If Thomas Rhett ever wanted to go into acting, he could definitely do it. And his new action-packed movie trailer of a music video for his new single "Craving You" featuring Maren Morris is proof. The country star dropped the new visual for the collab today (May 4), and it has everything. Action, suspense, fight sequences, a big twist at the end, and of course, a great song to go along with it.
For the "Craving You" music video, directed by TK McKamy (who has directed music videos for artists like Florida Georgia Line and Gloriana), both Thomas and Maren step into their acting shoes to take on the roles of being the villains, kicking butt and taking names throughout the clip... until the end – there's a big twist (no spoilers here)! Thomas tells iHeartRadio exclusively of the video, "The concept behind this video is a very action-packed movie trailer, where me and Maren Morris are ‘criminals’ together. We wanted to make a video that was like Drive meets Deadpool meets Ocean’s Eleven, and my director TK did just that."
Rhett explains for his new single, he wanted to do something completely different than he's ever done before. So when McKamy asked the country star what he wanted to do for the visual, he replied, "I said I want to act a little bit, I want to have some lines, I want to do a fight sequence; I got to work with a really great fight coordinator. And then Maren came in and just stole the show. She played the ultimate bad girl in the world. We just had such great chemistry on camera, as well as vocally, and I think this video turned out fantastic."
Thomas says that the up-tempo "Craving You" called for something with a little bit of action, and is super excited to share this music video with fans and with friends. He explains, "I don’t think my fans ever seen this side of me before. And I’m not sure that Maren’s fans have seen this side of her either, but we both got to be a little bit more… at least I got to be a little bit more edgy than I ever have. It was super fun to get to be someone different on camera and to get to play the role of a bad guy, the police officer, and for Maren to be a bank robber, I think that was a first for both of us.”
"Craving You" is the first single from Thomas Rhett's upcoming third studio album, and was co-written by written by Dave Barnes and Julian Bunetta (One Direction's former songwriter).
Check out some more behind the scenes photos from the "Craving You" music video shoot below!
Original article by Nicole Mastrogiannis at iHeartRadio