‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Haliey Welch’s Alabama connection
Prior to her sudden fame, Welch, a 22-year-old Tennessee native, briefly attended the University of North Alabama. That facet of Welch’s backstory is chronicled in her novelty song with TikTok musician Jax White in which they attempt to explain to Welch’s grandmother, aka “Granny Hawk,” the meaning of Welch’s elicit catchphrase.