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Kenny Chesney Collaborates With Ed Sheeran

Kenny Chesney is the latest country star to collaborate with Ed Sheeran as the two co-wrote Chesney’s new single “Tip of My Tongue.” Kenny shared via press release, “As a…

Kenny Chesney Collaborates With Ed Sheeran
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Kenny Chesney is the latest country star to collaborate with Ed Sheeran as the two co-wrote Chesney's new single "Tip of My Tongue."

Kenny shared via press release, "As a co-write with a new writer, it’s one of the most fun sessions I’ve done in a long time. I get why people love working with him."

Chesney said of the song on Instagram, "With all the great songs that have been written in this town, I think you always want to do something a little different. There’s this moment when you look at someone and you know they contain everything. You want to know everything, consume everything about them. It’s why we say ‘It’s a long way down,’ because you want to know it all."

He continued, "I wrote this with two guys that I really respect as songwriters, @rosscopperman and @teddysphotos. The way creativity works in creative people is so different, but it’s always exciting. It’s one of the most fun sessions I’ve done in a long time. And the best part, we got a melody that feels like what’s going on lyrically. The music matches the words and you can just drift in it."

"Tip of My Tongue" is coming digitally on July 12.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.