In celebration of his new album, COUNTRY! COUNTRY!, HARDY joins Katie Neal this week for the Superstar Power Hour, unpacking his latest project, sharing the stories behind songs like "Bro Country" and "Dog Years," revealing the hate he's received for his Rock record, and more.
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"I had already cut like 12 or 13 songs for this record and the word Country is in so many titles and that was definitely intentional," says HARDY of his fourth studio album. "I was very intentional for the rest of my writing process to see how many Country titles I could come up with, just to make sure everybody knows what this is."
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One of those titles is "Bro Country," which has captured some headlines since it's release. "There's been mixed opinions about that song, but I think the people that listen to it. I don't think that they're listening, listening to it," he shares. "There's literally no disrespect. It says that in the song."
"It's just a giant tip of the hat and it's like beating your dad in basketball and telling him he's getting old, you know what I mean? I feel like that song might might ruffle some feathers, but I just really think I see a change coming," HARDY adds. "I'm seeing a big shift right now with a lot of the younger people and even like in the Americana world, how much that is kind of taken over or trickled into the commercial Country world."
"It's just different and it's just very, very, very not what what it was 10 years ago."
To hear more from HARDY about the making of COUNTRY! COUNTRY!, handling the haters, and partying with Koe Wetzel, listen to the full conversation above.