Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at our 'Stars and Strings' show in Hollywood, FL, HARDY updated us on Dad Life, talked touring, the emotions of "Dog Years," and more with TC & Dina B. Plus, the singer did a blind ranking of songs you have to see.

"It's just different," HARDY admits about being a father. "I mean, everything is just everything, every decision that you make revolves around having a child now and it's from as small as 'do I have time to go to the bathroom?' to 'how many shows should I play next year?' and everything in-between. It's crazy."

HARDY is hot off the release of his new album, 'COUNTRY! COUNTRY!,' featuring the emotional song, "Dog Years," which he tells us came from a real life moment with his childhood dog. "That song changed my life," he says. "I wrote that song shortly after my longtime 15 year childhood dog died."

"I was still in college and I'd gone home for Christmas," he remembers. "I knew that when I left like I wasn't gonna see him again. We let him in, he's an outside dog, and we let him in because it was really cold that night and I remember he would sleep right by our utility room in there. I was leaving the next morning and I went in there and I laid down with him and I just, you know, I fell asleep and I woke up at like 5AM. I just laid on the floor with him and fell asleep. I got up and got my stuff and drove back to Nashville and my dad called me like the next day or two days after and said that he had died. So that one came from the heart."

For more on touring and to watch HARDY do a blind ranking of his songs, check out the full conversation above.

Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at our 'Stars and Strings' show in Hollywood, FL, we had a lot of laughs with Audacy 'LAUNCH' artist Zach Top. From field goal kicking with Pat McAfee to this 9-year-old talent that you probably never knew he had, TC & Dina B talked with Top about it all.

When asked if there's something that people don't know about Zach Top that he would like them to know, Zach took his time before revealing his special skill.

"I'll tell you this, I used to be able to hold my breath for a long time and swim underwater," he says proudly. "You're laughing, but I was something else. There wasn't another damn 9-year-old that could swim 200 meters with their breath held."

"I don't know if [I'm a] fish but amphibious definitely nicked me. I was maybe a little bit amphibious, at least."

Add that to the list of Zach Top conspiracies.

One thing that's not up for debate though is Top's success and it culminating in 5 CMA Awards nominations for this month's show. "It's cool to see all of your peers and other industry members, people that are in the same business as you giving you a pat on the back and being like, 'hey man, you're doing a good job,'" says Zach. "Feels really, really nice. I'm very, very thankful for it and I hope I just keep working hard and trying to keep on putting out good songs and singing okay and playing okay and, I'm just very thankful that people really enjoyed. It means a lot to me and I love doing this so the fact that other people enjoy it too it means the world to me."

To hear more from Zach on the "little lady friend" in his life and behind-the-scenes of football kicking adventure, check out the full conversation above.