Country singer Hannah Dasher revealed that a famous, married celebrity once slid into her direct messages on social media, but explained her Christian faith has kept her from taking shortcuts in the music industry.
During a recent appearance on the "Like a Farmer" podcast, the 40-year-old musician was asked about the "weirdest" DM that she has ever received.
"Well, I don't know that I could share it because they're famous and married," Dasher said, without naming the individual. "So let me think of another one."
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"I could have gone on some pretty big tours, you know, if I wasn't a Christian," she added with a smile. "Golly, the weirdest DM that I've gotten. I guess that would be it, right? I don't know."
"Oh, I think about that one."
Raised near Savannah, Georgia, Dasher has previously said that she grew up on '90s country music. After graduating from college, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in country music. Dasher has previously said that she worked selling boats and outboard motors at Bass Pro Shops to support herself before being fired for writing songs while on the job.
In 2013, she landed her first publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis and later signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in partnership with Jaren Johnston of The Cadillac Three. Dasher's first major break as a songwriter came in 2017, when Brad Paisley recorded her co-written song "Go to Bed Early" for his "Love and War" album, marking her first cut for a major label.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dasher launched her viral TikTok cooking series, "Stand By Your Pan," where she mixes Southern recipes with country music and comedy. The series quickly attracted more than a million followers and helped introduce her to audiences beyond traditional country music fans.
Dasher signed a recording deal with Sony Music Nashville in 2021 and released her debut EP, "The Half Record," which featured songs including "Leave This Bar" and "Girls Call the Shots."
That same year, she was named one of CMT's Next Women of Country and made multiple appearances performing at the Grand Ole Opry.
She has since said that Sony "pulled the plug" on her recording deal shortly after the EP's release, leaving her to continue her career independently.
While speaking on the "Like a Farmer" podcast, Dasher candidly reflected on her career setback.
"I think losing my record deal was a huge humbling that needed to occur in me and it was the last thing that I thought was ever going to happen," she said. "But the devil will steal your confidence when moments like that happen."
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"And so I just had to remind myself that I didn't move to this town for anybody but me," she continued. "And you know that I have people that love me and depended on me and I just knew that I needed to um to get out of that lull and to start writing songs again."
Dasher explained that taking some time off from songwriting to pen her cookbook "Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin's," which was published in March was a "great way to kind of get those wheels turning again."
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"And so I've kind of been out of the songwriting thing for a couple of years because of this, and now I'm back into it and I caught the fever again, if you will," she said. "I'm so excited to be working on new music and just to be growing this thing."
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"And this time it's just so much more free," Dasher continued. "I don't have any rules over me that I feel like I'm having to write for, or that I can't do this or I can't say this. I'm just making this as authentically Hannah as it can be. Just real."
Dasher also shared her thoughts on the current state of country music, which has recently experienced a massive surge in popularity.
"I think country is always trending," she said. "I knew this '90s thing would come back around."
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"I fought with the label to try to get a pedal steel in my music because I just I love it and I just knew that that was the vibe," Dasher continued. "And you know [legendary country music singer] Patsy Cline fought against the pop thing, which at the time was the symphony, which became the Nashville sound. You know, the strings and all that stuff and it's classic."
"And so I just think good stuff sticks around. And I just think people right now are really craving authenticity."
