Hayden Joseph - Different
Flyctory.com Pros
- Very nice showcase of nine songs
- Two additional good bonus versions
- Very catchy and present voice
- Good lyrics
Spotify is a bit of a strange thing sometimes. The scanner I use every Friday to check out for new releases has an own category for queer country songs – and they are not sorted into the other country songs. So, if you feel it may influence your judgement on his music: Hayden Joseph is gay. I don’t care, I loved his voice and some snippets of his debut album Different, before I decided to share it with you. The album has already been released on 25th February 2021 (i.e. on a Thursday).

Hayden Joseph – About The Artist
Hayden Joseph is originally from South Carolina, but is now a Nashville country music recording artist. He however pursued a business career, studying neuroscience and finance and worked in management consulting. He felt to need more time to invest into music. His first major steps on stage were with an a capella group at university. Since 2019, he is releasing music on streaming platforms. His debut single was the title track of his debut album, Different.
Hayden Joseph – Different – Track by Track
The eleven track album lasts 41 minutes. The last two tracks are other versions of the song 19 & Cryin’.

1. Different
I wish I had a moment with a younger me
To tell him, different ain’t a bad thing to be
The album starts with the song Hayden Joseph’s professional career somehow started. I feel a song like this can easily fail – but Joseph indeed does a great job here. I like the intimate aura of the song. A definite beauty!
2. You’ll Come Around
After the quiet moments of the Different, You’ll Come Around is more powerful. I still like the way the guitar is used in here. The song is focused on Joseph’s voice, who profits from his a capella experience. Really good one.
3. 19 & Cryin’
Even though time has passed
Hearts don’t heal fast
After years at peace, well mine’s been reminded
I’ve grown up, I’ve moved on
I’ve been telling myself for so long
But the truth is I’ve been lyin’
Part of me is 19 and Cryin’
Not only because the song is published on the album in three different versions, 19 & Cryin’ is the central track of the album to me. Very good song. It comes with very relatable lyrics, a nice melody and the incredible presence in Joseph’s voice, which makes the track even more catchy.
4. My Name
My Name is Hayden’s way to do a small town life song. And again; I like that it is not a lyrical stereotype on repeat, but a really well-reflected about the pros and cons about the place When nobody’s a stranger and my name means everything.
5. Thrill Of The Chase
It ain’t higher education
Or perfect reputations
That keep me on the edge of my seat
You don’t need a million dollars
Or labels on your collar
That ain’t how my interest is piqued
It’s not about putting out
But rather casting some doubt
‘Round the way that you’re feeling
Keep me wondering how
Long you might make me wait
I’m all about the thrill of the chase
Thrill Of The Chase is the most powerful and rocking song of the album so far. So far, the Different album is a really great listen.
6. The Only One Who’s Prayin’
The intimate sixth track on the album is indeed a special one. Hayden is praising the support from his mother. A really beautiful one.
7. Over You
This one is a really nice to listen to breakup song. There are some parts of this song, especially at the end of each chorus, where I struggle with his voice slightly. It feels so nasal. But overall, I still enjoy to listen.
8. The Way I See You
Spend the day in my shoes
Honey, you’ll be surprised
It might be confusing
Seeing the world through my eyes
Most things look the same
The sky is still blue
But you’d be amazed
By the way I see you
Beautiful love song. No more comment. I just like it.
9. Let the Radio Remind Me
With Let the Radio Remind Me, the set of unique songs is closing on Different. I like the way this ballad has been set up with acoustic guitar and piano sounds. Nice finisher before the bonus versions.
10. 19 & Cryin’ (Stripped)
The stripped version of the song of course comes with limited instrumentation, so that you can listen to the song’s verses even better. I like the atmosphere of this version – but overall, you don’t need a stripped version – the artist’s voice is very clear and good to understand anyway.
11. 19 & Cryin’ (Pop Mix)
While I felt that the stripped version of 19 & Cryin’ is nice and comes with a nice atmosphere, I like the pop-ish version. But overall, the original is the best option.
