Country star Walker Hayes is surprised to be earning the Sync of the Year award from Variety for “Fancy Like,” as part of this year’s Hitmakers event. But that’s only because he’s still a little ...

Walker Hayes has given date night a whole new meaning! The country crooner’s recent single “Fancy Like” has dominated sound waves and reached beyond his wildest expectations, with the help of his ...

Walker Hayes never expected a song about eating Applebee’s Bourbon Street Steak sandwiches and sipping a Wendy’s Oreo frosty on a date to have much traction. “Fancy Like” was one of many TikTok videos ...

Powered by a homemade TikTok dance video, the irresistible song has turned into a national craze, leaving the singer-songwriter baffled — and delighted Nancy Kruh is a Nashville-based writer-reporter ...

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"Fancy Like" didn't start out as an Applebee's commercial, officially speaking. Spiritually, though, it was always an Applebee's commercial. Walker Hayes' crossover country smash hinges on a trip to ...

Before Walker Hayes released "Fancy Like" — a viral-TikTok-hit-turned-bona-fide-career-maker, earning him the No. 1 spot on country radio as well as as all-genre fans, a slew of TV performances and ...

When Mobile native Walker Hayes appeared on the Today show in June, hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush referred to his hit song “Fancy Like” as “the song of the summer.” (After his own success on TikTok, ...

A pop star, an actor, a very pregnant country singer and a reality television star are just a few of the celebrities who've turned to social media to recreate Walker Hayes' "Fancy Like" dance. The ...

"Fancy Like" found me like a thief in the night on a recent Sunday. While watching a routine football game on ESPN, a commercial appeared, featuring a whole litany of people doing a TikTok dance to a ...

In the age of cord-cutting and ad-free subscription services, the mass culture experience of sitting through television ads, those once-universal generational touchstones (WAZZAAA! Less filling! Where ...