Coheed and Cambria release new music video for ‘Jessie’s Girl 2’

COHEED AND CAMBRIA have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Jessie’s Girl 2, sees the progressive rock band teaming up with Grammy Award winning singer Rick Springfield for a sequel of his 1980’s smash hit Jessie’s Girl.

The genesis of the new song dates back to COHEED AND CAMBRIA studio sessions from 2019, when the band began riffing on an idea as vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez extemporaneously sang the hook from Springfield’s original song. After fleshing out new lyrics and tinkering with the concept (even considering a future album of likeminded material called Sequels), the band revisited the idea during their time spent at home quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Sanchez pitched the idea to Springfield on IG Live.

Speaking about the new song, Sanchez says, “has anyone ever written a sequel to another artist’s song? I don’t think so. As a fan of movies, it just seemed like a really interesting idea. It’s kind of like a National Lampoon’s movie meets So I Married an Axe Murderer.”

Watch the official music video for Jessie’s Girl 2 here: 

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