Waylon Wyatt

About

Waylon Wyatt Potter (born October 16, 2006) is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician, and producer from Hackett, Arkansas. He garnered popularity when his first song “Everything Under the Sun” became viral on TikTok. He is signed to Darkroom Records and has released two extended plays with the label. His debut album, Dustpiles, was released in July 2026.

Wyatt was born and raised in Hackett, Arkansas, and wrote his first song, titled “How to Be a Man”, at age six. Despite an initial interest in rap music, he discovered country music on YouTube when he was fifteen. Of his upbringing, Wyatt stated, “we didn’t grow up rich, but I wouldn’t say we grew up in a cardboard box or anything like that. We grew up in a pretty nice house; I have hard-workin’ parents, you know? We had some good money comin’ in, but we just really didn’t have the time and we couldn’t really plan to [see live music]”. His first concert was Wyatt Flores at Cain’s Ballroom. His brother Dylan, also a musician, took his own life when Wyatt was eight years old, and Wyatt cites him as the primary reason he learned to play guitar, feeling that he honors his brother’s memory each time he plays…