Kenny Chesney‘s brand-new single is a song called “Reality” — and believe it or not, it was inspired by a visit to Kenny’s dentist! Kenny says that “Reality” — the song — is about finding your own ways to escape the stresses of real life, and for Kenny, a visit to the dentist can do him a world of good. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• “Reality” is the latest single from Kenny’s hit-filled Hemingway’s Whiskey album, which also includes “You and Tequila,” “Live a Little,” “The Boys of Fall,” and “Somewhere with You.”
• Today, Kenny, together with Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean, and Taylor Swift were announced as CMT’s honorees in the upcoming 90-minute special, CMT Artists of the Year. The show will premiere December 13th, at 9pm, ET, on CMT.
• The William J. Clinton Foundation and Yahoo! announced today that Kenny Chesney has been added to the list of artists performing at “A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation,” an event honoring the work and impact of President Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Lady Gaga, The Edge & Bono, Usher, Juanes, and K’naan are among the other artists currently announced for the concert, airing live from the Hollywood Bowl on October 15th. You’ll be able to see it exclusively on Yahoo! at http://clintonconcert.yahoo.com or via Yahoo! Screen at http://screen.yahoo.com. You can also “like” Yahoo! on Facebook for sweepstakes information on a chance to attend the concert, with Yahoo! donating $1 per sweepstakes entry, up to $50,000, to the Clinton Foundation; enter by October 7th. A limited number of general tickets are also available through Ticketmaster, with premium tickets through the Clinton Foundation at www.clintonfoundation.org/LA. For more information, visit www.clintonconcert.com.

  Kenny Chesney says that his new single, “Reality,” was inspired by a visit to his dentist! (:43)
“The song ‘Reality’ was born in a dentist chair. I was lying in a dentist chair, I had the mask on, you know, where they give you that funny gas, you know, so they can work on your mouth without you feelin’ it and all that kind of stuff. And I remember thinkin’, ‘Wow, I haven’t been this relaxed in a long time. This is my escape from reality.’ Some people hate to go to the dentist. I actually really enjoy it because…I told my dentist, too, I said, ‘I love coming here. So I can lay here, you can do what you gotta do. You know, you can numb me up, you can put that mask on me, and for a little while, I am as relaxed as I have been in a long, long time.’ And I said, ‘It just takes me away from my reality.'”

  Kenny Chesney says that escaping reality is what his song “Reality” is all about. (:28)
“That’s what the song is about. Everybody has their way of getting away from it, whether it’s…for me, it’s a beach bar, on a boat underneath the stars, or with my band on a stage, even though that is our reality, but it’s a great part of our reality. For some, it’s a fast car, for some, it’s a mason jar. You know, everybody’s got their way to escape reality. And that song, and the idea, that premise, was started, I swear, with me sitting in a dentist chair.”