{"id":371790,"date":"2026-03-06T23:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/371790\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:37:12","slug":"hunter-hayes-musical-journey-from-wanted-to-evergreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/371790\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Hayes&#8217; Musical Journey: From &#8216;Wanted&#8217; To &#8216;Evergreen&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2011 my twin sister heard the world premiere of \u201cStorm Warning\u201d on country radio, ran to watch the music video, and promptly introduced me to Hunter Hayes\u2019s music. It was exciting to see an artist play\u00a0every single instrument on his debut album.<\/p>\n<p>Watching an artist be so connected to every part of the process \u2014 from singing and writing, to arranging and producing \u2014 was inspiring. Fans quickly took note, and massive hits like &#8220;Wanted,&#8221; &#8220;Somebody\u2019s Heartbreak,&#8221; and &#8220;I Want Crazy&#8221; launched Hunter into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter\u2019s music became a staple of our high school and college years, with deep cuts like &#8220;Cry With You&#8221; and &#8220;All You Wanted&#8221; ruling our iTunes library \u2014 and, years later, albums like 2023&#8217;s Red Sky all over my Spotify playlists.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen years after his debut, it was a joy to sit down with Hunter to celebrate the release of his new album\u00a0Evergreen\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.dmsmusic.co\/hunterhayes_evergreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">available now<\/a>) and take a stroll down memory lane.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This interview was edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in 2011 my twin sister heard the world premiere of \u201cStorm Warning\u201d on country radio, ran to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[124757,434,18,117,4152,19,17],"class_list":["post-371790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bfdc-interviews","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-evergreen","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116184864969998459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}