Justin Bieber & Rascal Flatts 'That Should Be Me'

Justin Bieber is jamming with the popular country act Rascal Flatts in a newly-debuted flashy video for their joint remix track "That Should Be Me," which is available on Bieber's new "Never Say Never – The Remixes" soundtrack CD, which was released last month. The 17-year-old singer filmed the video with the country music band last month after he cut his signature hair flip to give him a more grown-up style than his signature floppy locks. The love ballad song is super catchy and the the band members' voices blend perfectly with Bieber's. In fact, the video hit No.1 on iTunes and Bieber tweeted his pride.
The original version of "That Should Be Me" appears in Bieber's "My World 2.0" CD, and the revamped version is recorded for his "Never Say Never" soundtrack album. Of crossing genre from pop to country, he told ABC, "Music is music, and it's a universal language. It doesn't really matter what style, as long as it appeals to others and people like it, that's all that really matters." In "That Should Be Me," a "sobbing ballad," the teen heartthrob "plays the scorned ex," with lyrics like, "Did you forget all the plans that you made with me?"
If you like music videos about making music videos, this one's for you. Tween pop and country music might not seem like a natural pairing, but their collaboration has resulted in one of Bieber's better songs. This song is about a girl, but it's easy to imagine Bieber and Flatts' Gary LeVox are actually talking about which one of them should be singing lead. "That Should Be Me" is tune of lovelorn regret brings some unintentional laughs when the camera pans between a doe-eyed 17-year-old Bieber and a middle-aged country singer wailing, "That should be me." Whoever their mystery girl is, it's probably illegal for her to be dating at least one of them.
The video is a meta-statement on making videos. While the video isn't one of real creative value, we do get to see Bieber interact with the country band. While the Bieber strums the strings on his guitar in a room playing the track, the trio of country bumpkins joined the pop star for a remix of Bieber's hit song. The clip also features plenty of sad-faced over-emoting - crying! Falling on knees! Popping of collars! Throwing down of jackets! - and The video ends with Bieber walking off the set. The way the scenes tie together as if the joint effort were unplanned makes the "That Should Be Me" video feel as raw as the emotional song and lends you to believe the Bieber/Flatts collective force was anticipated all along.