Chris Cornell's new album Higher Truth is just one week away, but before that Sept. 18 release date arrives, the Soundgarden frontman is going to the gallows. On Friday (Sept. 11), Cornell released his new music video for his latest single "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart," and he's translated the song's rootsy sound into a small town music video featuring a series of executions.
The video for "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" stars Eric Roberts and W. Earl Brown alongside Cornell, with the former acting as his fellow jailed inmate and the latter acting as executioner.
While sitting in a jail cell, Cornell sings his heart out while Roberts accompanies him on guitar, but the scenes outside the jail are far more bleak. A series of men are lined up in the center of an old Western town to be hanged for crimes that have not been specified. Throughout the music video, mourners and loved ones gather around, including a heartbroken little girl and a sexed up temptress.
When it's Cornell's time to be sentenced to death, it appears as though he dies by hanging but the executioner's assistant, who has chosen to take the seasoned rocker as her husband, miraculously saves his life.
Watch the Jessie Hill directed music video for Chris Cornell's "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" below:
"Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" is the latest single from Cornell's forthcoming album Higher Truth, which is due for release on Sept. 18.
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