Eric Church made a bold statement about Hardy 's songwriting at the 2025 ACM Honors ceremony on Aug. 20.

As Church was being honored with the ACM Icon award, Hardy brought him up onstage.

The "Hands of Time" singer stepped up to the microphone and waited for the "Chief" chants from the crowd to dwindle down to a point at which he could speak and be heard.

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Church then made a major proclamation about his pal Hardy, saying, "In my opinion, he's one of the greatest songwriters Nashville has, that's ever held a pen."

Here is the even crazier part: Hardy has never written or even co-written a song with Church, and Church still had those words to say about the "Wait in the Truck" singer-songwriter.

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