Tom Hanks and his son Chet have teamed as much as recreate Forrest Gump for a brand new music video. Test it out beneath.
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 operating 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 top of the video, Tom seems on the bench alongside his son, holding his head in his fingers and looking out confused earlier than ultimately seeming to come back round to the idea. Test it out beneath.
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 Massive Machine Information in February.
They launched their debut single ‘Leaving Hollywood’ the identical month. “We’re thrilled to companion with Massive Machine and Scott Borchetta,” Chet Hanks stated 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 Massive Machine for this upcoming challenge.”
The duo is presently 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 was a chunk of far-right rhetoric, utilized by the likes the Proud Boys and different excessive teams the world over.
Chet condemned any racist or bigoted behaviour his tune has inadvertently impressed, saying: “White boy summer time was created to be enjoyable, playful, and a celebration of fly white boys who love stunning queens of each race. The rest that it has been twisted into to help any form of hate or bigotry towards any group of individuals is deplorable and I condemn it,” he wrote.
Elsewhere, final Might Chet revealed that his father had requested him through textual content to clarify the continued rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
Tom Hanks messaged his son: “Massive Primary, are you able to clarify the Drake/Kendrick Lamar feud to me?”. Chet then replied with an extended 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.