Watch HARDY Bring The Heat During Hair-Raising ACM Awards Performance

By Logan DeLoye

May 12, 2023

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HARDY delivered a powerful, hair-raising performance of "Truck Bed" at the 58th annual ACM Awards on Thursday night at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The "One Beer" standout certainly took the stage by storm as he sang, "I woke up on the wrong side of the truck bed this morning with a bone dry bottle of Jack I's pouring," as the crowd went wild. HARDY and rising star Lainey Wilson were two of the most nominated artists present at the award show. The iconic storytelling duo took home the award for Visual Media of the Year for the cinematic masterpiece that is the "Wait In The Truck" music video.

HARDY was nominated for a handful of awards, and was officially awarded the "Songwriter of the Year" award before the show began. During a pre-show red carpet interview, he shared his thoughts on acquiring fame so early on in his career.

"I'm so weird about all this, and I still feel like i'm the new guy. In a way I have, but I feel like I still haven't been doing it for that long. It's not imposter syndrome, but i'm still like 'this is too early for this stuff to be happening.' But it's all good stuff." The "Sold Out" artist might feel like he's new to the game, but he certainly has figured out how to capture the hearts of country music fans across the globe!

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