Tyler Hubbard is celebrating his third solo No. 1″Again Then Proper Now” is the most recent track to hit the milestone”Profession and music and all that’s not promised,” the singer-songwriter tells PEOPLE
Tyler Hubbard was fortunately exhausted.
“I flew again from Arizona late final night time after the present, after which went to our daughter’s kindergarten commencement this morning after which acquired on a airplane and flew again to Arizona,” a weary Hubbard, 37, tells PEOPLE in a current interview. “So, I simply acquired again right here.”
It is a juggling act that the multi-platinum-selling nation hitmaker and father of three has lengthy perfected lately, as the previous Florida Georgia Line member pursues a solo profession whereas doing his greatest to maintain his priorities straight in the case of his household.
“She did so nice,” continues Hubbard of 6-year-old daughter and up to date graduate Olivia. “That they had ’em all dressed up and simply introduced all people as much as say just a little one thing good. It was cute.”
(Hubbard and spouse Hayley additionally additionally dad and mom to sons Luca, 4½, and Atlas, 3½.)
Tyler Hubbard.
Jimmy Fontaine
Hubbard continues to reside for moments reminiscent of these, it doesn’t matter what is going on in his skilled life. “You hear it on a regular basis, how briskly time goes by and all that, and it is simply so true,” he says. “It is about making an attempt to take advantage of every day and simply reside within the second as a result of it certain does fly by. We’re in a candy season, so we’re simply making an attempt to take all of it in as a lot as we will.”
The Georgia native attracts in a deep breath.
“Profession and music and all that’s not promised,” he says quietly. “And so, I undoubtedly need to put money into issues that I do know will at all times be right here.”
Fortunately, Hubbard’s solo profession additionally finds itself within the sweetest of seasons, because the singer/songwriter is coming off his third No. 1 single “Again Then Proper Now” and preparing for a doable subsequent one within the type of “Park,” which he wrote alongside Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley and Canaan Smith.
“It appears like ‘Park’ is likely one of the songs on the album that the followers are actually loving,” says Hubbard, who now serves as the one artist to begin two separate careers with at the very least three consecutive No. 1s. “And the reside response to ‘Park’ can be a sign of how effectively it is doing. It has been a number of enjoyable. The track simply looks as if it takes the power of the present to the following stage. There’s nothing prefer it [at country radio] in the mean time. It simply appears like a enjoyable one.”
Granted, there was a time when Hubbard admits that he wasn’t certain he might do any of this alone. “I feel there’s at all times just a little little bit of concern once you’re moving into an unknown, however there’s additionally pleasure and development,” Hubbard says. “With this third No. 1, it does type of really feel like just a little little bit of the strain’s been taken off and I type of am in acquainted waters now. It feels rather less unknown, and so it is rather less fearful.”
Making his inner psychological waters even smoother is the truth that Hubbard’s present album Strong appears to be crammed to the brim with extra potential singles, together with the ultra-sweet “Take Me Again” and the attractive “Summer time Talkin’.”
“I’ve at all times tried to essentially simply stack albums stuffed with songs that I may very well be excited to sing ceaselessly,” says Hubbard. “And that is type of how I strategy singles as a result of as soon as a track is a single, it is type of set in stone. That is a part of your story, that is a part of your journey, and you actually make investments lots within the songs. So, I attempt to simply stack albums stuffed with songs that I might be proud to try this for.”
Tyler Hubbard.
Jimmy Fontaine
And sure, a solo headlining tour within the States is now proper across the nook, as Hubbard preps to embark on his headlining Strong World Tour beginning in September.
“The truth that we’re going to get to return and play these extra intimate golf equipment that are not the large arenas really will get me actually excited,” says Hubbard, who at the moment finds himself out on the highway with Kane Brown as a part of his Within the Air Tour. “I’ve performed a number of arenas over the past eight years and never an entire lot of the golf equipment and stuff, however that is the place I fell in love with reside music the primary time.”
Actually, it is a new day for Hubbard, his household, and his followers.
“It feels good to reconnect with the FGL followers and the brand new followers otherwise,” he says. “I am in a distinct season of life and to get to type of mature and develop with the followers has been actually cool. I may even really feel a youthful, subsequent technology of followers beginning to come up.”
