Fancy Hagood started his career as a writer in Nashville before because 'discovered' by Scooter Braun, signing to Republic Records, releasing 2 singles - one of which cracked the Billboard top 30 - and then he was dropped by his label, agent, and manager, almost all on the same call. He has been featured on The Today Show, Fallon, and performed with Meghan Trainor, Kacey Musgraves, Ariana Grande, Elle King, and Kaitlin Butts, and since has released 2 critically acclaimed independent records, hosted Trailblazers Radio on Apple Music, and was recently honored with the Visibility Award by the Human Rights Campaign Nashville. We chat with Fancy about creating your own lane when the industry doesn't value you, inviting more people to the table, the optimism and opportunity in getting dropped from you label, the magic all around, the gift of delusion, and a whole lot more.

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• Fancy Hagood
• Ep 83 Brandy Clark
• Republic Records
• Nickel Creek
• Downtown Music Publishing
• Sara Evans
• Little Big Town
• Morgan Wallen
• Willie Nelson
• Roger Miller
• Leslie Jordan
• “Conversations with God” - Neil Donald Walsh
• Tara Brach

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