Simplicity is the word for Brett Eldredge’s new music video for “The First Noel.” The country star provides his stamp on the classic Christmas tune by performing it a cappella and starring in a stripped-down music video set in a historic church in Nashville.
“We wanted to show how we are all going through life searching for peace,” Brett tells Esquire. “And the [simple] message of this song can bring us all together in one place.” The “Love Someone” singer calls the shoot “truly a magical experience.” “We set up a microphone in this beautiful, historic church, and, as some of my closest team and friends sat in the pews, I sang the song a capella, with words echoing up and down the halls. It was…one the rawest performances I’ve ever been a part of,” Brett says.
Find “The First Noel” on Glow (Deluxe), the re-release of his 2016 holiday album that features four new songs.