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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' new music video stars local singer Leon Bridges

In November, Fort Worth soul singer Leon Bridges made his American Music Awards debut alongside hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, guest starring on the song "Kevin."

The track, an exploration of the ins and outs of drug addiction, is featured on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' new album, This Unruly Mess I've Made, out Feb. 26. The video, however, dropped earlier this week, and Bridges makes his cameo among broken down relics of an abandon hospital.

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Macklemore described This Unruly Mess I've Made as a project that inspired growth. It helped him look passed negative publicity he's received since dominating the 2014 Grammy awards -- and by some interpretations overshadowing more deserving artists -- with singles such as "Thrift Shop."

"I feel callused in the best way possible, right now, in terms of public perception," Macklemore told AP. "To say that I don’t care would be false. But to say that I’m in the best place that I have been since The Heist would be accurate."

Leon Bridges is keeping momentum from his breakthrough year rolling. He previously wrote a song for the big-deal movie Concussion, and just this week, performed at the White House during a Ray Charles tribute.