This Is How Runaway June Got Their Name

According to Runaway June's website, Cooke, Wayne, and Mulholland each felt a unique pull to "'run away' from their homes and toward their dreams to find themselves part of something bigger." And that's exactly what they did.

Wayne, granddaughter to the famous John Wayne, credits her love of all things country to Hollywood's most famous cowboy. Whereas Cooke, one of eleven children, felt compelled to leave her small town life in Florida for Music City in the hopes of hitting it big. And hit it big they did. In just days of meeting the trio had written 25 songs together and decided to form the group.

As for the June half of their name, Wayne's grandmother and one of Cooke's sisters are named June, they signed their very first record deal in June, and it's the month they started writing songs together in 2015. With familial ties combined with the luck of the month, Runaway June, has planted ties in the country music scene that even a change in band members won't sever.