Hunter Easton Hayes nació el 9 de septiembre de 1991 en Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Desde una temprana edad, destacó por su talento musical, alimentado sustancialmente por la rica influencia cultural de su entorno. Apenas a los dos años de edad, Hunter ya había recibido su primera guitarra de manos del actor Robert Duvall, lo que marcó el inicio de una vida inmersa en la música.
Durante sus años infantiles y adolescentes, Hunter ya había mostrado un talento increíble. Apareció en el programa de televisión "The Maury Show" a los cuatro años y en "America's Most Talented Kids" a los trece, asombrando al público con sus dotes como cantante y multiinstrumentista. Podía tocar más de 30 instrumentos y se ganó una reputación como un verdadero niño prodigio.
En 2010, después de mudarse a Nashville, firmó un contrato con Atlantic Records. En 2011, lanzó su álbum debut homónimo, "Hunter Hayes". El sencillo principal, "Storm Warning", recibió una favorable acogida, pero fue con "Wanted" que alcanzó notoriedad mundial. Esta canción no solo ascendió rápidamente en las listas de éxitos, sino que también le otorgó su primer número uno en el Billboard Hot Country Songs.
Everybody, they think they know us
They think they've got us figured out
Waste their words just trying to tell us
How the typical, predictable, young love turns out
But little do they know girl, we've got a fast car
A James Dean spirit and a Norma Jean heart
This blank sheet of paper has been waiting forever
So baby just tell me where you wanna start
You and I can fall as hard as we want
Make the story all our own and blow Shakespeare's mind
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
We can pack for Paris, plan for Tennessee
Oceans, mountains
Hey I don't care as long as you're with me
Running like crazy, kissing in public
Who cares what the world thinks?
Girl they don't know nothing about us
You and I can fall as hard as we want
Make the story all our own and blow Shakespeare's mind
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
Let's make the story of our lives whatever we wanna make it
There's rules about the way this works
I think it's time that we break them
From the moment that I met you
There's just one thing I've been praying
If this boy gets you girl, girl would you take my name?
'cause you and I can fall as hard as we want
Make the story all our own and blow Shakespeare's mind
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
I said right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
It's all in our storyline
It's part of our storyline
It's all in our, all in our storyline