Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at our 'Stars and Strings' show in Hollywood, FL, HARDY updated us on Dad Life, talked touring, the emotions of "Dog Years," and more with TC & Dina B. Plus, the singer did a blind ranking of songs you have to see.

"It's just different," HARDY admits about being a father. "I mean, everything is just everything, every decision that you make revolves around having a child now and it's from as small as 'do I have time to go to the bathroom?' to 'how many shows should I play next year?' and everything in-between. It's crazy."

HARDY is hot off the release of his new album, 'COUNTRY! COUNTRY!,' featuring the emotional song, "Dog Years," which he tells us came from a real life moment with his childhood dog. "That song changed my life," he says. "I wrote that song shortly after my longtime 15 year childhood dog died."

"I was still in college and I'd gone home for Christmas," he remembers. "I knew that when I left like I wasn't gonna see him again. We let him in, he's an outside dog, and we let him in because it was really cold that night and I remember he would sleep right by our utility room in there. I was leaving the next morning and I went in there and I laid down with him and I just, you know, I fell asleep and I woke up at like 5AM. I just laid on the floor with him and fell asleep. I got up and got my stuff and drove back to Nashville and my dad called me like the next day or two days after and said that he had died. So that one came from the heart."

For more on touring and to watch HARDY do a blind ranking of his songs, check out the full conversation above.

Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at our 'Stars and Strings' show in Hollywood, FL, we had a lot of laughs with Audacy 'LAUNCH' artist Zach Top. From field goal kicking with Pat McAfee to this 9-year-old talent that you probably never knew he had, TC & Dina B talked with Top about it all.

When asked if there's something that people don't know about Zach Top that he would like them to know, Zach took his time before revealing his special skill.

"I'll tell you this, I used to be able to hold my breath for a long time and swim underwater," he says proudly. "You're laughing, but I was something else. There wasn't another damn 9-year-old that could swim 200 meters with their breath held."

"I don't know if [I'm a] fish but amphibious definitely nicked me. I was maybe a little bit amphibious, at least."

Add that to the list of Zach Top conspiracies.

One thing that's not up for debate though is Top's success and it culminating in 5 CMA Awards nominations for this month's show. "It's cool to see all of your peers and other industry members, people that are in the same business as you giving you a pat on the back and being like, 'hey man, you're doing a good job,'" says Zach. "Feels really, really nice. I'm very, very thankful for it and I hope I just keep working hard and trying to keep on putting out good songs and singing okay and playing okay and, I'm just very thankful that people really enjoyed. It means a lot to me and I love doing this so the fact that other people enjoy it too it means the world to me."

To hear more from Zach on the "little lady friend" in his life and behind-the-scenes of football kicking adventure, check out the full conversation above.

Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at our 'Stars and Strings' show in Hollywood, FL, Nate Smith detailed a few of the moments we'd only seen glimpses of on social media. From backyard gun ranges to cooking hacks, the "Bulletproof" singer really does do it all.

"So I'm calling it the 'Bulletproof Range,' obviously, gotta do that," Nate says of his new backyard gun range. "I got yelled at yesterday by my neighbors. They cussed me [out]. It was like 9:30. I wanted to test it out, so I was shooting out there. It was a little loud and a little late, and [he] literally just goes, 'it's a Wednesday night!' He goes, 'go find a gun range!'"

"I'm like, 'I am the gun range sir!'"

"So I texted my neighbor because I'm like, 'he's never yelled at me before. I gotta figure this out.' So I texted him and and he's like, 'it wasn't me,'" adds Smith. "So I gotta say sorry to someone."

Another amazing moment captured on socials by Nate Smith is his four-wheeler goggle onion hack, where the singer has stopped the threat of tears with the right level of protection.

"Tell me that wasn't smart," he smiles. "I remember as a kid my mom cutting onions and I'm just like crying in the other room like, 'God, but I love tuna casserole.'" Now he's figured out a way to have his casserole without crying. "Not a tear."

To hear more from Nate Smith about his end of tour gift from Jason Aldean and his upcoming collab with Tyler Hubbard, check out the full conversation above.

Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at our 'Stars and Strings' show in Hollywood, FL, Dasha sat down with TC & Dina B, which in itself is a feat considering her choice to opt for "stand-up jeans" rather than "sit-down jeans."

"Sometimes there's outfits that are just so good that you're like, 'it's worth it.' I can't really breathe or sit, but I look really cute," smiles Dasha. "Suffocating a little bit, but we look good."

Dasha took the stage at 'Stars and Strings,' en route to a new album and celebrating her recently released EP, 'Anna.' "I feel like because 'Austin' got so big so fast, I mean overnight I was like known as the 'boots' girl, you know, it was pretty cool, but I felt like I had to kind of take a few steps back and explain, 'hey, this is who I am and this is where I come from," Dasha says. "I'm from California and I grew up on Country music and I love storytelling and kind of rewinding in that way, and also sharing that since I was a little girl like I've never wanted to do anything else with my life except for what I'm doing."

"Doing what I'm doing is just like absolutely insane to me because it's actually my dreams coming true," she adds.

Anna is the artist's first name, though her family has always called her by her middle name, Dasha. "My family's always call me Dasha. Dash is what my friends call me," she explains. "I do not respond to Anna. It's just like calling me Fred. Like lights on, no one home."

Now that the EP is out, Dasha is working on her next album, titled 'Dasha.' "Everything's just kind of coming together right now. We're just like literally on a call about it and I'm just like getting giddy," says Dasha. "Songwriting is my favorite part of all this craziness, so I'm just getting a little geeked up and excited to write it."

With Dasha set to hit the road with Tucker Wetmore, TC & Dina B also had to ask about the duo's relationship. "Tucker is bestie. We love Tucker," she admits. "I feel like our stars kind of rose at the same time, so all of a sudden we're just everywhere at the same time, our managers are really good friends and our crews are really good friends, like our bandmates and everyone."

"We're just really good friends and, I mean I do love taking videos of him working out and stuff and they go viral and it's kind of fun. It's entertaining for me as much because I'm providing for the girl community. You're welcome. Tucker's bestie."

To hear more from Dasha in the Hard Rock Artist Lounge, check out the full interview above.