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Underwood introduced “Drinking Alone” from her reservoir of potential titles, and James twisted the hook into “drinking alone together.” That club-based idea lines up with a couple of 1980s traditional country gems - George Strait’s “Let’s Fall to Pieces Together” and the Moe Bandy/ Becky Hobbs collaboration “Let’s Get Over Them Together” - though Underwood’s character sets a boundary those other titles did not, opening with the ground rules: “Let me make one thing clear/You can buy me a beer/But you ain’t taking me home.” “We listened to a few other things but kept going back to that first idea. “That was the first thing I played, which probably coincided with the thing that was going on - even though I didn’t know it - in Brett’s head,” says Garcia. Garcia introduced a musical idea he had been playing with - a spacious, arpeggiated guitar with soul overtones - and it all aligned from there. We just kind of filled in each other’s gaps musically.”ĭuring the drive to that appointment at Underwood’s writing cabin outside of Nashville, James purposely aimed to create a sonic palette that she had not previously explored, and he arrived with a slow-boiling R&B groove in mind. I mean, we kind of grew up at the same time and have a lot in common as far as personality, and he’s such a great music guy and track guy, and I feel like I’m better at melody and lyrics. “It was what made me recognize very quickly that I wanted to work more with David,” she says of that first collaboration. Makin' Tracks: Chris Young's Personal 'Drowning' Surfaces With a Universal Message “Drinking” emerged from her first appointment with David Garcia (“Love Wins,” “Meant to Be”), who ended up co-producing all but one song on the album, with Underwood and co-writing six of its 13 tracks. And it’s a song that played a huge role in shaping Cry Pretty, which became her sixth project to win favorite country album at the American Music Awards on Nov. 28, puts the character’s dangerous, provocative persona in a multigenre format: It’s essentially a country lyric encased in an R&B groove with a short arena-rock bridge. “Drinking Alone,” which Capitol Nashville released to terrestrial radio on Oct. “Even her performance on the CMAs, she was sultry and sexy, and she’s so good at that.” “I think that makes it fun for her,” says co-writer Brett James (“Church Bells,” “I Hold On”). Underwood has earned a reputation for taking on dark scripts in her career: bashing an ex-boyfriend’s car in “Before He Cheats,” conveying a vengeful murder in “Two Black Cadillacs” and destroying a domestic horror chamber in “Blown Away.” The fact that those plots are so different from the woman singing them is part of the attraction. He holds the burning picture up in front of his face and smiles as he watches Carrie sing.Carrie Underwood's Not 'Drinking Alone' in Steamy New Video: Watch He also uses it to burn a photograph of himself and a blond-haired woman snuggling up together, making it obvious that he's nursing a broken heart. In other scenes, the male star of the video shows off his dangerous, bad boy side by running his hand back and forth over a silver lighter. He also catches Carrie's eye, at which point she strips off her jacket and tosses it aside as he slides into his seat in a booth near the stage. He smiles and air-toasts the passionate singer as she clutches her microphone and croons to the crowd. The guy in the video seems to enjoy Carrie's performance. Carrie's dark eye makeup matched her all-black ensemble, and it also included a bit of glitter that sparkled in the stage lights. Over these revealing garments, Carrie wore a see-though black jumpsuit adorned with sparkly embellishments. It consisted of black hot pants and a bustier top with a sheer bodice. She looks even more unhappy when a leather-clad mystery man strolls into the club alone.Ĭarrie's character is performing in the same eye-catching outfit that she's pictured wearing in the single's cover art. She looks a bit depressed as she downs a drink.
However, unlike the members of the audience, Carrie isn't smiling. It's an intimate setting and there are a few happy couples and small groups of people seated around the small stage. One of them is a lounge singer performing at a dimly-lit club. In the video for the bluesy tune, it first appears that Carrie might be playing dual roles. The country singer took to Instagram to announce the video's premiere, revealing in the post that it was directed by Randee St. Carrie Underwood released the music video for her latest single, "Drinking Alone," on Wednesday.
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