Thomas Rhett Did Not Think Katy Perry Would Do Duet With Him

Thomas Rhett just surprised fans with the announcement that he and Katy Perry filmed a video for the title track of his latest album, which they sing together, called "Where We Started."

He posted to Instagram, "The #WhereWeStarted music video will be here at 10 am CT on Tuesday, 10.18.22. Who's ready? @katyperry."

Rhett said of the song he sings with Katy, "I think that phrase, 'Where We Started,' just means so much. I could relate it to my marriage; I could relate it to my career. Any time I've ever been down on my luck or feeling like things aren't going right; I can always look back into, like, where I began, and how much I've grown, and how many things have shifted in my life. And I wrote this song with Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, and Jon Bellion, who is one of my favorite artists and songwriters. He's written songs for literally everybody. Lately, he has written the last three or four Justin Bieber singles. And he started playing this melody, and I was like, 'I don't even know if I can sing that high.' I remember working on this vocal for like a really long time. And we finally finished it, and Allison Jones at the record label was like, 'I feel like a female feature would be really cool on this.' And I was like, 'Well, who you got in mind?' And she was like, 'I was thinking Katy Perry.' And I was like, 'Wow! Like really, really shootin' for the stars here.'"

He continued, "I honestly didn't think that Katy was going to do anything with it, much less like it. And I remember the next day Allison said, 'Katy's in.' And I was like, 'This is nuts.' And she called me on the phone, and I was walkin' in my kitchen. I remember my wife was in there, and the kids were in there. I was like, 'No big deal; I'm just talkin' to Katy Perry about something. I'll be done in a minute.' And it was so surreal talking to someone who, I don't know, when I was like 16, 17 years old, Katy's music was everybody's anthem, everybody's jam, and everybody's got a favorite Katy Perry song."

Thomas concluded, "And so when she said that she was gonna sing on the song with me, I was shocked. And it turned out so beautiful. One of the most incredible string arrangements I've heard. I remember when I got Katy's vocal back, I was blown away. I mean, she's an incredible singer, but this kind of reminded me of how amazing of a vocalist she is, and I just feel like it really came to life."

The "Where We Started" video with Thomas Rhett and Katy Perry will make its world premiere Tuesday morning (10/18) at 10 am CT on Thomas Rhett's YouTube page.