Niall Horan has joined Thomas Rhett on a brand new model of the county celebrity’s music “Old Tricks.” The sudden, cross-genre collaboration initially appeared on the deluxe version of Rhett’s 2024 album A couple of Lady and featured Blake Shelton.
In statements, Rhett and Horan spoke of their years-long friendship and recurring meetups every time the pair occur to be in the identical place. They’d mentioned collaborating however nothing had materialized. Then, whereas hanging out with Rhett and Noah Kahan on the Masters match, Horan instructed Rhett that he was “gutted” to not be invited to characteristic on “Old Tricks.”
“I actually heard ‘Old Tricks’ by accident one day when I was in the studio with my friend and producer Julian Bunetta who was working on the song,” Horan recalled. “It came on and I was instantly hooked. I just loved everything about it, it’s a proper country song.”
“I said, ‘Man, you were the last person I would’ve thought would even like this one!’ He kept texting me about it after and he knew all the words,” Rhett mentioned of the encounter.
“Next thing I know, I’m in the studio laying vocals down,” Horan mentioned. “It felt easy, natural, like it was always meant to happen. I’m buzzing for people to finally hear it.”
“With how fired up he was and his connection with Blake, it felt like a full-circle moment and turned into something really fun,” Rhett mentioned, referring to the musicians’ gigs on The Voice. “I’m pumped it’s finally out there and hope y’all love it as much as we loved making it.”
The deluxe version of A couple of Lady was launched in September 2025 and added 9 new songs to the tracklist, together with collaborative remixes with Shelton, Teddy Swims, Jordan Davis, and Tucker Wetmore.
Rhett not too long ago wrapped up his nationwide 2025 Higher in Boots tour, which included his sold-out headlining debut at Boston’s Fenway Park. He’ll return to the UK in 2026 to assist Luke Combs at Wembley Stadium on July 31 and August 1.
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