Sam Hunt Channels Johnny Cash Alongside Wife Hannah in ‘Locked Up’ Video as He Nods to 2019 Arrest

Sam Hunt is channeling the Man in Black for his latest music video — and he’s getting some help from his wife, Hannah Lee Fowler.

Hunt, 39, has released the video for his new single “Locked Up,” which takes cues from Johnny Cash’s famous 1968 Folsom Prison show and stars Hannah, whom he married in 2017.

The song is a touching reflection on the ways the country singer regrets the behavior that led to his 2019 arrest on probation and how he’s grateful to his wife for being there for him through it all. .

“The night I was locked up, everything went wrong/The night I messed up, I should have stayed home,” he sings on the mid-tempo track. “I picked up the phone, what can I say?/I thought you’d walk away, but you stood by your man like Tammy Wynette” (Wynette famously sings the 1968 classic “Stand By Your Man”).

Later in the song, Hannah, 35, shouts again, singing, “When you picked up my pieces and my only call/I knew you were in it, baby, for the long haul.”

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Sam Hunt and wife Hannah Lee Fowler in the “Locked Up” music video.

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The video was shot at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee, and features Hunt performing in prison à la Cash with Hannah by his side in a 60s look.

Hunt was arrested in Nashville in November 2019 on charges of driving under the influence and possession of an open container. He was taken to the Metro Jail, where he had a reported blood alcohol level of .173 (well above the legal limit of .08).

He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges related to his August 2021 arrest and served 48 hours at DUI Education Centers, an alternative facility. He also completed an alcohol safety course and lost his license for a year.

The “Make You Miss Me” singer and his wife also went through a tough time; in February 2022, Hannah filed for divorce while pregnant with the couple’s first child.

A judge signed her motion to dismiss the case that April, and she gave birth to a daughter, Lucy Louise, that May. The couple’s son Lowry Lee was born in October 2023.

Sam Hunt and Hannah Lee Fowler in Nashville in June 2017 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Name and gender of Sam Hunt and wife Hannah Lee Fowler’s second child revealed (Exclusive)

“[Fatherhood] it gave me such a sense of purpose – at home and out on the road. A new appreciation for life in general,” Hunt said at Audacy’s Katie & Company podcast in September 2022 “I think I progressed overnight, evolved 10 or 20 years overnight.”

Meanwhile, the country star has been open about his arrest in past interviews, admitting that “it happened” in a 2020 interview. HITS Daily Double.

“People in my camp have talked about suppressing it, but why should I be afraid to talk about it? If it happens, it’s true,” he said. “I was raised and taught to respect [alcohol]. Moderation is important. I never wanted to glorify it. It’s a cheap trick in country music and I’ve always wanted to avoid it. I don’t like to use [drinking] as a party song; it wouldn’t be honest for me. I’ve never been a beer-shooting guy. I know people who eat like that and I wouldn’t want to wag my finger or look down on them.”

Hunt will perform “Locked Up” for the first time at the 2024 CMT Music Awards on April 7.

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