A middle-aged male singer in a dark suit jacket and black shirt plays guitar on stage with string lights and rustic wooden paneling, accompanied by a young adult female performer in an off-the-shoulder dress. Warm lighting creates an inviting ambiance. 3:05
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Grandma is the bride in 'I'll Name the Dogs'

Blake Shelton stands under string lights with a guitar and makes his case for marriage the practical way, by sorting out who does what. more

"Girl, it's high time I tell you," he starts, and from there he lays his cards on the table. He wants the same street name, the same last name, "same everything." Then he gets down to the details.

She can park her car in the driveway. His truck goes in the grass. She plants the flowers and he plants the kisses, with a kiss in the kitchen up on tippy-toes. She can be the pretty one, and he will be the funny one.

That's what makes 'I'll Name the Dogs' so easy to love. It's a love song made of everyday things, the parking spots and the front porch of a first home, and it gets more romantic the smaller it gets.

The music video sets it all at a wedding. Shelton plays on a stage of rough wood and string lights, with a young woman in an off-the-shoulder dress performing beside him, and he sings with a grin he can't seem to switch off.

Then comes the twist. The bride isn't the granddaughter after all. She's the grandmother, getting married while the song plays. One viewer admitted fighting back tears at that reveal, and a few hundred people agreed.

A middle-aged male singer in a dark suit jacket and black shirt plays guitar on stage with string lights and rustic wooden paneling, accompanied by a young adult female performer in an off-the-shoulder dress. Warm lighting creates an inviting ambiance. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
Blake Shelton stands under string lights with a guitar and makes his case for marriage the practical way, by sorting out who does what.

The song has a way of slipping into real life. One viewer planned to propose by singing it. Another chose it as the first dance at their wedding. One boyfriend passed it along and said this was the two of them someday.

Still, the line people quote back is the one in the title. She gets to name the babies. He gets the dogs.