
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Multi-Platinum Arista Nashville recording artist and ACM Top Male Vocalist
Brad Paisley is firing on all cylinders not only with last week's release of his acclaimed new album, 5th Gear, and the disc's chart-topping first single, 'Ticks,' but also with tomorrow's iTunes world premiere for purchase of his all-new music video for 'Online,' the second single from 5th Gear.
Paisley enthused, 'I think it's great because finally there's a place where you can buy a music video! Everybody's always wondered about that. In the beginning of my career – like 1999, 2000 – we would do these videos, and [fans] would say, 'Where can I get that?' And you couldn't get it anywhere ...'
Blending Paisley 's trademark humor and musicianship, the video for 'Online' reunites Brad with friends and guest stars William Shatner and Jason Alexander (who also directed), both of whom appeared in the video for his 2003 chartbuster, 'Celebrity.' Mixing concert footage with a bevy of special guests (including consummate dream-girl-next-door, Maureen McCormick; Estelle Harris, Alexander's TV mom on Seinfeld; and Paisley tourmates Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift), the video follows the laugh-out-loud storyline of how easy it is to hide your shortcomings and be 'so much cooler online.'
'This is really cool – it's almost like a sitcom, you know? You've got Jason Alexander, who I adore, who just acted really well in this and then directed everybody, including himself, and came up with a vision for this and brought great performances out of William Shatner and Estelle Harris and Maureen McCormick and a lot of these people. And you've got Taylor [Swift] and Kellie [Pickler] who are a great addition to this, too, and [help make it] neat to have. We had a ball making this.'