Brian McFadden - Irish Son

What this video is

Released in November 2004, 'Irish Son' arrived at a pivotal moment in UK/Irish pop: Brian McFadden had departed Westlife earlier that year to pursue a credible solo career modelled partly on the Robbie Williams template, collaborating with Williams's longtime co-writer Guy Chambers. The video and song occupied contested cultural ground — simultaneously celebrating Irish Catholic working-class identity while drawing…

Why it matters

Represents a key document in the post-boyband adult contemporary transition genre of early 2000s UK/Irish pop. The Guy Chambers co-write formula applied to McFadden closely mirrors the Robbie Williams solo reinvention playbook, making this video a textbook case study in how UK pop labels (Sony…

The director

Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953, Catterick, North Yorkshire) is a British-American music video director and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He co-founded Propaganda Films with David Fincher, Dominic Senna, and Greg Gold in the mid-1980s. He has directed over…