Take 5: Bandit Heart

We all love to know what inspires our favorite stars and we want to know what – or who– is behind our favorite lyrics. But why is every interview so serious all the damn time? Take 5 is a regular feature on Listen! It’s Vetrano that gives readers insight into some of the lighter things in your favorite stars’ lives. And now Take 5 is coming to the LIV YouTube channel every week.

Learn more about your favorite celebrities, artists and entrepreneurs, plus get ready to laugh when V for Vetrano hits the streets of Nashville to Take 5 with Music City locals and visitors. Subscribe now, so you don’t miss one minute and check out last week’s edition with The Voice‘s Meghan Linsey too [click here to subscribe instantly].

This week puts Bandit Heart, the latest project from The CO‘s Troy Akers, in the Take 5 hot seat. Find out what hairstyle the singer/songwriter prefers on his ladies, his most prized possession and his advice for his teenage self in this week’s video above. I interviewed Bandit Heart before he released his first single “Don’t Let Me Go” in April, which you can read here.

Today, Akers announced his second single, a song entitled “Ghost,” which will be released digitally on August 21st. The singer is giving Listen! It’s Vetrano the first look at the single’s cover art, which you can see exclusively below.

Get Bandit Heart’s new single “Ghost” on iTunes on August 21st and be sure to check out our first video with the singer, when he joins V for Vetrano for a game of Marry, Date, Kill. You can watch it now by clicking here.