It seems like Hunter Hayes is taking over lately. The country star has a new LP out entitled "Encore", and his latest single "I Want Crazy" is currently #7 on the country charts, and #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Among all this excitement he sat down with Billboard to discuss his success.
“I walked in for the first time with Lori McKenna the day before we wrote this song. It was my first time writing with her and Troy Verges, and I was really excited. I had the title, and I wanted to say that ‘Love is good. Love is working. It is what you want it to be when you feel like you have completely lost your mind, and you’re doing things very out of character. That is a very healthy thing, and there’s nothing wrong with that –- if it’s good," he said about his song "I Want Crazy"
"Your friends look at you like you’re crazy and they don’t know you because you’re finding out all these things about yourself. It’s an adventure. It’s constantly inspiring. That’s what my favorite relationships from afar look like. That’s what I wrote it about. I want crazy.”
Hunter recently released a follow up to his debut album, entitled 'Encore', he said about the new album, “The whole ‘Encore’ concept for me is kind of strange. It’s not something I would have planned or thought out ahead of time. We talked about it, but we didn’t really have a specific strategy."
"It defies the laws a little bit to go backwards, but those songs needed to be a part of this record. Then, you have ‘Crazy,’ which was written about a year ago, but I kind of feel that it sums up the concept. It is crazy for me to do an encore," he continued, "It may become a thing, but for now, it’s weird. I didn’t know we were going to do it. We went in the studio with no agenda, which is weird. But, it was very satisfying. To do this was the chance of a lifetime –- to go back and finish up your first impression the way you would want to. You don’t get that too often.”
Just last year Hunter was opening up for Carrie Underwood on her Blown Away tour, and this fall he will get the chance to headline his own tour. He spoke about the two nights at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, saying, “That was a big deal for me. I don’t know anyone who it wouldn’t be. The fact that we have sold it out for the first show -- much less two –- speaks volumes to me about the tour. Obviously, with your first headlining tour, you’re nervous about a lot of things – will anyone show up? That made me feel good about the decision to do a headlining tour.”
Looks like Hunter has a lot on his plate these days. Let us know, did you pick up Encore? And are you planning on seeing him on tour this fall?
“I walked in for the first time with Lori McKenna the day before we wrote this song. It was my first time writing with her and Troy Verges, and I was really excited. I had the title, and I wanted to say that ‘Love is good. Love is working. It is what you want it to be when you feel like you have completely lost your mind, and you’re doing things very out of character. That is a very healthy thing, and there’s nothing wrong with that –- if it’s good," he said about his song "I Want Crazy"
"Your friends look at you like you’re crazy and they don’t know you because you’re finding out all these things about yourself. It’s an adventure. It’s constantly inspiring. That’s what my favorite relationships from afar look like. That’s what I wrote it about. I want crazy.”
Hunter recently released a follow up to his debut album, entitled 'Encore', he said about the new album, “The whole ‘Encore’ concept for me is kind of strange. It’s not something I would have planned or thought out ahead of time. We talked about it, but we didn’t really have a specific strategy."
"It defies the laws a little bit to go backwards, but those songs needed to be a part of this record. Then, you have ‘Crazy,’ which was written about a year ago, but I kind of feel that it sums up the concept. It is crazy for me to do an encore," he continued, "It may become a thing, but for now, it’s weird. I didn’t know we were going to do it. We went in the studio with no agenda, which is weird. But, it was very satisfying. To do this was the chance of a lifetime –- to go back and finish up your first impression the way you would want to. You don’t get that too often.”
Just last year Hunter was opening up for Carrie Underwood on her Blown Away tour, and this fall he will get the chance to headline his own tour. He spoke about the two nights at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, saying, “That was a big deal for me. I don’t know anyone who it wouldn’t be. The fact that we have sold it out for the first show -- much less two –- speaks volumes to me about the tour. Obviously, with your first headlining tour, you’re nervous about a lot of things – will anyone show up? That made me feel good about the decision to do a headlining tour.”
Looks like Hunter has a lot on his plate these days. Let us know, did you pick up Encore? And are you planning on seeing him on tour this fall?
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