We had the pleasure of talking with the charming Tyler Hilton when he stopped in Atlanta, Georgia recently. We chatted with him about his current tour, upcoming album, and of course - One Tree Hill. Check it out below!

How's the tour been going to far?

Tyler Hilton: Really good; it's fun. The other bands are awesome and we've been having so much fun on stage. It's been cool.

I know you have a new album coming out this summer, what's the date on that?

Tyler Hilton: I don't think there is a date; it's just like late summer right now.

How do you feel you've evolved musically from the beginning of your career until this current album? How do you think your voice has changed?

Tyler Hilton: I think my voice has gotten much better, and I think I'm much more of a singer now than I was then. I think I was more of just a songwriter, you know. But I've, like worked really hard on it and I really wanted to kind of expand my songwriting. Musically, I think I've less rules for myself now. So, before it was like, "Well, I gotta kinda be like this." Now, I'm not really shy of pop music or really rock music or whatever's coming to me I kind of write, you know? I think this made this record a bit more exciting too because of that.

Are you playing any covers on this tour?

Tyler Hilton: I've been playing "Missing You" the John White song I covered, or I put on a One Tree Hill soundtrack, and that's pretty much it. We were going to play "Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty; I don't know if we ever did that. Maybe we'll play it tonight.

What has been your favorite moment on the tour this far; your most memorable moment?

Tyler Hilton: Probably... I don't know. I'd probably say one of my favorite moment so far was when Spill Canvas started getting me on stage with them to sing "Our Song." Probably the first night I did that; that was really fun, 'cause I got to be up there with all their fans and with their band in the background. It was really fun, that was probably my favorite, actually.

What would you say your most unique fan experience has been thus far?

Tyler Hilton: Probably my most unique was when Taylor Swift - her manager called and was like she was a big fan of mine, and I was like, "Wow, that's pretty cool." It was when she was, like, first starting off and she was coming through town to kind of do a show in southern California and she wanted me to come and hang and meet her and maybe sing at the show. And that's when she asked me to come and be in her music video, "Tear Drops on My Guitar." That was probably one of my favorites, 'cause it was just random. And I've kind of got to know her and her family and they really helped me out a lot when I was in Nashville. And now I've kind of got to see her grow into such a big star. That's pretty cool.