Photo: Chase Lauer
Lee Brice rounded up his best “Drinkin’ Buddies,” Nate Smith and Hailey Whitters, to pay tribute to good friends.
Brice premiered the Chase Lauer-directed music video for his collaboration with Smith and Whitters on Wednesday (July 10). The weekend-worthy anthem — written by Zach Kale, Chris Destefano and Justin Wilson, and produced by Ben Glover and Jerrod Nieman — released earlier this year.
Brice previously teased the video with iHeartCountry: “I got a probably too many stories about my drinking buddies, but I could tell you this: My new drinking buddies, Nate Smith and Hailey Whitters, I got surprised and Hailey busted a beer bottle over my head in our video. And then I decided since that happened I had to pour some whiskey over Nate's head in the video. And it was definitely a surprise. So, if you see that video and you see surprise on his face and/or mine, you can see why it was actually a surprise and it was fun.“
Brice said the camaraderie felt “natural” when he met Smith and Whitters. Smith previously said it was “an immediate yes,” to appear on the collaboration, which “brings such a fun energy. I have had a blast collaborating with them on this!”