Walker Hayes Teases New Diss Track About Zach Bryan

Walker Hayes | Credit Robert Chavers
Walker Hayes has responded with a diss track after Zach Bryanโs dig about his song โFancy Likeโ on X/Twitter earlier this month.
The short snippet of the song found on Hayes Instagram references Bryan and the situation singing, โSomething in the orange says youโre feeling greenโ and โJesus didnโt die for me so I could fight with Zach Bryanโ.
Hear the audio belowโฆ
Walker Hayes shared the audio to his Instagram Feed with the Caption:
โMe and my buddies were talking about the whole Zach Bryan thing. They were saying they appreciated how I responded. I confessed that they only saw my best foot forward.I had a hundred smart ass responses in the chamber that I didnโt fire off. Then we got to talking about people in general. Why we get insecure, etc. Mostly about how artists size each other up, compare, and talk trash. Itโs obviously our natural human tendency to be a little butt hurt by anyone elseโs success. Then we wondered about that. Why on earth we would do that as song writers. Knowing that .0001 percent of us are actually making it in this biz. Took me 18 years to feed my kids with music and Iโll still knock something I hear on the radio cuz I didnโt write it. So, we tried our best to put it all in a Twanger. And this is what we got. I hope it makes yโall talk about stuff that matters.โ
The beef between the two artists started earlier this month on X/Twitter when Zach Bryan tweeted about his love for fellow artist Tyler Childers and his shock when finding out this was Childers first number 1 single on Mainstream Country Radio.
โFirst everโ is fuckn insane, one of the best songwriters to ever do it https://t.co/GdkuWiWDvq
โ Zach Bryan (@zachlanebryan) January 9, 2024
He continued to express his feelings on Twitter/X while indirectly calling out Walker Hayes song Fancy Like.
Imagine being radio (whoever the hell that is), hearing Shake the Frost and being like โno no letโs go with the Applebees songโ https://t.co/8ZWuBXoBYM
โ Zach Bryan (@zachlanebryan) January 9, 2024
Hayes eventually saw the tweet and decided to take the high road, having nothing but nice things to say about everyone involved.
Big shout to radio for playing dat Applebees song
Zach and Tyler praying yโalls continued success
โ Walker Hayes (@walkerhayes) January 9, 2024