Hayden Joseph – Different – Spotify
Here is the Different album on Spotify:
Hayden Joseph – Different – My View
Starting with the downside: there are not too many new tracks on the album – but, hey, it’s a debut, so that even I can live with that. Hayden Joseph published a beautiful recording of nine songs and two nice additional versions of the core song of the album. It is sometimes a bit of soupy, but I really loved to listen to this very promising debut. The only thing about this artist is that whenever you google him you run into Joseph Haydn, composer of the German national anthem. Top Pick!
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Here are all Flyctory.com travel postings of the region around Cologne:
A mileage run is a flight or a series of flights which is majorly intending to gain miles at airlines' ...
In the frequent traveler community, especially in and around Germany, the middle distance Eurowings flights gained quite some popularity. Flights ...
has come to an end - and my Best of posting is the one which is "traditionally" concluding the year. The ...
I haven't done a "Review Battle" for quite a while. Today, I am comparing two hotels of the same brand ...
From time to time, I simply enjoy having a night in Cologne, between two office days close to the office ...
Getting a hotel in or around Mönchengladbach should typically be not too much of an issue. However, when I wanted ...
I have stayed at the Mercure Hotel Düsseldorf Ratingen a couple of times before my night in June 2024. However, ...
Meeting with friends in Troisdorf between Bonn and Cologne in the evening and relaxing at the Wellnest private spa Bonn ...
After having visited their outlets in Essen and Cologne already, my wife and I made use of Good Friday 2024 ...
This year, I take you on my tour-chasing of the German Rock of Ages musical. The first trip report episode ...
At the time when I started writing this posting in early March 2024, Flyctory.com already featured reviews of over 320 ...
The Selfkant is truly a remarkable municipality in the very West of the Federal Republic of Germany. The border to ...
My trip to the handball matches at the EHF Euro 2024 preliminary round matches in Berlin did not feel being ...
After I had already flown the Airbus A320 simulator by Aerotask in Essen, I was really looking forward to my ...
I already introduced you to the Museumkaart in the Netherlands, which may be a very profitable (but a bit of ...
Chinese lantern shows and other illuminations have become more and more popular in Europe during the recent winter seasons. In ...
Just as it felt convenient to stay somewhere closer to the office where I work, I had a night at ...
Before we checked out the new Wellnest private spa in Cologne, my wife and I felt it is a good ...
After my wife and I overall had a nice stay at the Wellnest Private Spa in Essen, we were curious ...
The public transport situation of Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) is a bit more complex than it might feel at first sight ...
The Bergischer HC is a handball club in the German Bundesliga. Visiting one of their home matches requires a bit ...
As part of my overnights bridging the night between two mandatory days at the office in Cologne, my last stay ...
Just a week after I stayed at the Mercure Cologne City Friesenstrasse, I tried out another hotel of the Accor ...
What are you doing as a hobby travel blogger when your company (the professional work...) is requesting you to meet ...
Right before my wife and I visited the Wellnest Private Spa in Essen during the Christmas holidays of 2022, we ...
The name of the German city of Wuppertal in the Bergische Land region near Cologne is indeed a perfect fit ...
Especially with British Airways moving the vast majority of their operations from B-Gates to C-Gates, I have been frequently visiting ...
Germany meets Belgium and Belgium meets the Netherlands. Needless to say that also Germany and the Netherlands touch each other ...
Even though Brühl right South of Cologne is just home of 45,000 inhabitant, there are mutiple major attractions in the ...
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
I felt that the current discussions about the closing down of the village of Lützerrath in Germany are a good ...
The Wasserturm in my home town Cologne is indeed one of the most iconic hotels of the city. Literally, the ...
The German amusement park Phantasialand is regularly rated to be one of the best and especially most atmospheric spots of ...
Sea Life runs several outlets in Germany. One of them is in Oberhausen in the Ruhrgebiet region. With 5000 inhabitants ...
The 7th November 2022 is one of these days I will hardly forget so quickly. In a Weird Al fan ...
