Baylee Littrell Follows Dad's Backstreet Boys Musical Footsteps

Baylee Littrell isn't playing games with his philharmonic dreams.

With Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell arsenic his dad, the Georgia autochthonal spent overmuch of his puerility going to concerts and receiving the VIP treatment. 

"I retrieve being successful their dressing country and pretending I was getting acceptable to go connected stage with them earlier shows," Baylee exclusive shared with E! News. "I said, ‘Hey, Dad, bash you deliberation I tin bash this 1 day?' and helium goes, ‘One time you will bash this' and I'll ne'er hide that moment." 

Now, the 19-year-old vocalist is gathering a sanction for himself successful the euphony scene with his self-titled EP Vol One, retired Sept. 9. 

"I deliberation this EP is decidedly showcasing conscionable myself," Baylee shared. "I aforesaid titled it conscionable due to the fact that I thought if I could constitute precisely however I privation to constitute and nutrient precisely however I wanted to co-produce, it would beryllium this exactly."

"I'll conscionable constitute a song," Baylee shared, "casually play for it my parents and if they similar it, that's however it goes."

While it whitethorn look casual to physique a euphony vocation with a celebrated dad, Baylee said helium is paying his dues and uncovering occurrence with his ain hard work. In fact, helium noted that having a genitor successful the manufacture has proved to origin immoderate complications.   

"You bash get your ft successful the doorway erstwhile your dad's a Backstreet Boy, but besides it's been conscionable arsenic hard to marque it arsenic it has been a blessing due to the fact that immoderate radical won't adjacent springiness maine a accidental due to the fact that of who my dada is," Baylee said. "I person thing to offer. I've been busting my butt for astir 5 years and I've been trying to marque an impact."

While attending the ACM Awards, Baylee recalled the encouragement helium received from Keith Urban. "His words of proposal were, ‘Don't fto anybody archer you what you tin and can't do,'" Baylee recalled. "'You tin bash immoderate you acceptable your caput to. Don't interest astir the judgement from Nashville oregon from anyone.' That decidedly helped maine on the way."

But much recently, Baylee remembered performing successful a Nashville barroom and receiving praise from Morgan Wallen.

"He said, ‘Don't springiness up man. You got a agleam aboriginal up of you. Just support pushing,'" Baylee shared. "It truly lit a occurrence successful maine the past twelvemonth conscionable to beryllium the champion I tin be."

And Baylee is focusing connected conscionable that. The vocalist shared that he isn't focused connected vigor airplay oregon wherever his assemblage of enactment volition onshore connected the charts. Instead, it's astir making a affirmative interaction connected the euphony lovers who springiness his songs a listen.

"And astatine the extremity of the day, it's not astir fame and fortune," helium said. "It's astir the outreach to radical and however your euphony affects them. And astatine the extremity of the day, my extremity is not to scope immoderate mountaintop. It's conscionable for 1 idiosyncratic to look backmost and say, ‘Hey, this guy's euphony helped maine on the way.' As agelong arsenic I person that outreach, past my occupation is done."