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Coco Arquette is a natural in front of the camera, justlike her mother. Former married couple Courteney Cox and David Arquette’sdaughter is all grown up and starring in a new music video for Irish singer Foy Vance’s song appropriately titled Coco.
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As it turns out the song itself was inspired by theactress' 12-year-old, who met the musician through Courteney's boyfriend Johnny McDaid. "Johnnybrought Foy into my life a few years ago, and, immediately, he became a veryclose friend. He also got to know my daughter, Coco, and a song was born,"the Friends star told People magazine.
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The endearing video begins with Coco waking up from a sweet slumberand blissfully enjoying her day riding bikes, eating ice cream and frolickingon a beach. "From the first time Foy played 'Coco' for me – and everytime I've heard it since – I've felt he captured, not only Coco's uniquepersonality but also the beautiful childhood innocence that sadly, butinevitably, fades with time," Courteney admitted.
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She added, "It is like a snapshot of the world asseen through a child's eyes ... sung by a man who is moved by how the worldseems from her perspective. I think it's a perspective that we, as adults,never stop longing for."
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Coco turned out to be a family project for the mother-daughterduo, with Courteney directing Foy’s sentimental music video. "As soon as I wrote the song 'Coco' – which startedout as an off the cuff verse to make Coco laugh – it was obvious that Courteneywould direct the video," Foy revealed to People. "They both have suchbeautifully inquisitive spirits and kind hearts. Mix that with a killer senseof humor and you've got the Courteney/Coco double act!"
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Naturally the Cougar Town actress was “thrilled” to beasked to direct the video featuring her little girl. “My hope is that I conveyed in a visual way the many levelsof feeling that Foy's song so brilliantly expressed," she said. "I amstruck and continue to be struck by Foy's incredible soul as a musician andfather. He is a truly unique human being, and I am proud to call him afriend."
The 52-year-old actress welcomed her daughter in 2004 with her now ex-husband David. Courteney’sbest Jennifer Aniston, who recently shared her thoughts on perhaps "some day" becoming a mother, serves as one of Coco's godmothers.
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