Brad Paisley was a part of a bipartisan journey to Ukraine this week with Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia. During a information convention in Kyiv’s Mikhailovsky Square, Paisley sang an acoustic model of his Ukraine-themed single “Same Here” in addition to a Ukrainian-language folks track.
Paisley additionally took photographs with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who seems as a spoken-word visitor on the “Same Here” recording. As Variety notes, it was the primary in-person assembly between the 2 of them. Paisley has additionally been an envoy for Ukraine’s United24 fundraising marketing campaign. Meanwhile, Manchin and Paisley (who’re each from West Virginia) gave Zelensky a University Of West Virginia ballcap.
“It’s an emotional experience seeing all of this firsthand,” Paisley mentioned on the press convention. “For me looking around this city and being here for the first time, I’m absolutely struck by the resilience of life and the beautiful nature of the way this city is trying to thrive in the middle of conflict. And also trying to be as free as they can be in this hard time. I think as an American, it is one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen, and I’m absolutely honored to be here.”
Watch a part of Paisley’s efficiency beneath.