If there’s an artist who sits atop Thomas Rhett‘s collab bucket list, it’s pop superstar Bruno Mars.
Thomas has been a longtime fan of Bruno. He already recorded a cover of Bruno’s “When I Was Your Man” in 2015 and has named Bruno as a dream collab several times.
As the new year approaches, Thomas keeps his fingers crossed for studio time with Bruno.
“Is there an artist I’d love to collaborate with in the new year? It was and forever always will be Bruno Mars,” Thomas shares in a recent interview. “I’m just going to keep saying it in interviews until it happens.”
But looking back on 2024, Thomas says his onstage collaboration with Teddy Swims at the CMA Awards takes the crown as the “most memorable moment of his year.”
“It was just kind of electric to me. I love getting to collaborate. I love the process of that. It kind of takes so much of the pressure off of you and kind of allows you to be doing it with somebody,” shares Thomas. “Teddy has that energy, there’s kind of this carelessness but also so much swagger, and he kind of dripped some of that onto me.”
“I would say getting to watch that back has been one of my favorite things to do this year,” he adds. “That’d be my favorite moment of this year onstage.”
You can catch Thomas and Teddy on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin‘ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, airing Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Other artists on the bill include Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, HARDY, ERNEST and Dasha.
Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.