly Williams-Paisley<\/a> were all among the celebrities who posted comments approving of the prank \u2014 along with Dunn himself, of course.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">12 Naughty Country Songs That Will Make You Blush<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Country music is often known for wholesome themes of God, faith and family, but that doesn&#8217;t mean the genre doesn&#8217;t have a sexier side. These 12 country songs are so naughty that it&#8217;s almost hard to believe they made it on the radio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/sterlingwit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sterling Whitaker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=75&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kacey-musgraves-ronnie-dunn-dress-up-broadway\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Brooks &amp; Dunn&#8216;s Ronnie Dunn has seen the videos of Kacey Musgraves dressing up as him and hitting the stage to perform &#8220;Neon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":60675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}