Hunter Hayes has announced his self-titled debut album, featuring the Top 30 single 'Storm Warning,' will be available at retailers and digital outlets on October 11. The 19-year-old music prodigy played every instrument on the project, and claims co-writing credit on each of album's 12 tracks.

"There's this little control freak thing in me when it comes to my music," Hunter shares with The Boot. "I feel like writing everything helps me. I could search for songs and find ones that I relate to and be real about them, sing them like I mean them. But I also feel like writing it makes it so that there are no more walls. It's me talking to the person listening and saying something I couldn't say otherwise through the music."

The singer also dished about the writing process of the project's lead single. "I was writing with Gordie Sampson, who was one of the co-writers. He comes in with this idea called 'Storm Warning,'" Hunter recalls. "A lot of times we come up with ideas we can write around and try to figure out what we can relate to. On this day, I don't know why, I took 'Storm Warning,' and went from weather to love in a heartbeat. As a 19-year-old, I figured out that it made me feel like the girl I was interested in at the time was not bad news, but not necessarily good for me. I wanted to spend time with her, I wanted to get to know her, but at the back of my mind I knew that it was probably going to end soon and it wasn't going to end well. There were red flags all over, but I just ignored them. That's what I related to, for whatever reason, and we ended up writing that exact thing."

Fans too anxious to wait until October can currently download album tracks 'Wanted,' 'Somebody's Heartbreak' and 'Love Makes Me' on iTunes.

In addition to his own album, Hunter will also appear on the upcoming 'Footloose' soundtrack, joining Victoria Justice on the movie's iconic love song, 'Almost Paradise.' The Louisiana-bred singer recently wrapped his opening act stint on Taylor Swift's Speak Now world tour, now touring extensively in promotion for his album release.

Click here to view Hunter's concert schedule.

Hunter Hayes Album Track List

01. 'Storm Warning'

02. 'Wanted'

03. 'If You Told Me To'

04. 'Love Makes Me'

05. 'Faith'

06. 'Somebody's Heartbreak'

07. 'Rainy Season'

08. 'Cry'

09. 'Somebody But Me'

10. 'What You Gonna Do'

11. 'More Than I Should'

12. 'All You Ever'

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