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Australian country music artist Keith Urban has unveiled his newest music video this week for his latest hit "'Til Summer Comes Around." The track is the fourth single to be released from his fifth studio album, "Defying Gravity," which was released last March.
Urban co-wrote the song with frequent songwriting partner, Monty Powell who told TheBoot.com: "When Keith started playing the guitar riff that opens up the song, we felt it conjured up the ocean in winter... when it's cold and slate gray. Urban has finally gone for something a little more substantial. In this song, the narrator is deeply let down by the end of summer, yearning for the girl that he met at the carnival. In the meantime, he waits for her to come back again. The chorus provides interesting little details. The production and melody are appropriately somber, relying mostly on Urban's soft slide guitar licks and some soft organ fills. Urban steps up his game vocally, convincingly playing the role of one very heartbroken man. The song was reached No.1 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 and peaked at No. 14 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
This music video was filmed over two days in Los Angeles last November, capturing the Santa Monica Piers, exposing the summer warmth of the meadow with a theme park featured in the distance. It revolves around a brief fling between a couple enjoying each other's company in the open place. "I had this idea about a theme park," Urban said when explaining about inspiration behind the song. "For me, there's something fascinating and deeply sad about theme parks in the wintertime when they're shut down. It is accompanied mostly by electric guitar and organ. Urban's original idea was to write a song about longing telling the story of a guy who meets a girl at an amusement park. He falls in love with her and longs to see the girl again. She says she will be back, and every year he is still there waiting. I think this is Urban's best video ever. It so haunting, nocturnal, and dreamily textured. I have always felt sad at the sight of a carnival or boardwalk in the off season and he catches this emotion perfectly and sings it with so much passion!
Urban and his superstar actress wife, Nicole Kidman, enjoyed a nice, long Christmas and New Year's holiday in their luxurious, 21st-floor, $6 million penthouse apartment in Sydney. Upon returning to the States, He won his first award of the New Year, nabbing the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Artist. This was a pretty cool feat, as the category encompasses all genres. He actually beat out popular artists like John Mayer and Eminem! Urban will also attend the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on January 31 in Los Angeles where he's nominated for Best Country Album for "Defying Gravity," Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "Sweet Thing", Best Country Collaboration with Brad Paisley for "Start A Band" and Best Long Form Music Video for "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing."