{"id":2052181,"date":"2025-09-26T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2052181"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:54:00","slug":"hardy-fires-back-at-haters-and-criticism-with-gritty-new-anthem-yall-need-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hardy-fires-back-at-haters-and-criticism-with-gritty-new-anthem-yall-need-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"HARDY Fires Back at Haters And Criticism With Gritty New Anthem, \u201cY\u2019all Need Jesus\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/tag\/hardy\">HARDY<\/a><\/strong> is using his strength in songwriting to address the haters of the world with his new song entitled \u201cY\u2019all Need Jesus.\u201d Serving as the No. 18 track on his latest album, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hardy.ffm.to\/countrycountry\">COUNTRY! COUNTRY!<\/a><\/em>, released on Friday, September 26, the tune finds the Philadelphia, Mississippi native clapping back at the criticism he\u2019s received over the years throughout his journey as a singer\/songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>In the song, which features thumping drums, low bass, heavy electric guitars, and an anthemic country chorus, HARDY serves up a powerful response to all the people who have shared negative comments about him, judging his appearance, musical stylings, mental health, rise to stardom, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old award-winning singer\/songwriter, who is known for blending both country and rock elements into his music, also takes a moment to throw his buddy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/tag\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s name into the mix as he recalls a moment when one naysayer said he rode the East Tennessee native\u2019s coattails \u201c<em>all the way to the radio<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Listen outside\u2019s the first place \/ But church is the second place you should go<\/em>,\u201d HARDY tells those who have doubted him before offering more of a light-hearted tone on the chorus. \u201c\u2018<em>Cause Y\u2019all need Jesus and a Willie Nelson song \/ Ride that high horse somewhere you can leave my country a** alone \/ Y\u2019all keep throwing stones, I\u2019m gonna keep on dropping deer \/ Y\u2019all need Jesus and I need a beer<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Al5IZ_tP3hg\" data-id=\"Al5IZ_tP3hg\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Al5IZ_tP3hg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HARDY - Y&#039;all Need Jesus (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Al5IZ_tP3hg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the second verse of the track, HARDY acknowledges that he does have \u201c<em>thick skin, but hate will take its toll on a decent man<\/em>.\u201d And while his country predecessors treated criticism as if it were no sweat off their backs, he points out that <em>\u201cthey didn\u2019t deal with some loser talking s**t from a basement on Instagram<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time HARDY has opened up about online trolls on social media and haters in public. In a previous interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/hardy-reveals-how-he-handles-criticism-and-why-he-doesnt-clap-back-at-haters\/\"><em>Music Mayhem<\/em><\/a>, he revealed how he dealt with criticism from folks in the past. \u201cJust tell them to shut the f**k up and just enjoy the music,\u201d he said, adding. \u201cI never clap back at people online because it\u2019s not who I am. I let people have their opinions and get into their own fights, but, in my head, I\u2019m just rolling my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude, you just can\u2019t win with stuff like that, man,\u201d he added. \u201cBut, let me say this. All of those people who comment, I know for a fact, are not like my diehard fans because my diehard fans are the people who love every record and every subgenre of anything that I do. And I know that for a fact. I\u2019m very thankful for my fans, and I know that they\u2019re just ride or die, man. And so the people giving me criticism can just get fu**ed or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-Photo-Courtesy-of-Ryan-Smith-3.jpg\" alt=\"HARDY, Photo Courtesy of Ryan Smith\" class=\"wp-image-173605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-Photo-Courtesy-of-Ryan-Smith-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-Photo-Courtesy-of-Ryan-Smith-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-Photo-Courtesy-of-Ryan-Smith-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-Photo-Courtesy-of-Ryan-Smith-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">HARDY, Photo Courtesy of Ryan Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all Need Jesus\u201d is one of 21 tracks on <em>COUNTRY! COUNTRY! <\/em>The album, as a whole, finds HARDY making his way back to his roots into the country music world following his Grand Ole Opry debut in the spring of 2025. In addition to that, <em>COUNTRY! COUNTRY! <\/em>Comes a year and a half after HARDY dropped <em>Quit!<\/em>, a full-length rock record, which included collaborations with artists like Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst and Chad Smith, the drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just missed it,\u201d HARDY said of the album, which also follows his <em>COUNTRY!<\/em> EP. \u201cI missed my community. My peers. Plus, I love country music. I moved to town to write country songs. Going 10 years of writing 100+ songs a year, it was a nice palate cleanser to take a step away from that. Now I\u2019m back. I\u2019m fresh and ready to get right back into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"HARDY 'COUNTRY! COUNTRY!' Album Art\" class=\"wp-image-173603 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-768x768.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art.jpg\" alt=\"HARDY 'COUNTRY! COUNTRY!' Album Art\" class=\"wp-image-173603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/musicmayhemmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HARDY-COUNTRY-COUNTRY-Album-Art-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">HARDY \u2018COUNTRY! COUNTRY!\u2019 Album Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>HARDY\u2019s new album, <i>COUNTRY! <\/i>COUNTRY!, is available now <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.hardyofficial.com\/\">HERE<\/a>, and everywhere you can buy music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source musicmayhemmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARDY is using his strength in songwriting to address the haters of the world with his new song entitled \u201cY\u2019all Need Jesus.\u201d Serving as the No. 18 track on his latest album, COUNTRY! 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