Noeline Hofmann Credits 'Fairy Godmother' Wynonna Judd with Being a 'North Star' on Her Musical Journey (Exclusive)

Noeline Hofmann knows she ever has a friend successful Wynonna Judd.

The emerging Canadian state musician, who has captivated millions of listeners globally pinch critically lauded tracks specified arsenic "Purple Gas" and "August," told PEOPLE astatine nan 2025 Americana Honors & Awards connected Sept. 10, 2025, that her narration pinch Judd has been an integral portion of her processing her meteoric emergence successful nan genre.

"Man, I grew up listening to Wynonna and The Judds each done my childhood, singing those songs. And my mom besides has reddish hairsbreadth for illustration me, truthful we would ever joke astir really we're gonna commencement a Judds screen set immoderate days arsenic a joke," Hofmann shared.

She further touted that "Wynonna's been a fairy godmother to me, and has been conscionable truthful benignant and encouraging and has conscionable showered maine pinch love," adding, "I consciousness truthful blessed to person her and her hubby Cactus arsenic North stars and benignant of philharmonic parents retired here."

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Hofmann antecedently joined Judd connected shape for a typical capacity during CMA Fest 2025, pinch nan erstwhile sharing connected Instagram beforehand that Judd "is conscionable a astir beautiful personification and ray successful my philharmonic entity of stars to look up to," further calling it "a privilege and grant to beryllium joining her" during nan typical performance, dubbed Wynonna Judd's Girls Night Out, which supported nan CMA Foundation.

"My momma is gonna outcry her eyes out," she further wrote astatine nan time.

Hofmann was nominated astatine nan 2025 Americana Honors & Awards for emerging enactment of nan year, alongside MJ Lenderman, Medium Build, Maggie Rose and Jesse Welles.

The singer, who released her debut azygous and medium — some named Purple Gas — successful 2024, has since taken her unsocial sonics connected nan roadworthy crossed nan U.S. and internationally, pinch appearances astatine Stagecoach, Railbird and Laurel Cove Music Festival, among a slew of different notable events. Most recently, Hofmann was named nan victor of nan 2025 SiriusXM Top of nan Country competition, successful business pinch nan Canadian Country Music Association.

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Though nan 2025 Americana grant for emerging enactment of nan twelvemonth yet went to Lenderman, Hofmann remains grounded and centered successful her goals to enactment existent to her roots.

"It's an ongoing point to fig out," nan "Lightning successful July (Prairie Fire)" creator told PEOPLE. "But I deliberation that nan much you're rooted successful who you are and that there's nary uncertainty astir that, and support your blinders connected and your ears plugged and conscionable enactment rooted in, successful your gift and your truth and your sound and your light. That's what's true. And that helps maine enactment existent to my mission."

Coming disconnected of her debut capacity astatine nan Grand Ole Opry conscionable a time earlier nan Americana Honors & Awards, arsenic good arsenic making her Ryman Auditorium debut during nan show, Hofmann admitted, "I'm emotion caught successful nan whirlwind, but successful nan champion way. It's conscionable truthful surreal, and talk astir a heck of a week successful Nashville."