{"id":44305,"date":"2018-01-12T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com?p=44305"},"modified":"2018-01-12T20:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T20:00:52","slug":"boohoo-met-walker-hayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/boohoo-met-walker-hayes","title":{"rendered":"When boohoo Met Walker Hayes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boomSMALL.jpg?resize=700%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boomSMALL.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boomSMALL.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boomSMALL.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">He&#8217;s the American singer-songwriter who&#8217;s shaking up the music scene and released his long-awaited studio album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/boom\/id1277186860\">boom<\/a><\/em> last month.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">If you didn&#8217;t know about Walker Hayes, you need to get him on your radar. Here&#8217;s what went down when we grabbed five&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Describe your sound in three words\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Honest. Rhythmic. Story-telling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What was your most memorable gig?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Omaha, NE. It was the last date on the <em>Thomas Rhett Home Team Tour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What\u2019s the last song you listened to?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Distance<\/em> by Cake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Who\u2019s the coolest person you\u2019ve met?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Henry Winkler.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If you could collab with anyone who would it be and why?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What does 2018 have in store for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A new baby, my first headlining tour\u00a0and the Country 2 Country festival in the UK!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What advice would you give anyone wanting to get into music?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Get some thick skin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>My style is\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>I really can&#8217;t live without\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Cereal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>At the weekend, I can be found\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Lately\u2026on the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>My special skills are\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I can juggle and I\u2019m pretty good at making babies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>I&#8217;m always talking about\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">My kids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The hashtag I always use is\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n#boom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A word or phrase I overuse is\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Boom.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nIf I was an emoji I\u2019d be\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe flexing bicep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a listen&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A56p-ZSZ5Vc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-AU&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Follow him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/walkerhayes\/\">@walkerhayes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s the American singer-songwriter who&#8217;s shaking up the music scene and released his long-awaited studio album,\u00a0boom last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176,192,193],"tags":[5081],"class_list":["post-44305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs-au","category-interview-au","category-music-au","tag-walker-hayes-au"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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