Keith Urban has premiered new video on Access Hollywood Live for his current single, "You Gonna Fly," the fourth single for his gold-selling "Get Closer" album. The 44-year-old may be keeping quite after his recent surgery, but his new video is flying high! The country superstar just continues to put out catchy, well-written pop-country songs that spread like cooties, add "You Gonna Fly" to the contagion list."You Gonna Fly" retains many familiar features of a Urban hit - an uplifting melody, guitar shredding, along with a slick pop-centric arrangement with flourishes of country instrumentation - yet it also brings infectious instrumental hooks that ring fresh and original, showcasing Urban's formidable prowess with just about any instrument his hand finds. The delicious irony of this song is that by singing about lifting the spirits of someone special, Urban lifts our spirits.
The song writer suggested a lyric about a "blackbird with a broken wing hiding from the world", and wrote a song about a man convincing a woman that she will "fly with" him. In this aggression-heavy era of Eric Church and Jason Aldean, it's easy to take Urban's brand of swagger for granted. There's a deeper, transcendental quality to "You Gonna Fly" that floats quietly behind its metaphors and whistles – Urban hits on love's ability to lift us – "fly" us – to a different plane, spiritually and emotionally.
Lots of live, and a little bit of behind-the-scenes, footage makes up the new video, which looks back at Urban's Get Closer World Tour, and had him all over the map performing in packed arenas night after night. The video is also sprinkled with hidden messages, so Urban fans can put their skills to the test to see how many they can find. Urban and the director certainly made a common video treatment uncommon with their use of the lyrics!
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