Cole Swindell scored the perfect bartender for his latest music video⊠â90s country icon Jo Dee Messina served everyone drinks at a Printerâs Alley bar in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the perfect cameo appearance in Swindellâs music video inspired by her smash-hit song.
Swindell rounded up a group of friends and stepped into a karaoke bar, where Messina was the bartended while a blonde woman in a dress and cowgirl boots took the stage to sing âHeads Carolina Tails California.â Swindell said in a Q&A on Instagram when the video premiered on Thursday (August 11) that âit was a fun video to shootâ in Nashville, and the team didnât wrap filming until around 3 a.m.
Swindell said the reaction to his latest single has been at a âdifferent levelâŠthan weâve seen in a long time.â He knew immediately that he wanted Messina to play a role in the music video, and knew that the cameo would become one of the best parts. Swindell admitted that meeting Messina, âI was nervous. Iâm just such a big fan of hers and her songs. To get a chance to meet her for the first time in the music video shoot of âShe Had Me At Heads Carolina,â âŠthatâs a pretty big moment to meet somebody for the first time. I wish it couldâve been sooner, but both of our schedules are busy. Iâm hoping we have a show together on the road, our paths cross somewhere out there.â
âShe Had Me At Heads Carolinaâ is one of 13 tracks on Swindellâs latest full-length album, Stereotype, which released earlier this year. Other fan-favorites on the project the romantic âIâm Gonna Let Her,â âSingle Saturday Night,â âSome Habits,â âDown to the Barâ â the collaboration with HARDY that inspired Swindellâs tour name â and âNever Say Never,â with Lainey Wilson.
During Swindellâs live Q&A session, fans also wanted to know, will we get a remix of âShe Had Me At Heads Carolina?â âI would say so, yes,â Swindell said. âItâs so funny reading the comments. Itâs like âdudeâŠyou gotta get Jo Dee on this,â and I just want yâall to know, trust me, I know thatâs been the plan from the beginning. Nobody knew what to expect with this song and the reaction has been insane. âŠYeah, weâre figuring something out. Donât worry. Me and my team, we want Jo Dee on something and weâre figuring that out now, so yâall be patient. I promise, itâs gonna be worth it when we figure out what we wanna do.â
Watch the new music video here: