Today, EW is excited to premiere the video for album opener El Camino.

As Ballard tells EW, it was also the track that kicked off the entire set.

And then the first song that we recorded.

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Ballard didnt pen the tune maybe youve heard of Chris Stapleton?

He wrote it, along with Grammy-winning songwriter Lee Thomas Miller, but the storys true to the singer.

Look, Ive been there!

he says, laughing.

Ive been busted up by some saucy minx and Ive had to cut and run!

This guy is heartbroken.

Hes been done wrong, doggonit.

Somebody kicked him to the curb.

Luckily, he bonded quickly with his costar.

(Ella seems to have had an equally good time.

During one scene, Ballard feeds her a corndog and, she loved it!

I had to cut her off!)

Hes enthusiastic about the end result, as well.

I love how that beautiful white dog and that jet-black, dirty El Camino look together.