You will see Dierks Bentley in a muvh different light once the video for his latest single, “Bourbon in Kentucky” is released. He says it’s “definitely the most unique, craziest video” he’s ever done, which could be attributed to the choice of video directors – Ryan Pallotta, who has been at the helm of clips by Robin Thicke, Faith Evans, Demi Lovato and Ne-Yo, among others. “There’s falling, there’s flying, I’m suspended by cables that really hurt,” says Dierks. While he didn’t get injured in the making of the clip, he probably had to throw out a pair of shoes that caught on fire during one scene. It didn’t phase him in the least, since his hobbies often include flying planes, playing hockey and riding motorcycles.

Dierks, with his smoldering good looks and logging time on several of Country Music’s Sexiest Men lists, said don’t expect him to look pretty in the video. “It’s not gonna be a real cheery video, I don’t think [LAUGHS]. But I don’t really want a cheery video at this point…There was no pretty close up shots of me singing the song, because it’s hard to sing the song and look pretty.”

“Bourbon in Kentucky” is the first single from his forthcoming album, Riser, due this fall. The video should hit the airwaves in the coming weeks.