Multi-Platinum entertainer Chase Rice has premiered the official music video for current single āDrinkināĀ Beer. TalkināĀ God. Amen.āfeaturingĀ Florida Georgia Line.
Noting to Katie Cook on CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown that the video shows āme and the boys back doing what we used to do. A lot of what you see, we were just sitting there talking about real life stuff… It’s been a long time coming, but 10 years later here we are.ā The video also premiered on CMT.com and CMT Australia, as well as on the ViacomCBS billboard in the heart of New York Cityās Times Square.
Filmed at an old tobacco barn on Riceās Nashville property with award-winning directorĀ TK McKamy, the video illustrates the simple pleasures celebrated in the songās lyrics among longtime friends.
Written by Rice together with Hunter Phelps, Cale Dodds and Corey Crowder, the songās catchy lyrics celebrate the power of slowing down to enjoy meaningful conversation, which has become more relevant over the past year than ever before:Ā
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Ā Ā Ā I donāt know what heaven looks like, nah I donāt think anybody does
Ā Ā Ā If itās like down here up there tonight, then thereās folks like us
Ā Ā Ā Sittinā here, drinkinā beer, talkinā God, amen
Ā Ā Ā Killing time livinā life with some down home friends
Ā Ā Ā When the worldās gone crazy, man it all makes sense
Ā Ā Ā Sittinā here, drinkinā beer, talkinā God, amen
āWe actually wrote this song before the pandemic, which is crazy because itās almost like God was intervening in the song just to say, āHey yāall, get ready. Youāre gonna have a lot of time to sit around a fire, drink some beer and hang out with me,āā shared Rice upon the songās release earlier this year. āItās a special song in that way because it really is a celebration of what 2020 became for us and a lot of other people — slowing down to enjoy these moments with our loved ones and having deeper, more meaningful conversations with each other.āĀ
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Produced by Florida Georgia Line, Rice & Crowder, the collaboration was a long time coming for Rice and FGLās Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard who first worked together more than 10 years ago as eager songwriters new to Music City.Ā The song serves as a continuing example of Riceās desire to share new music with fans more frequently than traditional album cycles allow, as it follows seven-song surprise projectĀ The Album Part IĀ (featuring Top 10 hit āLonely If You Areā) and four-song follow upĀ The Album Part II, both released in 2020, withĀ The Album Part IIIĀ on the horizon this year.