Tyler Hubbard Officially Becomes ‘Swiftie Dad’ At L.A. Show

Tyler Hubbard and his wife Hayley took their five-year-old daughter Olivia (who they call Liv) to see Taylor Swift during her sold-out run in Los Angeles this week. Tyler has become what many dads across America are:" "Swiftie Dads."

Hubbard posted a couple of video clips of his wife, daughter, and even himself dancing to Taylor's song at the concert on Tuesday night (8/8) on Instagram. He captioned the post, "We took Liv to see Taylor last night, and it was so special. We sang our hearts out as we soaked up all three and a half hours of her incredible show. I've never seen anything like it, and I'm truly inspired on so many levels. It's official… I'm a Swiftie dad."

Many of Tyler's fans reacted to his post with one writing, "Somebody's dancing in the country…" Another fan commented, "OMG, IM MELTING!" "This is the cutest - I can feel her excitement."

On his Insta Stories, Hubbard posted a note that Liv wrote to him before the show. It read: "Dad, I love you, and we'll come to Taylor Swift. I am so excited to go to Taylor Swift. Liv to Dad love." He wrote over the image of the note, "Heart melted."

In June, Hubbard celebrated the number-one chart success of two of his solo songs, "5'9" and "Dancin In The Country." He co-wrote the latter song with Keith Urban. At the party in downtown Nashville (6/13), Keith joined Tyler and talked with us about their first writing together before the party started.

Keith told us about writing the song with Hubbard, "It was natural because we were gonna be out touring, and it just made sense for Tyler to come out, he was game for it, and it was a great fit." Tyler adds, "It was. I think that helped us kind of not break the ice, but you know, we were kind of already buddies, but being in a room when you're writing with somebody for five or six hours, you're pretty much ultimately as vulnerable as you can be and you become friends pretty quickly."

Tyler Hubbard's solo self-titled debut album is out today. The album features his debut solo single "5 Foot 9." As he told us, he wants the album to be a vessel for telling his story and to represent his diverse musical influences. He said, "It means everything to get to have the opportunity to release a solo project, a debut album, to connect with the fans on a deeper, more personal level, to get to share my story. And so, this is a very important project for me. It's my heart. It's my soul. It's what I've poured myself into the last couple of years, so I'm super excited for the fans to hear it and for them to get to know me on a deeper level."

Hubbard said that even the sequence of the songs was important to him in the new work, "I really just wanted the fans to go on a journey from track one to track 18. I didn't want there to be any songs that you wanted to skip over. I wanted each song to bring out a specific emotion. I wanted it to be a journey. I want it to be fun, first and foremost. I wanted the fans to get to know me on a personal level. I wanted them to feel something, to feel anything. Whether it's making you laugh, making you cry, making you nostalgic, or thinking about the past or whatever the case may be."

He concluded, "I just want my music to make you feel, and I hope that's what this album does, and I hope you guys love it from track one to track 18."

As we celebrate his solo release in country music, we look at some of his ventures already on his own and his final show with FGL partner Brian Kelley.