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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: Hardy is picking up a massive following for his groundbreaking

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Speaker 2: and fusion of country and modern rock, which is some

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Speaker 2: debating which genre he should fall under, and others simply

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Speaker 2: or enjoying the music. Either way, He's been given a

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Speaker 2: ton of credit for forging new territory with that blend

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Speaker 2: of styles, which happened by accident. It all started organically

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Speaker 2: when he wrote Boots for his debut album, which simply

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Speaker 2: ended up being heavier, and he noticed fans loved it

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Speaker 2: at live shows. That gave the confidence to explore rock

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Speaker 2: further on his latest album, The mocking Bird and the Crow.

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Speaker 2: Hardytail's songwriter universe. Over the past couple of years, I've

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Speaker 2: had about ten songs on hold for my album. I

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Speaker 2: looked down and noticed that I've had five country songs

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Speaker 2: and five rock songs. I realized that I was doing

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Speaker 2: it by accident. From there on out, I wrote the

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Speaker 2: rest of the record with more of an intention half

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Speaker 2: country and half rock. So the last six songs were

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Speaker 2: written with that intention, and the very last song I

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Speaker 2: wrote for the record was the title The mocking Bird

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Speaker 2: and the Crow. The Mocky Burn the Crow is out now.

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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.