Mat Kearney Picks Up Tempo With "Hey Mama"

Nashville pop voice Mat Kearney has recently released a new video for his punchy bright new song "Hey Mama." The toe-tapping, super-infectious tune is the lead single from Kearney's upcoming fourth studio album, "Young Love," is due for release on August 2. Audiences are probably already familiar with Kearney's infectious tunes as he's had several hit songs from past releases and featured in many TV shows.
Kearney, now 32, is a talented songwriter, a legitimate artist. "Hey Mama" is a catchy, well-crafted, fun, and clap-inducing tune perfect for summertime drives, so it's no surprise that it's already taking off on commercial radio. The track is about his wife, and the fact that she played hard to get for a while. Luckily, she gave in, like a doe tiring after being chased by a cheetah, he got the girl, and he got an incredible song! Kearney described it as being a "return to innocence." "Blinking Lights and Intimate Things" was considered as an alternate album title.
The Oregon born and Tennessee based musician says about the album and it's first single: "It's been an amazing year for me personally, spiritually, and creatively. I finished my new record, 'Young Love,' signed with a new record label...,oh, and met and married the woman of my dreams. We exchanged vows under a canopy of southern weeping willows on blazing June evening. It was amazing. I wrote 'Hey Mama' about that first day we met between the shoe table and the dress rack. The chorus popped into my head driving home one night. I recorded some hand claps & a big bass drum and wrote the rest dancing around my living room that night. I hope you feel some of the butterflies."
The music video for "Hey Mama" was filmed in black and white, and shot on 16mm fill and that obviously makes it that much cooler. It features a whole bunch of dancing, fire eating, couples flirting and a whole bunch of clapping. The images coupled with the upbeat and dance-tastic tune make for a feel good video that will get anyone's toes tapping. The clip shows New Orleans in such a beautiful way. So I hope you enjoy that.