![]() ![]() Jason Derulo is not the only pop artist who has expressed interest in crossing over to the country side of the tracks. And it’s also something I am obsessed with,” Derulo told Rolling Stonerecently. I’m probably going to get a house in Nashville and do a bunch more s–t in that world. “The country audience has embraced me, so I intend on embracing them to the fullest. and Florida Georgia Line for a new Monday Night Football theme song. “To be kind of inducted as one of the cousins– it’s really fly, and I continue to do more in this world because it’s a passion of mine and I really do enjoy it,” Derulo said during rehearsals for the show.Īs a newfound family member, Derulo will be keeping up the ‘family tradition’ by collaborating with Hank Williams Jr. Their Crossroads performance of “Want to Want Me” earned the two a CMT Music Award award for “Performance of the Year.” Derulo even came back to Nashville for a mashup of Bryan’s “Strip it Down” and “Want to Want Me” on the awards show. Response appears to be largely positive for the virtual duet, though there are some who are still scratching their heads about why Bryan would take on the pop song.Jason Derulo is known in the pop music scene for platinum-selling sings like “Wiggle,” “In My Head” and “Whatcha Say,” but the singer may be looking to broaden his horizons, specifically to the country world.ĭerulo’s relationship with country music began in 2015 when Luke Bryan used the Sing! Karaoke app by Smule to remotely collaborate on Derulo’s hit “Want to Want Me.” Fans went crazy over the video, and the two ended up paring up for an episode of CMT Crossroads. This was not the first time that Derulo and Bryan have worked together, however 2014 saw the duo performing a mash-up of Derulo's "Talk Dirty" and the Florida Georgia Line/Bryan tune "This Is How We Roll." Derulo has admitted he feels a bond of sorts with Bryan, as both singers started out as songwriters for other artists prior to becoming recording artists in their own right. The video is part of a digital push that Bryan is using to promote the new album part of the digital effort includes teaming with Facebook to have created an app that allows Bryan to sign digital autographs for the fans who purchased digital downloads of Kill the Lights. Since the video went live August 10, it has garnered 28 million views and 815,000 shares and counting. To say the duet is good would be an understatement. He was quite pleased with the end result of his virtual duet with Derulo and said, "I got chill bumps," after one take. "I can't do that."īryan has teamed with the karaoke app Sing!, among using other digital venues, to promote his fifth album, Kill the Lights. The country singer is grinning throughout much of the song and at one point breaks into laughter when Derulo breaks out his signature falsetto. The fun that Bryan has doing the duet with Derulo is readily apparent. The country and pop singers teamed for a karaoke version of Derulo's hit "Want to Want Me," and while many in the Twitterverse were scratching their head at the matchup, Bryan showed he had the pipes to take on the pop hit. Karaoke is not just for wannabe singers anymore. ![]()
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