Dierks Bentley says nation music wants Elle King as a result of “we simply want individuals to carry the loopy and in a great way.”
“She’s acquired a killer voice,” Bentley mentioned. “She’s rowdy however respectful. I believe that’s her personal tagline, which I like. While you’re round her, you simply by no means know what you’re gonna get, which is nice. You look again on the historical past of the individuals on this city that made nation music what it’s, and all of the individuals we love essentially the most are those which might be little on the market. They’re purported to shoot from the hip. And he or she undoubtedly does.”
Bentley and King share the brand new duet “Value a Shot,” which Bentley says began out with him on lead however switched to King when he heard how a lot she liked the music.
“I really reduce it at one level as a result of I’m like, ’I simply love this music,’” Bentley informed Immediately’s Nation Radio with Kelleigh Bannen. “For some purpose, it got here out to me that Elle was keen on it. I used to be struggling just a little bit on my document, making an attempt to determine what I used to be doing. And I hate to face in the way in which of successful … As somebody that writes songs and is respectful to the songwriting group in Nashville, the very last thing you ever need to do is maintain up successful. So after I heard that Elle was keen on it, I used to be like, ’Oh my gosh, please.’ As a result of this music must be heard on nation radio.”
The duet is a full-circle second for Bentley and King, who additionally sang collectively on their 2016 hit “Completely different for Women.” That point Bentley requested King to sing with him. This time, she returned the favor. When Ross Copperman performed her “Value a Shot,” she wasn’t certain that she may sing it.
“We laughed, and we’re like, ’Nicely, what if Dierks sang on it?’” King mentioned.
Bentley mentioned he looks like “the right foil to Elle in so many alternative methods.”
“My voice simply holds the road there fairly good, down the center,” he mentioned. “It’s good for her to bounce her superb voice off of as a result of mine’s simply toeing the road. I don’t have any tattoos, so I’m the alternative there in that means. We ying and yang rather well collectively. And a few of my rowdier days are behind me. So it’s an excellent partnership and friendship in so many alternative methods.”
King credit Bentley for paving her means into nation music.
“Dierks is the one who actually prolonged his hand and took an opportunity on me,” she mentioned. “And as soon as I noticed the shiny rhinestones of nation music, I used to be like, ’I’m in it. I need in it.’”
