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Keith Urban Still Feels ‘Brand New’ In Nashville

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Keith Urban has been making records in Nashville, scoring hit songs, and touring for more than twenty years now, but to him, it’s still all brand new.

Keith told us, “I’m just born of passion and curiosity, hunger, and I’ve always had that.” He explained, “I moved to Nashville a long time ago, and the place that I stayed at… the first hotel I stayed at, the Shoney’s Inn down on Demombruen, is still there; it’s called the Comfort Inn now. I love that in a city that has changed so much, that building is still there, the little motel room that I stayed is still there. It’s this great connect through line for me.”

Urban noted, “I don’t feel that different from when I stayed in that room hoping I could get a record deal, hoping I could get to record music in the studio with great players and maybe get a tour bus one day and hit the road. I still feel exactly the same. It’s an amazing feeling. It keeps it really exciting for me.”

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Even looking ahead to something he has done over and over through the years, he grins big and is thrilled with what’s coming next, “I’m thinking about this tour, and I’m so excited to put a set list together. It’s all brand new, making this record is brand new. I’ve never made that record. I’ve made other records, but I’ve never made this one, so it’s brand new.”

He concluded, “The tour is brand new. No matter how many times I’ve done it, I’ve never done the next one. So, that’s how I feel, thank goodness.”

In the same interview, we asked Urban what photos he had on his phone. He told us, “I have lots of videos, obviously lots of family stuff in there. There are lots of cars, trucks, vehicles, and lots of guitars in there. All the things I’m passionate about, that’s really it.”

Keith added, “And then some pretty random stuff, I think. We might be shocked by what we do have on our phones. It may be different from what we say.”

6 Keith Urban Music Videos Everyone Needs To See

  • "One Too Many" Keith with Pink (2020)

    The video begins with shots of various wreckage bobbing along the water’s surface, including a guitar, a telephone, sheet music, and other items. Urban is out on the water, using a bobbing sofa as a life raft as he floats along. Then, back on shore, Pink sits alone on the beach, looking out to sea. Keith said of Pink when the song came out, “I’ve always loved Pink’s voice, but her artistry and her multi-faceted ability to create, and her God-given talent, truly makes her one of the greatest voices of our time.”

  • "The Fighter" Keith with Carrie Underwood (2017)

    This duet with Carrie Underwood was a massive hit for Urban in 2017. The two also sang it together on a couple of award shows that year. The video which shows him and Underwood singing together while a young woman, who looks a lot like Carrie but is not, dances around. This video is one of his biggest ones and has over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

  • "The Fighter" - Viral Video with wife Nicole Kidman (2017)

    To promote his song “The Fighter” in 2017, Keith playfully joins his wife Nicole Kidman in their car while the song plays, and they sing it together. Urban has said the song was written about his relationship with Nicole. That video, which was shot on a phone that sat on the dashboard, has been viewed over ten million times. It starts with Kidman saying when she hears the guitar intro, “Oh my gosh, I love this song!”

  • "But For The Grace Of God" - (1999)

    This was one of Keith’s first official music videos and it’s from his first number-one song. The video shows a very young and handsome Urban sitting in a house and singing the song’s lyrics in front of a fireplace. He also walks down a city street at night.

  • "Wild Hearts" - (2022)

    This video really captures the feel of the song (which Keith co-wrote). He said to fans on Instagram when it came out, “To all of the lost ones who aren’t really lost ones, this song is for you. We are WILD HEARTS!” Urban told us of the song, “I’m here to tell you anything can happen in this life if you got the heart and the passion and a God-lit fire inside.”

  • "Somebody Like You" - (2002)

    This song is what Keith says was the turning point in his career when it shot to number one on the country charts in 2002. He said, “‘Somebody Like You’ was one of the most important songs for me that happened and, to a large degree, just sent my career into a whole different speed in a really wonderful way.” The video for the song is also visually stunning, showing Urban playing guitar and banjo and singing in the wild while the sun glares through his silhouette.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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