Alan Ritchson teams up with B.C. rapper for new ‘banger’ song, video

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Vernon, B.C.-based musician SonReal has teamed up with an unlikely collaborator for a new project.

The indie rapper and songwriter recently released a slamming new single and video with Reacher actor Alan Ritchson.

Titled Banger After Banger, the Toronto-filmed music video features SonReal, named Aaron Hoffman, in the character of Steven Blast and Ritchson as his cousin, Greg.

From their pageboy bowlcut hairdos to their matching bracelets and bright yellow workout wear, the two pimply-faced fellows are trying to find love, or something like it.

Teased in a series of shorts before the tune’s release, SonReal and Ritchson went full method acting on their respective roles.

In the video, the two cousins meet on the street and head out to a series of well-known locations around Toronto, while an unnamed and silent companion suffers endless misadventures, often at the hands of the two cousins. At one point, real life imitates art as Ritchson raps about how “I had to take a break from Season 5 of Reacher.”

It’s the latest in a string of singles released from SonReal’s new full-length record. Titled Here Goes Nothing, the album dropped on Aug. 14, via the rapper’s new imprint Honest Work Inc.

Earlier this month, the pair had appeared as themselves in a couple of bits backed by another single, titled Fondue. They also posted some in-character Reels mimicking dating app interviews.