This yr’s ACM Awards had been crammed with some superb and actually efficient cross-genre performances – and one of the crucial memorable was Chris Stapleton shock stay collaboration with Dua Lipa.
ET’s Rachel Smith spoke with Chris and his spouse, Morgana Stapleton, backstage after the present, and the nation singer defined how Dua “acquired into the combo” and acquired the entire duo collectively.
“It was her concept so far as I do know. They form of referred to as us and mentioned, “Hey, she’d like to do that.” I mentioned, “Are you certain?” And she or he mentioned, “Sure!” – recalled Chris. “So we referred to as and talked about it and did some work.”
The 28-year-old “Dance the Night time” singer shocked the gang on the Ford Middle at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday when she took the stage unannounced to sing the opening of Chris’ “Suppose I am in Love With You.”
Chris, 46, joined in on the quantity and the pair harmonized their duet superbly, creating one of many highlights of the night time.
“We really simply put collectively what we did two days in the past,” Chris mentioned. “So it has been form of a whirlwind, but it surely’s been nice.”
ET additionally spoke with Dua backstage after the efficiency, and he or she defined why she reached out within the first place.
“It has been a giant dream of mine to work with Chris,” she shared, “and to have it occur on stage tonight was actually particular.”
“I am a giant, huge Chris Stapleton fan, that is for certain, and I really like nation music,” she added. “I really like the storytelling, I really like the eagerness, and it was so lovely that we had been in a position to immerse ourselves in that world a bit of bit simply by seeing it firsthand. It was actually particular.”
59th yr Academy of Nation Music Awards streams stay on Might 16 on Prime Video. Departure all nominees and full record of winners.
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