Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard will celebrate his first Father’s Day on Sunday, June 17, since his daughter, Olivia Rose, was born in December.
The singer-songwriter plans to get out of town to spend some time with his wife and little girl for the special holiday.
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“Hayley and I and the baby, Liv, are going to be in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, actually, on a little mini vacation, so we’ve planned a little Father’s Day hike,” Hubbard revealed to PopCulture.com at a recent media event. “Something we love doing as a family, [is] just get out in nature and walk and hang out. So yeah, we’re excited. I think it’s gonna be a cool first Father’s Day. Very cool moment.”
Hubbard and his duo partner, Brian Kelley, are hard at work on a new album, where Hubbard says his new role as a dad will play a major influence in at least some of the songs.
“The fourth album’s coming along great, and I would definitely say Liv has a huge influence on the writing and the content of the songs,” reveals Hubbard. “There’s a song called ‘Women’ on there, which her and Hailey both inspired. All the songs honestly are inspired by our life and where we’re at right now. I think there’s a lot of special songs on there. But we’ve still got the party jams. It’s not all sensitive.”
The 31-year-old has also fallen more in life with his wife since becoming a parent, which could be reflected in their next set of tunes.
“I think it’s just cool to see the love of a mother, and how the child comes first now,” Hubbard admits. “At first it was an adjustment for me. It’s like, ‘Wait, you’re fixing a bottle, you’re not making me breakfast? What’s going on over there?’ But it draws me even closer to Hailey, just watching her be a mom. And there’s just a cool new layer of intimacy all the way around the board.”
Becoming a father has affected much more than just Hubbard’s songwriting. The Georgia native says almost every area of his life changed since his daughter was born, including his faith.
“[It] definitely put things in perspective,” Hubbard notes. “It puts sleep into perspective and food into perspective and everything else into perspective. But it’s a cool, really amazing journey and it’s a true miracle when you get to experience it. And I don’t know how somebody can’t believe in God or a Higher Power or something when you see a baby being created and in your wife’s belly and then watching it come out and all of sudden there’s a new human in your house.
“It’s pretty wild, but it’s been amazing,” he continues. “I wouldn’t change a thing about it, and she’s just an angel. She can literally just melt your heart with a smile. It’s crazy.”
Florida Georgia Line’s “Simple,” the debut single from their new record, is available for download at iTunes.
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