Brantley Gilbert (Photo by Jeff Nelson)
Brantley Gilbert Loves Writing With Hardy
Fellow artist Hardy is one of the co-writers on Brantley Gilbert’s latest single, “Heaven by Then.”
Brantley said Hardy is someone he respects and loves to write songs with for a lot of reasons.
“He’s obviously good at what he does, and he does his homework too. It’s not like he’ll just sit down in a room and expect something awesome to happen. He shows up with ideas. I think one of his big strengths is he holds his place in a room right, but I can be a little over bearing at times. I have a tendency to hijack a write. Like, if I think it’s somethin’ I want to put on my record, I’ll just straight up steal it, and I can box people out and block ideas and block words. I have a tendency to be over bearing in a room. He doesn’t have that. If he really has a solid line, he’ll stand up for It , like he’s not a pushover when it comes to that, but I just feel like he molds into a room well and he’s a great writer, but he’s a great cowriter. You know, there is a difference. You’ll meet guys that write great songs by themselves that get in a room with other people and it can be nails on a chalkboard. But he’s not one of those. He’s a solid ass dude.”
Hardy has become one of Brantley’s favourite go-to co-writers. In fact, Hardy co-wrote four of the songs on Brantley’s new album, including “Heaven by Then” and the title track, “So Help Me God.”
