[2] After graduating from the Rock City Institute in Eindhoven, he moved to Rotterdam to study at the Codarts University for the Arts.
[2][3] In late 2016, Hardy met Duncan Laurence through Sony Music Publishing.
[6] Together with Gjon's Tears and the Belgian songwriter Nina Sampermans, he wrote the song "Ground Zero", which was later translated into French as "Tout l'univers".
In December 2022, it was announced that Hardy and Sampermans will be participating in the 2023 edition of Eesti Laul, the Estonian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, as co-writers of the entry "Bridges" by Alika.
[7] "Bridges" eventually won the competition and thus became the Estonian entry for the 2023 contest, where it finished in eighth place with 168 points.