Josh Kelley Pays His Tribute To "Naleigh Moon"

Josh Kelley professes his love to the tot with his actress wife Katherine Heigl in their newly-premiered heartwarming music video named after their daughter, "Naleigh Moon" adopted from South Korea in 2009. The couple embracing parenthood with lots of love. The 31-year-old country music singer wrote the song with the Nashville songwriter Clint Lagerberg, and it reflects his feelings after bringing Naleigh home.
The special ode song is taken from Kelley's seventh studio album "Georgia Clay," which was also his first Country effort. The genre allows him to record his most personal songs, like this one, which deals with starting a family and moving to Utah. "[It's] the prettiest song I've ever written in my life," Kelley said. Talking about the inspiration behind the song, he gushed, "She turned me into as selfless as I'm capable of being, from a pretty selfish dude to start with."
"Her name is Nancy Leigh Kelley and we push the Nancy and the Leigh together, and we call her Naleigh," Kelley continues. "And the 'moon' part of it comes from her original name, Mi-Eun. I'm too redneck to say that, so I just said 'moon.'" Kelley recorded the song "Naleigh Moon" as a tribute to his adopted baby girl and he turned the track into a family affair by featuring the three-year-old daughter in the clip and recruiting his wife to direct the project.
"The idea was to show how Naleigh changed our lives, Josh's life specifically," Heigl's directorial effort made it a family affair. The family's home clip opens with Kelley doing a performance with his band. Halfway through it, home footage of the couple's special moments with their daughter is flashed on the screen. It includes the one which sees the threesome enjoying a warm summer day and frolicking in the park. At the end of the song, a smiling Naleigh claps her hands and runs up to give her father a big hug.

Josh Kelley's Dreamgirl Always "Gone Like That"

Nashville singer Josh Kelley released the brand-new video for his second single, "Gone Like That," from his debut country album "Georgia Clay," which was autobiographical in nature and captured his coming-of-age experiences in his father's truck in Georgia. The 31-year-old's previous work was more pop, including the 2003 hit "Amazing." This particular single is especially poignant as it played a role in his transition into being a country singer.
This song isn't about a one-night-stand, but about a series of fleeting encounters with the woman who could be the girl of your dreams. Kelley said of the song: "I wrote 'Gone Like That' based on a real-life experience. When I was in college, there was this crazy, amazing girl who I'd see from time to time, but it was always fleeting. Every time, she'd come crash at my place, then the next thing you'd know, she'd be gone. There were like forty clubs in the area, and she'd always show up at the one I was hanging out at. We'd meet up, but then she always seemed to disappear and we never had the time to explore our relationship."
It's a classic collision between desire and better judgment. "Gone Like That," which Kelley co-wrote with Clint Lagerberg and Nicolle Galyon, is special to him because it was the song that convinced him to pursue a country music career, which led to his record deal with MCA Nashville. He wrote the song a few years ago, hoping Keith Urban would cut it. "I was going to Nashville and writing all the time," he says. "I've been writing country songs since I was a kid, but I was trying to get it cut. I wanted a big cut. I promised my wife [actress Katherine Heigl] I'd buy a beach house... I gotta make some cash here!"
After Kelley recorded the demo for "Gone Like That," he sent it to his publisher to shop around. But his publisher refused to pitch the song, instead encouraging Kelley to record it himself and give country music another try. "Next thing you know, I've got a record deal!" the Georgia native explains. "This was the song that actually started my journey into Country music. It was the first song I wrote that gave me the confidence to pursue a career as a Country singer." "Gone Like That" finds him tackling one of country music's favorite themes: Love lost. And for the most part, he tackles it quite effectively.