Tyler Hilton I admire “NERDY” Taylor SwiftTalent when they met for the first time when she was a teenager – but she did not necessarily see her next stardom.

During the tour of his new children’s book, Hilton, 41, spoke, US weekly He took his past with a huge pop star now.

“I was an interview with a rural magazine and they were talking about this girl, Taylor Swift, who just came out of it, for example, 15. I heard her song” Tim McGaru “and I was in it. This first record was good for me,” Hilton, who was in the early twenties at that time. “It seems very stupid, but you have to be brave enough to write words as you did in this first record. It is not just something that the professional song author thinks.” When you think about Tim McGu, I hope you think about my favorite song. “I just will not use Tim McGaru On a song. It is very cool. I said [the magazine]”Oh, by the way, this little thing that she did on that new girl, Taylor Swift, I am actually a big fan of her song. She is a good song. … How many children between the ages of 15 are in fact a good song book?”

It turned out that Swift, now 35, was a “great admirer”, Bhalton, who was touring, as a guest in a championship. One tree hill It appeared as Alvis in 2006 Walking line.

“I didn’t know that, but I watched all my videos on YouTube, like all these small euthera that I have done. She continued her manager and was like,” Wait, this girl Taylor Swift is actually a huge Tyler fans. She is afraid that you mentioned it in this magazine. “I was like,” Oh, this is very adorable, “Hilton continued, and I explained that Swift’s director invited him to her program” A Little Country Bar in southern California. “

Hilton attended and Swift revealed that she was carrying “Most You” on the stage. She asked him to perform with her that night in 2007.

“[She was] He said: “She was literally, as she prevented me,” and she, a young woman, is 15 years old, and she prevented me on stage and goes, “I did not want to ask you behind the scenes.” Because I was afraid to say no, but will you be in the next music video? “… this is how it ended in “A tear on my guitar” music video. Then it was like, “Oh, I am doing some offers, do you want to open me?” She continued to get the largest and greater. “

Hilton and Swift remained in contact because she found success with her individuals.

“She felt her charm and her family. We became close and then when I moved to Nashville, they allowed me to live on their boat and live with them for a short time when I moved to Nashville for the first time,” he said. “They were only, like, Swalifa – like my buds – and their young adolescent daughter was a fan. I was like,” oh, this is very nice. “Now she is the biggest star in the world.”

Hilton was on the boat “for a few weeks” before finding an apartment.

He told us: “She was playing songs in her bedroom from her notes for her second record.” She was playing for me “white horse” and it was crazy because I was in her bedroom and I loved, “stand, this girl is in fact, like the princess, the fairy, the unicorn girl. “It is not a job – I wrote her songs, like her, and she is thin notes, you know what I mean?

Hilton admitted that “in reality I do not believe she became famous” as she did.

He said: “We all thought collectively that she was very great. It seems as if the girl in high school was famous, she is serious.” “It is like,” Do you want to hear another song on my notes? “I like,” oh, well. “They were all really good, but it was like,” this is very funny. “

As Swifties knows, the Grammy winner has been released since 11 studio albums. For his part, Hilton has dropped his five albums and his first children’s book, Dad: Live at a concertOn April 8. He got the idea of ​​the book after performing his daughter, Winnie, now 5, during the epidemic at home with his wife, exit Megan Park.

“It does not matter that I was a professional musician. Like, what if there was a book on my father, I thought of his daughter,” Oh, my God, my father, the oldest rock star in the world, “Hilton explained.” I could have any random person. She was still like, “Oh my God.” I thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Hilton and Park also participate in 2024.

“[Writing a song and a book is] In fact, it is very similar. Hilton added that the song is a little more difficult because you have to do music and things as well, but I feel I can write a thousand books for children. It was not easy, but it came very naturally. Do not understand me wrong, I got a lot of help. … but even the liberation process was very enjoyable. “

While Hilton “Loves” is the composition of songs, he indicated that many of this process comes from the “Lovesick” or “Touge”.

“They help me work through sadness or anything else, but children’s books, such as, Wow, are back to the drawing board. I went back to Kid World. ” we. “It is an enjoyable and refreshing world.”