After staying at the Road Stop Motel in Dortmund, my wife and I were really curious about exploring another outlet ...
I had a couple of private spa experiences with my wife already, like the MyWellness in Cologne or the Pure ...
Even though the Belgian border is less than an hour drive away from where I live, there are not too ...
Saving my Melia frequent traveler points and doing some research for Flyctory.com were two really good reasons to try out ...
The museum at the Schwelmer Straße 41 is not exactly at birthplace of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen - but it is just a ...
Okay, I have to give in from the very beginning: I love my home town Cologne - and this my ...
The Bergisch Coffee Table (Bergische Kaffeetafel) is a traditional meal, somewhere between a brunch and an afternoon tea. And: it ...
Early summer 2022. After the Covid-19 crisis feels to have come to a certain end, air travelers all over Europe ...
Doing some shopping (including the local sweets outlets) and visiting the Drielandenpunt, where Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet, I recently ...
Old lounge, new lounge: after Lufthansa decided to terminally close down some of their lounges, the company Global Lounge Network ...
There are quite some reasons to visit the Western German city of Aachen. However, before I spend a night there ...
Germany between World War II. - this is roughly the mission of the House of the History of the Federal ...
Even though the city is not overwhelmingly large, Solingen in fact comes with two zoos / animal parks. While I ...
One of the architectural witnesses of the industrial heritage of the Rhein-Ruhr Region in Germany are definitely the gasometers. These ...
Trying out another hotel brand: after I had stayed at quite a bunch of Premier Inn Hotel locations in England ...
As I purchased a Merlin Entertainment annual ticket for Germany in May 2021 (majorly as I have been covering Heide ...
The Hilton Hotel Group is currently opening quite a lot of new Hampton by Hilton Hotels over Central Europe. Sufficient ...
Even though it is a some 50 kilometer drive from Cologne to Gummersbach, the VfL Gummersbach is not only the ...
In order to collect some new material for Flyctory.com, I recently drove to Remscheid to cover some museums there. The ...
Even though I do have a couple of airport reviews on Flyctory.com, I so far missed a lot of the ...
As I already told you last year when I reviewed the Charles Dickens Museum in London, I am a huge ...
Parking fees at Dusseldorf Airport got ridiculously high in recent past. For my August 2021 trip to Poland (from Thursday ...
Located right at the River Rhine, the Hyatt Regency is one of the most iconic and also one of the ...
During the later phases of the Covid-19 lock-downs in Germany, I had the idea to that posting. Maybe just because ...
Even though Solingen is not a that major city (some 160,000 inhabitants), it features two mid-size animal parks / zoos ...
The hotel situation at Cologne / Bonn Airport used to be quite bothering. There used to be a single hotel ...
Especially after all the Covid-19 restrictions, my wife and I were really looking forward to two relaxing hours in a ...
The story why I felt I had to visit the Bergisches Museum für Bergbau, Handwerk und Handel - the Bergisches ...
Travelling in Germany has been turned down to an absolute minimum. Hotels are just able to accept business guests and ...
A zoo which is suitable for the cold and rainy days as well: as you might guess already, Aquazoo Löbbecke ...
There are periodically discussions, whether the Cologne local transport is upgraded by cable car traffic over the river Rhine. However, ...
Since late October 2020, restaurants in Germany are not allowed to open as a pandemic lock-down measure. However, take-away services ...
The Deutsches Museum (German Museum for Science and Technology) in Munich is one of the most fascinating places in Germany ...
Cologne Cathedral is the key attraction of my home town Cologne, of course (it is even one of Germany's very ...
After having a couple of hotel reviews from nearby cities Dusseldorf and Bonn already, I felt it was a huge ...
After we visited a couple of hotels in Bonn, we finally wanted to check out the only five star one ...
Holidays close to home? Not just due to Covid-19, I felt it to be more and more attractive to have ...
Sometimes, you just have to be creative: if you have one of the biggest mobile ferris wheels in the neighboring ...
