Keith Urban reveals on Ellen he was Christmas shopping in Australian mall when Taylor Swift contacted him about collaborating on Fearless album
He appears on two tracks on Taylor Swift‘s re-recorded fearless album.
And Keith Urban shared with Ellen DeGeneres how he was Christmas shopping when the pop superstar contacted him about collaborating on the songs.
In the interview set to air Thursday, the country music star revealed in a remote interview with the daytime chat show host that he’d listened to the music while sitting in a food court at an Australian mall.
Backstory: He appears on two tracks on Taylor Swift’s re-recorded fearless album. And Keith Urban shared with Ellen DeGeneres how he was Christmas shopping when the pop superstar contacted him about collaborating on the songs
‘I’m at the shopping mall doing my Christmas shopping and I get a text from Taylor saying, ‘I’ve got these couple of songs I’d like you to sing on, do you want to hear them?’ and I said, ‘Sure’,’ he explained.
‘So she sends me these songs and I’m sitting in the food court at the shopping center listening to these two unreleased Taylor Swift songs.’
Urban added: ‘It was an unusual place to be hearing unreleased Taylor Swift music but I love the songs and luckily got to put a vocal on both of those.’
New details: ‘I’m at the shopping mall doing my Christmas shopping and I get a text from Taylor saying, ‘I’ve got these couple of songs I’d like you to sing on, do you want to hear them?’ and I said, ‘Sure’,’ he explained
How it came together: ‘So she sends me these songs and I’m sitting in the food court at the shopping center listening to these two unreleased Taylor Swift songs,’ Urban added: ‘It was an unusual place to be hearing unreleased Taylor Swift music’
He is featured with Swift on We Were Happy and That’s When on Fearless (Taylor’s Version).
Swift released the new version of the 2008 album last week as part of her project to re-record all her old material after her master recordings were sold.
During his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Urban also revealed that his two daughters Faith and Sunday, whom he shares with wife Nicole Kidman, ‘were just excited dad got a text from Taylor Swift.’
New music: Urban is featured with Swift on We Were Happy and That’s When on Fearless (Taylor’s Version). Swift released the new version of the 2008 album last week as part of her project to re-record all her old material after her master recordings were sold
Fans: Urban recently arrived in the US with daughters Faith and Sunday whom he shares with wife Nicole Kidman. He told Ellen his daughters ‘were excited dad got a text from Taylor Swift’
Urban, 53, along with Faith and Sunday recently arrived in the US from Australia.
They reunited with Kidman who is currently filming the Lucille Ball biopic Being The Ricardos in Los Angeles.
The hitmaker is also preparing to co-host the 56th ACM Awards on Sunday with fellow country music singer Mickey Guyton.
Celebrity couple: Urban is preparing to co-host the 56th ACM Awards on Sunday with fellow country music singer Mickey Guyton while Kidman is filming the Lucille Ball biopic Being The Ricardos in LA