00:00it's Nicole live from the CMA's with Philadelphia native Hardy you're not wrong right exactly and
00:12we're so excited not only to have you here but you are headlining the XTU anniversary
00:15show my friend yeah 27th it's gonna be very much billion like are you gonna bring Raz on stage with
00:21you don't tell him I need it to be a surprise yeah it needs to be a surprise here's what's
00:28crazy and I was so excited when I saw that you were doing these interviews in fact Nikki Wood
00:31texted me last week I was like you know Hardy's coming through I'm like oh I didn't but I'm
00:35excited because you were at the XTU anniversary show performing on the side stage three years ago
00:39when we talked in this like little backstage booth and now you are doing your own headlining tour
00:44back in Philly like congratulations and thank you for like being sticking with us oh of course
00:49absolutely and you know uh full circle moments um my I did I went out with FGL as a songwriter back
00:58in like 2016 and that venue was one of the one of the stops of that tour yeah the very first time I
01:04ever went out there and I just remember looking around like this is insane and Kane Brown was like
01:09first of four I don't know if you remember that yeah yeah um but anyway I have actually an insane
01:13picture right it's me and Raz and another Nicole who was our digital person you Morgan FGL and Dan
01:20and Shay yeah that was in this one photo that was the year after that that's insane isn't that crazy
01:25I'll bring that I have it in my favorites on my phone because it's such an epic photo of like
01:29country music royalty yeah right and so you've been through a lot over the last couple years
01:34congratulations on your baby she is so cute thank you like she literally like looks like a doll
01:39she's she is a perfect perfect little baby I'm not even kidding what did you what has been the
01:45most surprising part of dadhood for you like did it inspire your songwriting any differently no you
01:51know and I feel bad I've been asked that before songs could be edgy hearty let's just let's just be
01:55honest well it's it's it's funny you know people are like has it wanted you to like dial it back and
02:00a little bit of him he's like yeah but I'm like ah the damage is done I've done all this stuff I've done
02:04and there's no taking it back so I might as well just throttle down but you know truly um she is
02:10such a great baby that there has been nothing that's been like oh we're in way over our head
02:14or like this was such a shock she's so cute we knew we were going to be tired for the first month
02:18we were tired for this first month and but everything like she has been so by the book but
02:24such it's such an easy easy low maintenance baby that I just I'm kind of like I haven't really learned
02:29any hard lessons yet but I'm sure I'm I'm sure they're coming but uh yeah I'm sure our next kid's
02:35probably going to be I know that I don't know you in real life but you seem like a great dad so
02:39congratulations on everything and we're excited we know each other right but I appreciate that
02:43yeah and um we'll see you june 27th hearty everybody
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