Walker Hayes, “AA” | Track Review 🎵

Ascending middle-aged country musician Walker Hayes continues to build to the biggest album of his career with third single, “AA.”

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he question is, is Alabaman country musician 🎙 Walker Hayes prepping for the biggest moment in his career? It sure seems that way!  💿 Country Stuff the Album arrives January 21, 2022.  It’s buoyed by the infectious (or utterly annoying) 🎵 “Fancy Like” as well as another corny yet gets-stuck-in-your-head single, 🎵 “U Gurl”. Keeping things fresh (or polarizing) is the third single from Country Stuff, 🎵 “AA”.  Compared to the previous two singles, arguably, “AA” is a bit more serious but still, Hayes doesn’t take himself or things too seriously.

As to be expected, “AA” has a countrified sound.  Thematically, Walker Hayes also keeps things country and very southern. “Might change the oil in my truck / I ain’t payin’ no thirty-five bucks,” he asserts on the first verse, adding, “Kids need shoes, mama needs Levi’s.” Essentially, $h!t is expensive!  On the second verse, Hayes continues to reflect on life.  Of course, the key moment – the centerpiece – is the chorus.  Hayes is being serious, I think, but it’s, um, still a bit ‘cringe’ if you will:

“Tryna steer my daughters off the pole
And my sons out of jail (Sons out of jail)
Tryna get to church so I don’t go to hell (I don’t wanna go)
I’m just tryna keep my wife from figuring out (Hey babe, I love you)
That I married up and she married way down
In Alabama where they love Nick Saban
Tryna write a song the local country station will play
Hey, I’m just tryna stay out of AA...”

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Final Thoughts 💭 

So, how does “AA” stack up? Ultimately, I’m sure Walker Hayes is being sincere, and I do heart his ‘down to earth’ persona.  Is it corny and cringe? Yes.  Still, Hayes just wants a good life for his family and himself and wants to live morally.  Can’t knock that!

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🎙 Walker Hayes • 💿 Country Stuff the Album • 🏷 Monument / Sony • 🗓 1.21.22
[📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Monument, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Sony]

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