Reba McEntire - He Gets That From Me

What this video is

Released in August 2004 as the third single from Reba McEntire's 25th studio album 'Room to Breathe,' 'He Gets That From Me' arrived during a period when adult contemporary country storytelling commanded mainstream radio and CMT airplay. The song's narrative — a mother cataloguing inherited traits in her son, culminating in the revelation that the father has died — represents a hallmark of early-2000s country…

Why it matters

This video exemplifies the early-2000s country music narrative video form at its commercial apex: emotionally resonant lyric illustration, domestic realism, and the tight Fanjoy-signature intercutting between performance and story. It represents a key chapter in McEntire's five-decade chart…

The director

Trey Fanjoy is an American music video director specializing in country music who has helmed over 200 major-label music videos. She studied journalism and theater at the University of South Carolina and trained as an actor under Sanford Meisner at the…