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Nate Smith and Hailey Whitters be part of Lee Brice for his newest single \u2014\u00a0and a day of ingesting!\n<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, PEOPLE is completely premiering the music video to Brice’s “Drinkin’ Buddies” music video. Within the music video, the nation star is joined by fellow nation musicians \u2014 and drinkin’ buddies \u2014 Whitters, 34, and Smith, 38,\u00a0for Brice’s newest music video.\n<\/p>\n
Within the opening of the music video, directed by Chase Lauer, Brice, 45, is seen instantly ingesting at an empty bar. The video shortly cuts to him, Smith, and Whitters enjoying a spherical of flip-cup within the dive bar. Quickly, the video cuts again to a solo Brice who rolls up his sleeves and begins the brand new friendship anthem.\n<\/p>\n
Because the video continues, it weaves in pictures of a gaggle of males ingesting beers with one another whereas enjoying golf or a gaggle of girls enjoying playing cards and sipping margaritas and martinis.\n<\/p>\n
Nate Smith, Lee Brice and Hailey Whitters.<\/p>\n
Chase Lauer<\/p>\n
“Thank God for drinkin’ buddies\/ They’ll make a foul day higher\/ Yeah, them drinkin’ buddies\/ we tip ’em all again collectively,” the trio sings in concord. “Downtown clowns within the neon mild\/ Out within the sticks on a Saturday evening\/ They all the time acquired your again\/ When your pockets runs out of cash\/ Thank God for drinkin’ buddies (nicely, thank God)\/ Thank God for drinkin’ buddies (nicely, thank God).”\n<\/p>\n
Chatting with PEOPLE by way of e mail, the singer-songwriter says working with Whitters and Smith “was such a blast!”\n<\/p>\n
“Actually, our day collectively to only ‘get content material’ was a lot enjoyable that it became a full-on video shoot,” he shares, revealing that their off-camera antics, together with getting a “beer smashed over [his] head,” and pouring\u00a0“a full Jack and Coke over Nate\u2019s head!”<\/p>\n
The Grammy nominee explains to PEOPLE what sparked the collaboration between the three. “Nicely first off, they’re so superior, gifted, and enjoyable\u2026. Second, typically one huge cause collaborations\u00a0work out is solely due to schedules too\u2026.\u00a0I used to be fortunate sufficient to catch them each at a time the place they had been open to work with me.”<\/p>\n
Nate Smith, Hailey Whitters and Lee Brice.<\/p>\n
Chase Lauer<\/p>\n
Brice provides of the idea, “Most of it was accidentally.\u00a0Simply us ingesting buddies hanging out in a bar, however we added some content material with a few of my mates and a few completely different pal teams doing different ingesting buddy issues!!!”\n<\/p>\n
He additionally notes how director, Chase Lauer, has “been such an enormous a part of our entire group for thus lengthy,” including how the filmmaker “believes” in Brice and continues to work his “butt off.”<\/p>\n
Brice launched “Drinkin’ Buddies” on April 26. It follows his fifth studio album, Hey World, which he launched in 2020. The hit album options his longest-running hit single, “One among Them Women,” which hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Nation Airplay chart in October 2020.\n<\/p>\n
By no means miss a narrative \u2014 join PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to remain up-to-date on the most effective of what PEOPLE has to supply\u200b\u200b, from celeb information to driving human curiosity tales.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Brice is presently on his “Label Me Proud” tour, and performing throughout the nation till Nov. 16, when he concludes in Helotes, Texas.<\/p>\n