Oh, “If I Didn’t Love You!”
On Friday, two of country’s biggest powerhousesCarrie UnderwoodandJason Aldeanjoined forces for country-rock ballad duet “If I Didn’t Love You,” marking the star’s first-ever collaboration.
Speaking to Kelleigh Bannen onToday’s Country Radioon Apple Music, Aldean, 44, reflected on what it’s like to collaborate with powerhouse female musicians. He reminisced about his track “Don’t You Wanna Stay” withKelly Clarkson.
Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean.Sam Wasson/Getty; Marcus Ingram/Getty
“I remember with ‘Don’t You Want to Stay?’ Kelly was actually my first choice for that song and I’ve just always been a fan of her voice. And then when you get on stage or in the studio and start trading vocals with them, it’s like, man, you realize really quick that who the better singer in the room is, you know what I mean?” Aldean said. “Those guys are amazing singers and really powerful and just a lot of range. It’s really cool for me to get to work with people like that and sort of find my spot in the song to make my voice work with theirs and it’s been great.”
“I mean, obviously Kelly, the song we did with her got us a Grammy nomination and just was a really big song for us, single of the year at CMAs,” he added. “Hopefully, we can replicate that with this song.”
The new track comes several days after Aldean asked fans to guess who would guest star on the track.
“We’ve got a brand new song coming your way this Friday! Who do y’all think is singing on this one with me?#IfIDidntLoveYou,” he tweeted. The following day, Underwood shared the tweet with a hands-up emoji.
The track is a follow-up to Aldean’s album9, which featured songs such as “Blame It On You” and “Got What I Got.” As for Underwood, 38, she dropped her gospel albumMy Saviorearlier this year.
Earlier this month, Underwood celebrated her11th wedding anniversaryto Mike Fisher.
“Happy anniversary@carrieunderwoodhard to believe this was 11 years ago today,” Fisher captioned his own post. “Here’s to many more with the best partner I could imagine!!#happyanniversary.”
source: people.com
