“Y’all Life” by Walker Hayes

Cutting right to the chase, Walker Hayes’ “Y’all Life” is one of those country songs which idealizes the “small town” type of living which artists who belong to the genre, shall we say stereotypically tend to cleave to. 

And in this case, said lifestyle is referred to as “that y’all life”. This is a depiction of America where people are communal, carefree, family-oriented and religious-minded. For instance, one thing everyone in the ‘hood has in common is an affinity for “football and Jesus”. 

And overall, Walker Hayes depicts his home state of Alabama as the kind of place that’s perfect to raise a family in. Or in the very least, it can be said that the vocalist is harping back to his own experiences therein and seemingly looking forward to returning every opportunity he gets.

What Walker Hayes has said about “Y’all Life”

According to Hayes, “‘Y’all Life’ is designed to “to celebrate life” as well as the process of “livin’ in the moment”.

When was “Y’all Life” released?

“Y’all Life” came out on 15 July 2022. It is Walker Hayes’ first single since those associated with his most-recent LP, “Country Stuff the Album”, which was released in whole earlier in the year. And it is from that project that we got his signature song to date, 2021’s “Fancy Like“.

Did Walker Hayes write this song?

Walker played no role in the writing of this song.

This track was produced by Shane McAnally and written by Joe LaPorta.

Interesting to Note

This song experienced a diss-laden backlash in a weird sorta way. The SEC, as in the Southeastern Conference of NCAA athletics, put forth that this track “just might be the song of football season”, in addition to suggesting that Walker Hayes accordingly “collab” with the organization. And in all, that suggestion resulted in a number of netizens expressing their dislike for “Y’all Life” – so much so that the SEC deleted the aforementioned tweet.

On this song, Walker gives a shoutout to country music legend Dolly Parton, as well NBA star James Harden and casual-dining chain Olive Garden.