One ofcountrymusic’s biggest stars may be teaming up with one of the biggest country fans in rap.
While appearing onMonday’s episodeofThe Tonight ShowStarringJimmy Fallon,Brad Paisleyrevealed that he’s in the midst of finishing on his latest, currently undated album,Son of the Mountains— and that it may feature aPost Malonecollaboration. The country music star, 51, told the talk show host that he’s gotten in the studio with the singer/rapper, 28, and opened up about what it’s like going out with him.
“I worked with him a couple of nights,” Paisley shared on the late night show.
“He’s amazing. I love him. He’s the greatest guy and he loves country music,” the Grammy winner said of the musician. “We’ll see if we do something. You never know.”
Brad Paisley and Post Malone.Randy Shropshire/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage
Randy Shropshire/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage
After Fallon, 49, mentioned a photo Paisleyshared on Instagramearlier this year of the two stars in what appears to be a recording studio, the singer-songwriter reflected on the time they spent together.
“We were out,” the CMA Awards winner told the host — who admitted that he has also partied with the “Sunflower” artist, but only had the energy to do it once.
“I did it twice,” the “She’s Everything” singer continued. “I’m hoping whatever we do in the future, we have to have some set rules.”
“I was there all night one night and the other night, I went home a little earlier and he calls me at 11 a.m. and says, ‘Hey, if you can fix that one guitar part in the studio today, I’m going to bed,’ and it was at 11 a.m. That’s bedtime for him. You can’t roll with him.”
It wasn’t the first time the two hitmakers connected. After the Austin artist shared footage of him covering the country legend’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)” for a March 2021 fundraiser on hisTikTokin August 2022,Paisley ended up seeing it and being thoroughly impressed.
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“Brad, there’s no shot, man,” he said inthe clip. “I love you so f—in' much man, thank you for the love, dude. I owe you a beer, man. Text me, I’ll see you soon.”
It’s unclear if their collaborative relationship was born out of that moment, but Malone has long expressed his love for country music. Recently, he teamed up withHARDYandMorgan Wallenat the2023 CMA Awards to perform a Joe Diffie medley, and he’s spoken in the past about hisaspirations of writing a country album.
On SiriusXM’sThe Howard Stern Showin 2022, he said, “To be honest, there’s nothing stopping me from taking a camera or setting up in my studio in Utah and just recording a country album [to put] on YouTube. I’m allowed to do that, I’m a human being.”
Next year, Paisley will release his latest full-length album,Son of the Mountains.To offer fans a taste for the project,four tracks arrivedon what he calledThe First Four SongsEP in November.
source: people.com
