WhenTaylor Swifttexts,Keith Urbanlistens!
The country star, 53, appears on Thursday’s episode ofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he shares how he came to collaborating with Swift, 31, on her newly released re-recorded album,Fearless (Taylor’s Version). Urbanlends his vocals to two never-before-releasedtracks, “That’s When” and “We Were Happy.”
Chatting with hostEllen DeGeneres, the singer reveals that he first listened to the songs in a mall food court.
“It’s the craziest story,” Urban explains. “We were in Australia, I was doing some Christmas shopping at the shopping mall in December — because everybody does their shopping right before Christmas, everyguydoes. … I get a text from Taylor saying, ‘I’ve got these couple of songs I’d like you to sing on, do you wanna hear them?’ I said sure, so she sends me the songs and I’m sitting in the food court at the shopping center listening to these two unreleasedTaylor Swiftsongs [with headphones].”
“It was an unusual place to be hearing unreleasedTaylor Swiftmusic,” he admits. “But I loved the songs, and luckily got to put a vocal on both of those.”
DeGeneres then jokes that it’s “hilarious” to picture the country star seated in a mall food court, let alone jamming to top-secret Swift tunes. “I was hungry!” Urban says with a laugh. “Where are you gonna go when you’re hungry, Ellen?”
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Ahead of the album’s release this month, Swift spoke out on Instagram about herexcitement in Urban joining her for it.
“I’m really honored that @keithurban is a part of this project, duetting on That’s When and singing harmonies on We Were Happy,” said Swift, who opened for the country star during his Escape Together World Tour in 2009, the year after she dropped the originalFearless.
“I was his opening act during theFearless album era and his music has inspired me endlessly,” she added.
source: people.com
