The song reaches the top 10 at country radio
Platinum-selling artist Cody Johnson is debuting a music video for his hit single “The Painter” and will launch The Leather Tour tonight (Fri, Jan 19th) with two sold-out shows this weekend.
“The Painter” is Cody’s current Top 10 hit and the debut single off his new 12-track studio album Leather released last November. The video for the song was directed by Dustin Haney (“‘Til You Can’t” / “Human”) and filmed on Cody’s ranch in Texas just before the holidays. The film includes Cody performing the song in a beautiful outdoor landscape shot in black and white. As the video unfolds it depicts early scenes of Cody’s relationship with his wife Brandi and how as she believes in and supports his dreams. Those scenes appear in color as she is “the painter.” Brandi makes a cameo at the end of the video as Cody’s performance slowly yields to color.
The album is the follow-up to Johnson’s 2019 Ain’t Nothin’ To It studio album and 2021’s Human The Double Album. Since that album debuted, Johnson’s career has skyrocketed bringing in 17 career RIAA certifications, a Pandora Billionaire Award and nearly five billion global streams. He released two additional projects, A Cody Johnson Christmas album and Cody Johnson & The Rockin’ CJB Live and an award-winning feature-length documentary Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story.
The Leather Tour launches this weekend with two sold-out concerts in Sacramento and Anaheim, California. The tour currently runs through September with several sold-out dates so far including Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on February 2nd. This will be Cody’s first headline concert in this Nashville venue. The night before that concert, Cody will perform on the Grand Ole Opry.
