Walker Hayes is aware of he turned just a few heads with the lyrics to his new tune “AA.”
Within the refrain, he sings: And I’m simply tryna maintain my daughters off the pole| And my sons out of jail
However what he’s actually attempting to say, Hayes explains, is that he desires to be the perfect dad potential.
“I really feel like there’s one thing unsuitable with me, however I’m interested in the, ’All of us are pondering it, however simply by no means say it,’” Hayes stated. “I simply love that stuff. That’s what’s engaging to me about a few of my favourite strains in songs and lyrics. I’m a lyric nerd.”
Hayes stated one in all his favourite issues to do is ask folks about their lives. If his Uber driver simply obtained a divorce, he desires to listen to about it. He desires to speak to different dads about their children to allow them to discover frequent floor and know that nobody goes via life’s trials alone.
“Like, I want to listen to one other dad say, ’I’m attempting to maintain my daughters off the pole,’” Hayes stated. “It’s bizarre. I’ve obtained a 16-year-old daughter, and she or he’s completely attractive. I don’t know what to say sure to, however I’m doing my finest. After we turned that into my label, there have been some, some individuals who stated, ’You’ll be able to’t get away with that.’ To me, that’s what makes the tune dangerously highly effective.”
“AA” is Hayes’ follow-up single to his chart-busting smash “Fancy Like.” He stated he and his spouse Laney have been in Nashville since 2004, and he’s been attempting to make it in nation music since then. They have been below monetary pressure for 15 years earlier than his first hit tune, “You Broke Up With Me,” made them somewhat bit of cash, and he was in a position to assist his household along with his music. When “Fancy Like” hit, Hayes stated it was a dream come true that was too massive for him to even dream.
“I’m simply so grateful for the work,” he stated. “I’m enjoying at award reveals that I actually don’t really feel worthy to be at. I’m seeing my title on lists of names which might be heroic to us. So, our coronary heart is simply exploding with gratitude, and we’re overwhelmed. It’s such an enormous distinction for many of this journey, and we simply did it.”
