Walker Hayes joins The Kelleigh Bannen Show on Apple Music Country, for an interview to talk about patience and his new hit “Fancy Like.” Tune in and listen to the interview with Walker Hayes in full today (July 8) at 10 am LA / 12 pm Nashville / 1 pm NYC or anytime on-demand here.
“Josh [Jenkins], from our conversation, just extracted the title, ‘Fancy Like,’ and Kelleigh, I swear to you, I am the slowest writer on earth. My brain is molasses. Like you say a word, and I’m like, I got to think about it for a second, you know, but this song just dumps out, like it already existed. And then Josh and I on the way home, we’re like, ‘Hey, I think it needs a bridge’ and just texted it out. And I laid it down that night. And the next day, my publishing company wasn’t, I wouldn’t say split down the middle, but there were some people who were like, ‘This is crazy, but it makes me laugh.’ And then some people were like, ‘This is the biggest song I’ve ever heard.’ ”
Walker Hayes on dealing with rejection and finally getting signed
Walker Hayes on dealing with rejection and finally getting signed
“You know it’s funny as Shane [McAnally], my producer, he did not sign me at first, the night that he didn’t sign me after many months of waiting, like, ‘Are they going to sign me to a publishing deal?’ He said, ‘No.’ And I came home and I took this ukulele in my house and just destroyed it everywhere. Like I banged it against every wall. It was pieces of ukulele all over the place. Ten months later, he called me when I was working at Costco and he said, ‘Hey, I can’t get anybody to cut your songs. I just love them so much, but I can’t get anybody to cut them. Let’s just make a record on you.’ ”
