{"id":1318962,"date":"2020-03-19T23:01:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T05:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1819234"},"modified":"2020-03-19T23:01:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T05:01:34","slug":"world-premiere-trace-adkins-is-better-off-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/world-premiere-trace-adkins-is-better-off-now\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD PREMIERE: Trace Adkins Is \u201cBetter Off\u201d Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:690914?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n9h ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VPIpn6uFNXA?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VPIpn6uFNXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while since Trace Adkins\u2019 voice has came through loud and clear in a music video. But he is back in the saddle again \u2014 doing what he does best \u2014 for his brand new seductive single \u201cBetter Off.\u201d The song came from the pens of prolific country songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Corey Crowder and Liz Rose, and Mike Stryker was recruited to direct the video.<\/p>\n<p>We had the chance to ask Adkins about being \u201cBetter Off,\u201d and here\u2019s what he had to say. <\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT.com: What do you remember most about night you shot the video?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adkins: I loved the venue. It\u2019s an old slaughterhouse in north Nashville that has been repurposed as a video and photo shoot location. The night shot from the top of the roof, looking back towards the Nashville skyline, was beautiful. The video was actually filmed the night the tornado came through Nashville. It\u2019s a bit surreal to think they touched down a few hours later, just a few blocks from where we were.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And how do you think the video brings the song to life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to do a performance-style video where I could use my band, so we started there. We could have gone in a few directions with this song, but I wanted to be cognizant of keeping the video sexy but classy. I have worked with the director, Mike Stryker, on a few different projects and enjoy his directing style. Mike suggested using the dancers to add some elegance. The fact that the dancers also happen to be a couple added authenticity to their scenes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a message you hope your fans take away from watching the story unfold?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That sometimes you\u2019re \u201cBetter Off\u201d staying in!<\/p>\n<p><strong>When the video was finished, how did it feel to see how it turned out? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s incredible to see the video process in its entirety. While filming, you are being told by the director to \u201cstand here\u201d or \u201cwalk to here.\u201d I don\u2019t really have a good feel for what it will look like until I start getting edits of the video. When I received the first edit, I knew we had captured the feeling I wanted to convey. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter Off\u201d is Adkins\u2019 first release on his new label home, Verge Records. \u201cI am excited about my merge with Verge. My desire to create and release new music is as strong now as when I first started,\u201d Adkins shared in a press release. His debut album <em>Dreamin\u2019 Out Loud<\/em> was released in 1996, so that\u2019s 24 years of making country music he\u2019s passionate about. <\/p>\n<p>Adkins\u2019 new tour The Way I Wanna Go is scheduled to start on April 15 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and will run through mid-September. <\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1819234\/world-premiere-trace-adkins-is-better-off-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 9h ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. It\u2019s been a while since Trace Adkins\u2019 voice has came through loud and clear in a music video. But he is back in the saddle again \u2014 doing what he does best \u2014 for his brand new seductive single \u201cBetter Off.\u201d The song came from the pens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1318962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 13:36:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}