{"id":2531,"date":"2025-11-17T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:41:11","slug":"kelsey-hart-santa-had-a-rough-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/kelsey-hart-santa-had-a-rough-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Hart &#8211; Santa had A Rough Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kelsey Hart Releases Relatable Ode to Hardworking Dads Everywhere With First Christmas Song, \u201cSanta Had A Rough Year\u201d&nbsp;\u000f\u000fHart and Wife Anticipating Birth of First Child This December<br>\u000fCurb Records riser Kelsey Hart releases a relatable ode to hardworking dads everywhere with his first Christmas song, \u201cSanta Had A Rough Year,\u201d available today.\u000f\u000fHart assumes the role of a father who tries to give his kids the Christmas they deserve on this wistful and heartwarming cover. When the double shifts aren\u2019t enough and the money doesn\u2019t add up, he\u2019s haunted by what is sure to be the disappointed faces of his children come Christmas morning. Written by Andrew Peebles, Colton Venner, Jaida Dreyer and Lauren McLamb; and produced by Blake Bollinger, \u201cSanta Had A Rough Year\u201d highlights the harsh realities of life during what should be the most wonderful time of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About Kelsey Hart:<br>Curb Records recording artist, songwriter, and Kentucky native Kelsey Hart has found his way into the artist spotlight, a place he\u2019s dreamed of being since his childhood days of belting gospel music from the passenger seat in his Dad\u2019s truck. With 221 million global career streams, he is making an impact starting with his RIAA Gold, Top 25 debut radio single&nbsp;\u201cLife With You\u201d which has garnered 130 million global streams, 650 million TikTok views, 1.1M TikTok Creates, debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard\u2019s Country Digital Songs Chart, and reached #1 on the Hot 30 Weekend Countdown on SiriusXM The Highway. As a songwriter, Hart has secured his place among the best and brightest in the community, penning songs for hitmakers such as Jake Owen, Dylan Scott, and Trace Adkins. Hart was recently on tour with Restless Road as direct support on their Goin\u2019 Out Like That Tour. Kelsey\u2019s debut album, Life With You, is available now.&nbsp;\u201cFireworks,\u201d the new single from Hart, is available now.\u000f\u000fAbout Curb Records:<br>Celebrating 60 years in business, Curb Records is the largest independently distributed record company in America.&nbsp;Owned and operated by Mike Curb and founded in 1964, Curb Records has achieved 435 number one records, over 1,500 Top Ten records and charted over 4,500 total records.&nbsp;With over a half century in operation, Curb Records has been influential in the careers of some of the biggest names in music, including: Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Rodney Atkins, Lee Brice, LeAnn Rimes, The Judds, Dylan Scott, Sawyer Brown, for KING + COUNTRY, Wyn Starks, Wynonna, Lyle Lovett, Big Daddy Weave, We Are Messengers, Natalie Grant, Jo Dee Messina, Hannah Ellis, Mo Pitney, Hal Ketchum, and Kelsey Hart, among many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelsey Hart Releases Relatable Ode to Hardworking Dads Everywhere With First Christmas Song, \u201cSanta Had A Rough Year\u201d&nbsp;\u000f\u000fHart and Wife Anticipating Birth of First Child This December\u000fCurb Records riser Kelsey Hart releases a relatable ode to hardworking dads everywhere with his first Christmas song, \u201cSanta Had A Rough Year,\u201d available today.\u000f\u000fHart assumes the role of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/kelsey-hart-santa-had-a-rough-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kelsey Hart &#8211; Santa had A Rough Year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}