Zach Bryan Releases New Music Video Starring Matthew McConaughey
on Feb 05, 2024
After teasing fans in recent days, Zach Bryan has released a full-length music video for his song โNine Ballโ that stars Academy Award-winning actor, Matthew McConaughey.
One week ago, Zach Bryan shared what appeared to be a movie poster, letting fans know that a collaboration with Matthew McConaughey was upcoming. A few days later he shared a teaser of a video that looked like it was a clip pulled from a movie. The singer then confirmed that McConaughey was, in fact, starring in the music video for his new single, โNine Ball.โ
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The song tells the story of a father and son whose relationship revolves around the game of pool as the father places bets on the young sonโs pool games. Viewers are praising the โcinematic excellenceโ and storytelling brilliance of the video, saying that they felt like they watched an entire full-length movie in 3 minutes.
The videoโs release comes one day after Zach Bryan won his first Grammy Award.
Bryanโs collaboration with Kacey Musgraves on โI Remember Everythingโ took home a coveted Grammy Sunday night (Feb. 4) for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
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โ ๐ฒ๐ฝ Kacey Musgraves Mรฉxico (@spaceykaceymx) February 5, 2024
Zach Bryan, who was up for three total Grammyโs in 2024, was up against some fierce competition in the category. Other nominees included, Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings for โHigh Note,โ Brothers Osborne for โNobodyโs Nobody,โ Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson for โSave Me,โ Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton for โWe Donโt Fight Anymore,โ and fellow Oklahoma native Vince Gill and Paul Franklin for โKissing Your Picture (Is So Cold).โ
Matthew McConaugheyโs appearance in Zach Bryanโs video wasnโt the first time he starred in a country music video.
In 1992, when he was just 23-years-old, McConaughey appeared in Trisha Yearwoodโs โWalkaway Joeโ video. In a recent interview with Kelly Clarkson, the actor revealed that โWalkaway Joeโ was the first time he appeared on camera.
โAnd it was, I think it was early 1992, Iโm going to college here at the University of Texas,โ McConaughey recalled. โThis is before Dazed and Confused. And I was trying to get odd jobs in front of the camera when I could and I got cast in that music video to play Joe.โ
Yearwood jokes that she should get credit for jump-starting Matthewโs career, even though the two never met.
โHe was cast from local talent in Austin, Texas, where the footage was shot,โ she told PEOPLE IN 2014. โThe performance with Don Henley was shot in Nashville, so I never met Matthew. About 10 years ago, we were both at the Grammys and trying to connect but we kept missing each other.โ
Watch Matthew McConaughey in Zach Bryanโs video for โNine Ballโ below.