Kiefer Sutherland has released a serious video for his serious country song

Kiefer Sutherland is taking his country music career seriously. Very seriously. 

He's so serious in his new music video for "Not Enough Whiskey," in fact, that at one point, Jack Bauer just stares sadly and longingly at a glass of whiskey, only breaking his gaze to stare equally sadly and longingly through a window.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, the actor said that that's kind of the point. 

"If I hear about an actor doing a music project, my eyes are the first to roll," Sutherland said. "It's been done before and, on some levels, not very well. A lot of actors make records but won't tour to support them or make videos, and it ends up not being serious. I felt strongly that this was something I wanted to do."

"Not Enough Whiskey" is featured on Sutherland's upcoming debut LP, Down in a Hole, which he told Rolling Stone he started working on about two years ago.

Sutherland also said that most of Down in a Hole is just as personal as "Not Enough Whiskey."

"I've certainly been there, where something will happen in life, and one, two, three bottles of whiskey are not going to fix it," he explained. "In the context of the song, those moments are important to realize so you have to find another way to deal with them. I'm sure a lot of people have felt that way."

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