Cure those Monday blues with a video that is sure to put a smile on your face: actor, film producer and sometime singer Vin Diesel is putting his vocal chords to the test again, singing on a remix (if it can be called that) of a new track by Kygo and Selena Gomez.
The Fast & Furious star shared a clip of him singing along to "It Ain't Me," an electronic-meets-pop ditty released by Kygo and Gomez last week.
Diesel can be heard laying his own vocals over Gomez's lyrics—and even ad-libbing some of his own little flourishes:
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The actor's video has been viewed more than 2.3 million times on Facebook in just 48 hours.
In a series of Instagram posts preceding the video's release, Diesel said he was personally invited into the recording studio by Norwegian DJ Kygo to lay his vocals over the track.
"I stepped out of my comfort zone for this one, haha," Diesel wrote. "Let me know what you think. Thank you @kygomusic for producing this 2017 HIT! Thank you for believing in me enough to ask me to sing. Thank you @Selenagomez for bringing that beautiful and magical voice. Pained and celebratory simultaneously. I followed your lead when I went into the booth."
The actor has previously covered songs including Rihanna's "Stay" and Sam Smith's "Stay With Me."
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