In order to have a more comfortable (and longer) sleep, I decided to go for a night at the ibis ...
The Rheinturm - or Rhine Tower - is definitely one of Dusseldorf's most iconic viewpoints. During a recent stay at the ...
As I had couple of Spain and Portugal trips planned for summer 2020 and all have been cancelled due to ...
My birth town Bonn has been hit heavily by Covid-19. The key reason for that are not health issues, but ...
My beloved home town Cologne, Germany, is always a bit of crazy - not just during the carnival days. Thus, ...
After I recently visited the traditional drive-in movie in Cologne and the additional pop-up Car Watch in my home town, 2nd ...
As I wrote in my recent review about the traditional DRIVE IN movies in the South of Cologne, drive-in movies ...
Regarding passenger flights, my hometown airport Cologne / Bonn is only the seventh biggest in Germany, servicing some 12 million ...
Quarantining, social isolation, being unable to go out on a Friday - overall, the cultural and social scene has been ...
Fairy Forests are a quite traditional attraction. Different stages tell you the stories of fairy tales, typically illustrated by puppets ...
A Calculation Museum? Sounds like a place for die-hard nerds - but the Arithmeum in Bonn is really a popular ...
Why not doing it at home? Though Bonn is just some 40 kilometers away from our flat, my wife and ...
The Historic Mustard Mill in Cologne ("Historische Senfmühle Köln") is quite a unique place in the million people city. It ...
The Christmas Market in Cologne's Old Town is the largest of the city. Under the slogan "Heinzel's Wintermärchen" (something like Good ...
The Stadtgarten in Cologne is both, a recreational park in the heart of the city, whose facilities are protected, and ...
Cologne Cathedral and a 25 meter high Christmas tree - these are the key ingredients, which turn the Christmas Market ...
You may know Mönchengladbach (or: Moenchengladbach) for soccer, likely. However, the city hosts one of the most remarkable Star Wars ...
During each festive season, Cologne is crowded with tourists and visitors due to its Christmas markets. There are masses of ...
Though it just processes about a half of the number of passengers of Munich Airport and even just a third ...
The Vulkaneifel region Southwest of Bonn, Germany, is still a quite active vulcanic region. Thus, all around there and in ...
Water towers are not too common in Central Europe, especially in Germany. This is definitely one of the key factor, ...
Solingen, some 30 km Northeast of Cologne, is known as Germany's headquarter of the knife and scissor industry. Thus, it ...
I already visited a couple of stadium tours with Flyctory.com in the past. My home and heart soccer club, 1 ...
Wuppertal in the Bergisches Land region Northeast of Cologne hosts a very special attraction for train and rail enthusiasts: the ...
Did you ever copy a CD from a friend? Plagiarism can be much worse than just bootlegging. The Museum Plagiarius ...
Lindlar, a minor Eastern suburb of Cologne, hosts one of two open-air museums driven by the regional Rhineland authority LVR ...
Bergisch Gladbach, a 110,000 inhabitant city East of Cologne, is a traditional location for the production of paper. While nowadays, ...
Another six months have passed - the first full half year of Flyctory.com's existance. After I did the Very Important ...
One of the key attractions in Ratingen, Northeast of Dusseldorf, is the remarkable Cromford Textile Factory, which is driven by ...
When people think of real "Eau de Cologne", they typically think about the well-branded 4711 brand located in the city's ...
There are quite a lot of minor deer and animal parks around Cologne, quite a lot of them mainly based ...
Located North of Cologne, the "Wildpark Tannenbusch" offers a nice way to spent your free time with your family, enjoying ...
Spa Town Bad Münstereifel, suffering from economic problems in their city center, decided to revamp its commercial concept and opened ...
The Cologne City Museum's recent history is not really what one would call "lucky". After a water damage in later ...
Sunday, 27th May 2018 - time to slowly head home. After quite a lot of flying, this has really been ...
There are a lot of factors which made me look forward to the first destination of my trip, Tangier in ...
No, I am not going to travel between Europe and Asia or America like a madman or do some extreme ...