Breland might name Nashville residence, however the nation/hip-hop artist was raised in New Jersey, simply throughout the river from Philadelphia. Naturally, he’s an Eagles fan and on Friday he joined Philly’s Andie Summers, the 2022 CMA Award-winning DJ of nation station 92.5 WXTU, to drop a hype video forward of Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl LVII, the place the Eagles will tackle the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Produced by Nashville-Philadelphia manufacturing firm the ten:10 Inventive (whose director Steve Jawn helmed movies by Previous Dominion and Miranda Lambert), “Do It for the Birds” mixes clips of hardcore Eagles followers in motion with a self-shot video of Breland rapping at residence. “Gotta do it for the Birds/this goes out to Sirianni/Mr. Jalen Hurts,” Breland sings, shouting out the workforce’s coach Nick Sirianni and star QB. His move is so hearth that even Chiefs followers will prefer it. (OK, perhaps not…)
However the Eagles devoted will respect some old-school references, together with one to beloved “Weapon X,” Brian Dawkins, and one other to former huge receiver Freddie Mitchell — Fred-Ex even cameos within the video.
The country-tinged “Do It for the Birds” joins two different songs which were adopted as Philly anthems heading into the large sport: Lil Uzi Vert’s “Simply Wanna Rock” and Meek Mill’s “Goals and Nightmares.”
Breland, who broke out with the viral hit “My Truck” in 2019, has change into a collaborator of alternative in nation music, becoming a member of Nashville stars like Keith City, Thomas Rhett, and Girl A on their singles. In 2021, he featured on Dierks Bentley’s Quantity One hit “Beers on Me.” Final week, Breland introduced his second annual “Breland & Pals” profit live performance on the Ryman Auditorium. Set for April 4th, the present helps Nashville’s youth-services group the Oasis Middle and options company like Ingrid Andress, Alana Springsteen, Tenille Townes, Gary LeVox, and Ashley Cooke.
Tremendous Bowl LVII has one other nation music connection: For the third 12 months in a row a rustic singer will carry out the nationwide anthem. Chris Stapleton is ready to do the honors this 12 months, following final 12 months’s efficiency by Mickey Guyton and 2021’s rendition by Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan.