Luke Bryan Takes the Stage at ACM Awards for 'Fast'

Luke Bryan took a break from his co-hosting duties at the 2017 ACM Awards on Sunday night (April 2) in Las Vegas, turning in a sensitive performance of his hit single, "Fast."

The song is a mid-tempo break from the kind of arena country Bryan is best known for. The singer was dressed simply in a black T-shirt and jeans, and took acoustic guitar in hand under the glare of a number of exposed Edison bulbs that lit the stage as he delivered a very strong vocal on the song, which ruminates on how quickly the various stages of life go by.

It's a feeling that Bryan can relate to very personally.

“'Fast' is a song that I got the opportunity to get in the room with Rodney Clawson and Luke Laird and I’m just so proud about how we used a simple word like ‘fast,’ we tied the verses in,” he says. “Every time I come home, my boys are bigger and are starting to throw me around the house a little more. One day I’ll snap my fingers and you wish you could have froze time a little bit. Anytime you can help people slow down and reflect on that and remember to take things in stride a little bit better, I think people love hearing that in a song.”

"Fast" is the sixth single from Bryan's Kill the Lights album.

Bryan co-hosted the awards again this year with good friend Dierks Bentley, and he was also nominated for the night's biggest award, Entertainer of the Year.

Luke Bryan Takes the Stage at ACM Awards to Reflect on How ‘Fast’ It All Goes