Shortly after he was crowned winner of "American Idol" Season 17, Laine Hardy released the track "Flame." Written by songwriters Jon Levine and Ester Dean, "Flames" went on to sell 18,000 downloads in its first week, as reported by Billboard at the time. One year later, in April 2020, he released two singles, "Let There Be Country" and "Ground I Grew Up On." He released a third song, "Tiny Town" three months later.
In the months that followed, Hardy released several more songs. In May 2021, the American Idol alum released "Memorize You," a song he later performed during an episode of "The Bachelorette." Through this performance, Hardy was once again shot into the national limelight. "I didn't expect it at all, but I was definitely open to the opportunity of playing on 'The Bachelorette,'" Hardy said to American Songwriter. "When they mentioned it, I thought 'Really? Me?' It was an amazing experience." In September of that year, Hardy released his debut album "Here's To Anyone," a project he claims to have made with a different approach. "I experimented a lot with this album, and I was very open-minded to things. I really wanted to try all kind of different experiments with these songs," Hardy told Taste of Country.
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