So long frigid February, goodbye winter blues, hello fun in the sun! Kenny Chesney pulls a 'Ferris Bueller' and gives us a scorching hot escape with his brand-new video for his latest single, "Pirate Flag," the lead single from his upcoming sixteenth studio album, "Life on a Rock," is due April 30. The 44-year-old Country music star is skipping out on work to play in the Caribbean in the midst of sun, sand and surf.
"Pirate Flag," an anthem for the everyman and rebelling on one's own terms, opens softly with strings and a bouncy mandolin before Chesney begins to tell his story, which feels like an autobiography, which makes it somewhat difficult to fully embrace it in that personal way country fans find to be so satisfying. "No matter where you are, no matter how you live, there is that part of you that yearns to be free, to say, 'What the hell...' and just do what you want to do!" Chesney said. "That's what this song is all about. The freedom and the idea that you can just say, 'Enough,' even if it's only in your mind, while you're watching your boss's mouth move and are dreaming of whatever gets you off."
"Pirate Flag" has a thoroughly modern percussive beat backing up mandolins, organs and tin whistles serving as the intro until a classic rock melody kicks in. This is an uptempo but suits Chesney much more than most modern raved-up rockers would. In addition, the lyrics talk about a lifestyle that is familiar to Chesney's other island songs without being something that most of his audience couldn't relate to. It may not excite early Chesney fans all that much, but for the rest of the modern Country Music listening audience it's a song that fits well within what radio is playing.
Directed by Shaun Silva, the video is an ode to a carefree day. Chesney told The Boot that the beautiful women seen in the clip aren't models from a casting agency: "What people might not realize about a lot of the 'babes' in this video is those are my friends, girls I know from the island who did the very thing this song is about," he explained, "and that freedom from what's expected just makes them shine. I think there's a little bit of 'Ferris Bueller' in all of us, and this song is all about who we'd be on a perfect day where we just said, 'Forget about it!' So, that's what we tried to capture."
"Pirate Flag," an anthem for the everyman and rebelling on one's own terms, opens softly with strings and a bouncy mandolin before Chesney begins to tell his story, which feels like an autobiography, which makes it somewhat difficult to fully embrace it in that personal way country fans find to be so satisfying. "No matter where you are, no matter how you live, there is that part of you that yearns to be free, to say, 'What the hell...' and just do what you want to do!" Chesney said. "That's what this song is all about. The freedom and the idea that you can just say, 'Enough,' even if it's only in your mind, while you're watching your boss's mouth move and are dreaming of whatever gets you off."
"Pirate Flag" has a thoroughly modern percussive beat backing up mandolins, organs and tin whistles serving as the intro until a classic rock melody kicks in. This is an uptempo but suits Chesney much more than most modern raved-up rockers would. In addition, the lyrics talk about a lifestyle that is familiar to Chesney's other island songs without being something that most of his audience couldn't relate to. It may not excite early Chesney fans all that much, but for the rest of the modern Country Music listening audience it's a song that fits well within what radio is playing.
Directed by Shaun Silva, the video is an ode to a carefree day. Chesney told The Boot that the beautiful women seen in the clip aren't models from a casting agency: "What people might not realize about a lot of the 'babes' in this video is those are my friends, girls I know from the island who did the very thing this song is about," he explained, "and that freedom from what's expected just makes them shine. I think there's a little bit of 'Ferris Bueller' in all of us, and this song is all about who we'd be on a perfect day where we just said, 'Forget about it!' So, that's what we tried to capture."
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