Over the weekend, Brooke Eden dropped a new video for her single, âAct Like You Donât.â The tune, which was co-penned by Brooke, Jesse Frasure and Cary Barlowe, recounts Brookeâs struggle to heal from the heartbreak of a tough breakup.
âThe video is a pretty literal interpretation of what I did after my breakup that influenced the song,â says Brooke to Nash Country Daily. âI spent my time hanging out with my girls a lot, going out with my girls a lot, and just basically doing anything I could do to get my brain off of thinking about my breakup. It was important to me to be truthful and authentic with the songâs lyrics, so thatâs exactly what I wanted to show in the video.â
The camera tags along as Brooke gets ready at her apartment for a night out, and follows along as Brooke and her girlfriends have a good time at one of Nashvilleâs favorite dive bars, Springwater.
âMy role in the video is exactly what I did after the breakup,â says Brooke. âItâs like you really have to put yourself in the place of going back to two years ago and reliving when this was reality. I never wanted to be alone after my breakup. I wanted to be with all of my friends and just fill my brain with anything other than thinking about the breakup. I wasnât bashing my ex, either. It was more like I needed to get away from the situation. I didnât want to feel like a victim in the video. I want to feel victorious at the end of it and feel like Iâm moving on from something instead.â
Watch Brookeâs âAct Like You Donâtâ video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgZLzM2_gKo
photo by Glenn Sweitzer