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“Knowing You,” the sweeping waltz of gratitude for someone who brought you to life, was always a song that stood out to the songwriter/superstar from East Tennessee. Harkening back to his roots at Acuff-Rose Music Publishing, with the straightforward song of celebrating one who’s gone – be it through diverging paths, break-up, illness or death – for the way “we were so alive...,” Kenny Chesney wanted to create a visual for the song that embodied the rush of the black and white to Technicolor power of the emotions felt.

After winning over the hearts of America and taking home the proverbial crown on Season 15 of NBC’s “The Voice,” 18-year-old, powerhouse vocalist Chevel Shepherd stepped away, back to her roots to make the music she wanted to hear. Raised on country music and the outdoors, the Farmington, New Mexico native grew up feeding animals on the farm, barrel racing in the rodeo, fixing up cars with her dad and singing almost before she could walk, certainly well before walking onto “The Voice” stage and onto team Kelly. With the release of her debut EP, Everybody’s Got A Story, available March 26, 2021, she continues to pave her own path leaning into traditional country sounds committed to honoring the format’s legacy of storytelling.

Tune in tomorrow to catch Triple Tigers recording artist Scotty McCreery on “CMT Hot 20 Countdown” where he will share the world premiere of the official video for his current Top 40 and rising single “You Time.” The episode will also feature an in-depth interview with McCreery from Nashville’s Mercy Lounge where a portion of the video was shot to offer fans a behind the scenes look at the making of the video. Catch the episode Saturday, Feb. 27 at 9 am ET / 8 am CT on CMT with a re-air on Sunday, Feb. 28 at 9 am ET / 8 am CT.

Kenny Chesney has always sought to take country music to places it wasn’t going. Whether the stadium-sized East Tennessean songwriter was rocking the triple-rhythmed, double chorused celebration “American Kids,” the Calypso-undertowed fun “When the Sun Goes Down,” the rafter-rattling rejection of “Noise” or the small town Friday night football games “Boys of Fall,” he wanted to capture a piece of life that makes the listener feel more alive.