Jon Batiste doesn’t plan to cease collaborating with fellow musicians any time quickly, and he has a really particular pop star on the prime of his checklist of individuals to work with. In a Friday (June 2) interview with Individuals, the “Freedom” singer revealed that he want to work with none aside from Taylor Swift.
“I simply went to the Taylor Swift live performance and it will be enjoyable to do one thing with Taylor,” he advised the outlet. “She was good sufficient to ask us and provides us tickets to considered one of her MetLife Stadium exhibits over Memorial Day weekend, and I’d like to work with any of the dwelling legends, you already know, any of us that I can study one thing from — even when we don’t put it out.”
The five-time Grammy Award winner has collaborated with Stevie Surprise, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey and extra. “I similar to to take a seat and speak with of us in regards to the course of,” he advised Individuals of his strategy of discovering others to work with. “It doesn’t essentially should lead to a success single; it may be on the fly or it may be a dialog.”
The previous Late Present With Stephen Colbert bandleader’s most up-to-date collaboration is “Be Who You Are (Actual Magic)” for Coca-Cola’s Coke Studio. The monitor, written by Batiste, options NewJeans, Camilo, Cat Burns and J.I.D. In the meantime, Swift most lately collaborated with Ice Spice on the “Karma” remix — now No. 2 on the Billboard Scorching 100 — and has introduced team-ups with Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy for Converse Now (Taylor’s Model).