Zach Bryan Releases New Music Video Starring Matthew McConaughey

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After teasing fans in recent days, Zach Bryan has released a full-length music video for his song โ€œNine 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, โ€œNine 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 sonโ€™s pool games. Viewers are praising the โ€œcinematic excellenceโ€ and storytelling brilliance of the video, saying that they felt like they watched an entire full-length movie in 3 minutes.

The videoโ€™s release comes one day after Zach Bryan won his first Grammy Award.

Bryanโ€™s collaboration with Kacey Musgraves on โ€œI Remember Everythingโ€ took home a coveted Grammy Sunday night (Feb. 4) for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Zach Bryan, who was up for three total Grammyโ€™s in 2024, was up against some fierce competition in the category. Other nominees included, Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings for โ€œHigh Note,โ€ Brothers Osborne for โ€œNobodyโ€™s Nobody,โ€ Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson for โ€œSave Me,โ€ Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton for โ€œWe Donโ€™t Fight Anymore,โ€ and fellow Oklahoma native Vince Gill and Paul Franklin for โ€œKissing Your Picture (Is So Cold).โ€

Matthew McConaugheyโ€™s appearance in Zach Bryanโ€™s video wasnโ€™t the first time he starred in a country music video.

In 1992, when he was just 23-years-old, McConaughey appeared in Trisha Yearwoodโ€™s โ€œWalkaway Joeโ€ video. In a recent interview with Kelly Clarkson, the actor revealed that โ€œWalkaway Joeโ€ was the first time he appeared on camera.

โ€œAnd it was, I think it was early 1992, Iโ€™m going to college here at the University of Texas,โ€ McConaughey recalled. โ€œThis 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 Matthewโ€™s career, even though the two never met.

โ€œHe was cast from local talent in Austin, Texas, where the footage was shot,โ€ she told PEOPLE IN 2014. โ€œThe 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 Bryanโ€™s video for โ€œNine Ballโ€ below.

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Tiffany Aaron

Hello! My name is Tiffany. Iโ€™ve worked as a content marketing specialist with Country Rebel since 2014. I enjoy stories about music and the people who make it. I find joy in writing about topics that educate, entertain, and bring smiles to readers' faces.

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