Hayden Blount

With a distinctly raw, plainspoken form of instinctual song craft, 21-year-oldHayden Blount has grown into the epitome of a real-deal country outsider ... and he’s got no intentions of changing that up.

A native and current resident of Savannah,Tennessee, the self-taught talent wields a no-B.S. sound and a drive to cut his own path,earning breakout acclaim with the God’s-honest-truth as his only creative requirement. Because where Blount comes from, a man’s word is his bond. Living out the lines ofcountless country songs, the rising star played baseball throughout high school beforean injury derailed his plans, and rule-breaking country innovators like Zach Bryan andTyler Childers refocused his attention.

Proving a quick study with a gift for rural realism,the D.I.Y. singer-songwriter released his first independent tracks in 2023, and in 2024the romantic rough edges of “To Know You Were Mine” cut through. Leading todistribution deal with Santa Anna, Blount followed up with the 2024 EP debut Up, Out,and Leaving – nine-songs which solidified his rustic sound and stripped-down melodicinstincts, driven a vocal built on character, not theatrics. Likewise, brutal honestyformed the bedrock of a unique creative vision, with solo-written songs keeping Blountfocused – and never chasing trends. The burning desire behind 2024’s “Good God HotDamn” gathered steam, and later that year “Heaven on Earth” became a bonafide hit.Built on a dusky but propulsive guitar-and-fiddle pairing, it’s racked up more than 10million streams with placement on influential playlists like Spotify’s New Boots andNext From Nashville, while standing in sharp contrast to the mainstream. Still based inSavannah, Blount will spend early 2025 on the road, working to perfect asolo-performance style to match his uncomplicated roots-country sound. And with new music in the works, including most recent single “Dead To Me”, that style is bound to evolve ... but never stray from the truth.