Tom Hanks and his son Chet have teamed as much as recreate Forrest Gump for a brand new music video. Test it out under.
The video accompanies the tune ‘You Higher Run’, which is the second single for Chet’s nation duo One thing Out West – comprised of him and Drew Arthur.
Chet reprises his father’s position within the 1994 Oscar-winning movie, recreating iconic moments, together with the well-known bench opening scene, the working sequence and Gump’s stint on a shrimping boat named ‘Jenny’, which the band carry out on within the video.
In the direction of the tip of the video, Tom seems on the bench alongside his son, holding his head in his palms and looking out confused earlier than finally seeming to come back round to the idea. Test it out under.
Chet and Arthur fashioned One thing Out West throughout their time as roommates in California, as they each started a journey in direction of sobriety.
The friendship developed into musical collaboration and songwriting classes, resulting in them signing with Nashville-based label Huge Machine Data in February.
They launched their debut single ‘Leaving Hollywood’ the identical month. “We’re thrilled to accomplice with Huge Machine and Scott Borchetta,” Chet Hanks mentioned in a press launch on the time.
“The help they’ve proven for ‘Leaving Hollywood’ and the remainder of the music has been unbelievable. Drew and I’ve been making music collectively for a very long time, and we really feel actually proud to have a house at Huge Machine for this upcoming mission.”
The duo is at present within the studio with producer Julian Raymond, engaged on their debut album slated for launch later this 12 months.
It follows Chet’s earlier rap single ‘White Boy Summer season’, launched as a play on Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Sizzling Lady Summer season’ from 2019.
The tongue-in-cheek message of his tune was quickly become a chunk of far-right rhetoric, utilized by the likes the Proud Boys and different excessive teams internationally.
Chet condemned any racist or bigoted behaviour his tune has inadvertently impressed, saying: “White boy summer season was created to be enjoyable, playful, and a celebration of fly white boys who love stunning queens of each race. Anything that it has been twisted into to help any sort of hate or bigotry towards any group of individuals is deplorable and I condemn it,” he wrote.
Elsewhere, final Could Chet revealed that his father had requested him through textual content to elucidate the continued rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
Tom Hanks messaged his son: “Huge Principal, are you able to clarify the Drake/Kendrick Lamar feud to me?”. Chet then replied with a protracted block of textual content, explaining the scenario to his father. Chet summarised the feud, suggesting that he thinks Kendrick Lamar got here out because the victor.
