![]() ![]() 1, featuring Keith Urban, Joe Diffie, Hillary Lindsey, Thomas Rhett, Tracy Lawrence and Zakk Wylde, hit #1-while racking up more than 100 million Spotify streams with the stealthy coming of age tune “One Beer” featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson. With 2019’s This Ole Boy EP and its single “Rednecker,” Hardy the songwriter became HARDY the artist. Uber-producer Joey Moi said, “Let’s make a record.” Hardy wasn’t so sure yes, he wrote brawny, bulked-up, redneck country with a hip-hop undertow, but did he want to be in the spotlight? #HILLBILLY ROCK WRITER PROFESSIONAL#Then came “I Don’t Know About You” by Chris Lane, “Some Girls” by Jameson Rodgers, FGL’s “Simple” and “Talk You Out of It” and Morgan Wallen f/FGL’s “Up Down.” Impressed, FGL’s Tyler Hubbard circled back, forging a professional alliance. Blake Shelton cut “God’s Country,” the CMA and ACM Single of the Year, as well as “Hell Right” with Trace Adkins. Nothing came of the moment, but Hardy kept writing. As an aspiring songwriter, he knew random meetings could be magic, so he drove in from Murfreesboro-and met her buddies Florida Georgia Line, who were weeks from releasing their record-shattering “Cruise.” When Philadelphia, Mississippi’s Michael Wilson Hardy was getting his degree at Middle Tennessee State University, his sister suggested he drop by Big Loud’s annual block party with her friends. ![]()
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