Hailey Wright was born and raised in Texas from the small rural town of Redwater. She is extremely close to her family and is the baby out of three girls. She is Choctaw by blood and takes great pride in her heritage. As part of her embracing her Native American culture, she grows her hair long.
Hailey's passion always laid with competitive travel softball growing up, and she one day hoped to attend OU and play softball for Coach Patty Gasso. Towards the end of 2020, that dream was shattered in her mind by a bad slide into second base that resulted in a broke leg. She was ordered to spend the next 12 weeks in bed as she recovered from her non- weight bearing break.
Hailey always had a love for music but had never explored music beyond an occasional karaoke night with family and friends or the southern gospel Bible hymns she had been raised singing in church. After breaking her leg and becoming non-mobile, it was at that time she truly picked up the broken pawn shop guitar she had been gifted for the previous Christmas. Hailey poured her heart and soul into learning to play the guitar and began to write her first songs during her 12-week recovery.
Less than 6 months later, Hailey did a virtual audition for American Idol and got a call back! She continued through the process and eventually made it into filming in 2021 for season 20 . Luke Bryan, KatyPerry, and Lionel Richie just didn't think she was ready yet. Hailey never received air time, but American Idol did release a couple of photos for Hailey to publish.
It was in 2022 that Hailey sat down her family and informed them she had made her mind up and win, lose, or draw she would not be attending college instead she wanted to pursue her music as a career. Over the next 2 years, Hailey continued to put in endless hours teaching herself vocal abilities, becoming a stronger guitar player, and writing her own original music.
In 2024, Hailey again took the plunge and signed up for a virtual audition with NBC The Voice! She immediately got a call back and began the screening process. It wasn't long, and Hailey would find herself at only 19 yrs old boarding a plane for the first time to fly to California to begin the filming of season 27 with The Voice! Her initial blind audition aired February 24, 2025. Hailey performed Freddy Fenders classic country song "Before The Next Tear Drop Falls." She received 2 chair turns by coach Michael Buble and Kelsea Ballerini. Kelsea asked if Hailey knew LeAnn Rimes' classic song "Blue" and if she would sing a piece of it. To which Hailey did. Hailey selected Team Kelsea. In round 2, the Battle Round Hailey shared the stage with a battle partner, and they performed Brooks and Dunn "Neon Moon." She lost her battle, but Kelsea immediately used her only save to keep Hailey on the show! Hailey progressed to round 3 the Knockouts and performed "I Want To Be A Cowboy Sweetheart " by Patsy Montana. All of the other coaches encouraged Kelsea to select Hailey as the winner, but unfortunately, that is where the process ended for Hailey.
Hailey is currently booking sold-out shows across America! In June of 2025, Hailey released her first single, an original song by the title of "Whiskey Kisses." When she's not on the road doing shows with her band or playing solo acoustic shows, she is in the studio working on more original songs to release. There are many layers to Hailey's music abilities and talents. She covers a wide variety of music to best suit your personal venues needs to better serve your customers from classic country, modern-day country, southern rock, rock, and pop. Aside from being a first-class performer Hailey takes every opportunity she has to be involved with meet and greets rather it's to stop and speak or take a photo to leave each fan with a more personal lasting memory of the event.