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The Crazy Story Behind Walker Hayes’ Smash Hit, “Fancy Like” · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Walker Hayes is one
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest crossover country hits in years with his
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  Speaker 1: smashing fancy leg song that only exists because of a
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  Speaker 1: scheduling mix up. So songwriter Shane Stevens dreamed up the
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  Speaker 1: tune alongside Walker and a couple other famous writers, the
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  Speaker 1: only guys Walker was supposed to be collaborating with that
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  Speaker 1: day at a famous Nashville studio, Shane Kill's songwriter Universe.
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  Speaker 1: I was not supposed to be in a session. I
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to write with singer Kylie Morgan. Walker was
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  Speaker 1: already writing. I was just making myself a cup of coffee.
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  Speaker 1: He came out and said, what are you doing here?
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  Speaker 1: I said, I'm writing with Kylie and he says, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think she's here. Someone explained they got my dates wrong,
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  Speaker 1: so Walker said, just come into my session. I didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to impose on the other writers. He said, I
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  Speaker 1: don't care. I want you to come in, and that's
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  Speaker 1: how it happened. So that scheduling mishap is a massive
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  Speaker 1: hit Fancy likes out now, that's direct from Hollywood.