Carter Faith – “Bar Star”
Carter Faith’s “Bar Star” is a honky-tonk love letter wrapped in neon, and the on-screen presence of actor-by-outlaw **Billy Bob Thornton** brings the song’s chaotic sweetness into sharp focus. Faith, who has admitted she wrote the song about Thornton—calling him *“the ultimate bar star”*—invited him to play the dusty, devil-may-care figure at the center of her video, and he said yes. The result is magnetic storytelling that blurs the line between fantasy and confession.
The video unfolds under the electric glow of blues and reds, Faith’s smoky vocal guiding us into a dive-bar universe where messy love thrives. Thornton’s presence gives it authenticity—this isn’t camp; it’s lived-in. Visually, the minimal camera work and tight framing let subtexts simmer: the pulse of possibility, the ache of inevitable heartbreak, the weariness underneath the verse.
This track sits at the emotional center of her upcoming debut, Cherry Valley (out October 3). Faith’s catalog—“Grudge,” “Sex, Drugs & Country Music,” “If I Had Never Lost My Mind…”—has already charted her path. “Bar Star” levels up with cinematic confidence, and naming her bonus track after the man who helped bring the video to life only deepens the meta pleasure. It’s both self-aware and full-blooded in its romantic recklessness.
Final Verdict: “Bar Star” cements Carter Faith as a modern outlaw storyteller. She draws you in with laughter, then doesn’t hesitate to let you stay for the heartbreak. It’s not just a song—it’s a mood, and she owns it.
