NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Miranda Lambert’s got fresh ink, and her fans are buzzing. The country music powerhouse, known for her unapologetic style and deep-rooted connection to her rural life, debuted a new tattoo in a photo posted on April 24 for her lifestyle brand, Idyllwind. Crouched on a black-and-white tiled floor, rocking a denim-on-denim look with her blonde curls spilling over her shoulders, Lambert flashed a small horseshoe tattoo on her right forearm. It’s subtle, but it’s got her followers talking.
The tattoo, inked by Scottsdale-based artist Christina Nguyen, isn’t just a random design. Nguyen shared a close-up of the work on Instagram back in March, revealing its meaning. The delicate horseshoe, adorned with a heart and two diamond shapes, is a tribute to Lambert’s horses—a passion that runs as deep as her Texas roots. Lambert, who owns a 400-acre estate south of Nashville complete with a sprawling horse barn, welcomed a new horse named Cool to her stable in 2024. She’s called him “one of the sweetest horses” she’s ever met.
Fans spotted the tattoo in the Idyllwind post, which was meant to showcase new stretch denim jeans. Comments poured in, with some joking about wanting matching tattoos and others praising the nod to her cowgirl lifestyle. The ink sits just in front of her existing “Tumbleweed” script tattoo and near an arrow on her hand, adding to a collection that’s grown over her two-decade career.
Lambert’s no stranger to tattoos. She’s got at least eight, each marking a chapter of her life. Her most famous—a pair of pistols with angel wings on her left forearm—sparked a rift with her dad when she got it at 22 while touring with George Strait. She later wove that moment into her 2011 hit “Heart Like Mine,” singing, “Daddy cried when he saw my tattoo, said he loved me anyway.” Other tattoos include a paw print heart on her foot for her MuttNation nonprofit, a music note from her 2015 tour, and a Queen of Hearts on her right arm, inked in 2018 to mark a new phase of self-reliance.
The horseshoe tattoo comes as Lambert gears up for a performance at the 2025 ACM Awards on May 8, hosted by Reba McEntire at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. She’ll share the stage with country heavyweights like Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, and Alan Jackson. The show will stream live on Prime Video.
Lambert’s new tattoo was inked in Scottsdale, Arizona, likely during a trip to film her music video for “Run” in nearby Gold Canyon earlier this year. The horseshoe design features a heart and two diamond shapes. Lambert has not publicly commented on the tattoo.