Kip Moore Supports Indie Music Venues In Video For New Song “Don’t Go Changing”

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Pictured (L-R): Chris Cobb (owner of Exit/In & co-founder of MVAN), Kip Moore

Kip Moore is releasing a new extended version of his album Wild World on Feb. 12, 2021, titled Wild World Deluxe. The deluxe version offers up four new tracks, including the song “Don’t Go Changing,” which he penned with Blair Daly and Westin Davis and dropped today (Oct. 30).

Moore also shared the impactful, gritty new music video for the song today which was directed by Alex Ferrari and shot at some well-known independent music venues across Nashville including The 5 Spot, The End, The Basement, Mercy Lounge and Exit/In. The video featured Exit/In owner and Music Venue Alliance Nashville co-founder Chris Cobb discussing the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on independent music venues.

“Personally and professionally, my life looks entirely different right now than it did last year, and my business has been closed for eight months, a business that is typically very busy….we did 20 shows a month this time last year and this year, no shows.” Cobb said in the video’s introduction. “We had reserves but they’re gone, and we did get a PPP loan through the CARES Act, but it’s gone, so at this point, it’s survival mode. We’ve laid off about 50 event staff—security guards, your bartenders, your kitchen people…all that staff that has supported us all these years, where are they gonna go?”

 

“I think about living in a garage apartment that was 150 square feet when I was 28, 29 years old,” Moore said during a recent roundtable discussion with media. “You know, having $315 in my bank account. And I think about what a scary place that is, mentally, when you’re watching all your friends build a 401(k), and they’re doing all the things that society tells you that you’re supposed to do…for me, those venues were a place of refuge, or a place where my dreams were safe, because I was surrounded by other dreamers. So, those venues are everything to me.”

The clip was created as a thought-provoking call to action to fans to help support and donate to Music Venue Alliance Nashville (MVAN), an organization whose key goal is currently to help independent music venues working to survive during the pandemic, as well as retaining and nurturing the eco-system of Nashville’s beloved music scene. For more information and to donate visit mvan.org and to join the conversation #Keep615Live.

Wild World Deluxe Official Track List:
1.  “Janie Blu”  (Dan Couch, Kip Moore)
2.  “Southpaw”  (Westin Davis, Kip Moore)
3  “Fire And Flame”  (Cary Barlowe, Brett James, Kip Moore, Will Weatherly)
4. “Wild World” (Josh Miller, Kip Moore)
5. “Red White Blue Jean American Dream” (Jimi Bell, Barton Davies, Luke Dick, Philip Lammonds)
6. “She’s Mine”  (Dan Couch, Kip Moore, Scott Stepakoff)
7. “Hey Old Lover” (Dan Couch, Kip Moore)
8. “Grow On You” (Blair Daly, Westin Davis, Kip Moore)
9. “More Than Enough” (David Garcia, Josh Miller, Kip Moore)
10. “Sweet Virginia” (Kip Moore, Manny Medina, Erich Wigdahl)
11. “South” (Adam Browder, Dan Couch, Manny Medina, Kip Moore, Dave Nassie, Erich Wigdahl)
12. “Crazy For You Tonight” (Blair Daly, Westin Davis, Kip Moore)
13. “Payin’ Hard” (Blair Daly, Westin Davis, Kip Moore, Dave Nassie)
14. “Don’t Go Changing” (Blair Daly, Westin Davis, Kip Moore )
15. Midnight Slow Dance (Dan Couch, Mike Elizondo, Kip Moore)
16. “How High” (Bobby Terry, Luke Dick, Westin Davis, Kip Moore)
17. “Man’s Gotta Do” (Dan Couch, Westin Davis, Kip Moore)

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