The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach hasn’t put out a solo album since 2009’s Keep It Hid, but that’s changing soon. His second record, Waiting On A Song, is coming out on June 2, and to hype it up, he released the super happy single “Shine On Me” about a month ago. The album isn’t all unbridled rainbows, though, as evidenced by Auerbach’s new music video for “King Of A One Horse Town,” which sounds like his spin on a Spaghetti Western soundtrack and ’60s-era pop.
The clip, directed by Aaron Hymes, focuses on a pink-hoodie-wearing, hippie-looking fellow as he navigates a world that appears totally empty and completely his own. Auerbach took to the video’s description to explain that the song and video are about the fear of wandering outside your comfort zone:
The King of a One Horse Town is anyone who’s scared of the outside world. Anyone who’s afraid to go beyond their own block for fear of failure. It could be a drug dealer. A drunk. A professor. That’s a feeling any of us can relate to.
Watch the video for “King Of A One Horse Town” above, and check out the tracklist for Waiting On A Song and listen to “Shine On Me” here.
