Justin Bieber’s“Yummy” is getting the country treatment with some help fromFlorida Georgia Line’sBrian Kelleyand Tyler Hubbard.
On Tuesday, the pop star, 25, dropped a remix of the single — which he originallyreleased in Januaryas his first solo track in four years — with the duo, who couldn’t have been more excited to participate.
“We’ve always been fans of [Justin] Bieber and when we first heard ‘Yummy,’ the hook was so fresh and catchy,” Kelley, 34, tells PEOPLE. “It’s exactly how music should be — fun!”
On the remix, Bieber adds a distinctive twang to his vocals and switches up the lyrics to give them a country twist, like in the pre-chorus when he sings “horseback, watch the sunset” instead of “jet set, watch the sunset.”
Then, in the second verse,Florida Georgia Linetakes over and sings, “I been up in Waffle House, but you my Chik-fil-A/ And I been into waffle fries since our first date/ Ain’t got time for playin’, I’ma clean your whole plate (Girl, I’ma lick it up)/ Woo, yes, yummy, let me take ya to the country/ We can call it home cookin’, I’m your chicken, you my dumpling.”
In addition, Hubbard’s 2-year-old daughter Olivia — whom he shares with wife Hayley — can be heard saying “Yummy” at the beginning and end of the track. Of how the cameo came to be, Hubbard, 33, tells PEOPLE it was “completely unexpected.”
Hayley Hubbard/Instagram
On the day of the remix’s release, Hayley, 32, shared a photo of Hubbard and Olivia in the recording studio to Instagram with the caption, “Liv laying her vocals down on the new @justinbieber @floridageorgialine yummy country remix.”
The remix isn’t the first country collaboration for Bieber, who previously released the song “10,000 Hours” with country duoDan + Shay.
“Yummy” was released as the lead single off of Bieber’s new albumChanges, which topped the Billboard 200 chart for the seventh time on Monday following its Valentine’s Day release. With his five studio albums, plusNever Say Never: The RemixesandBelieve Acoustic, going No. 1, Bieber surpasses Elvis Presley as the youngest solo artist to have seven chart-topping albums.
source: people.com
