He likes to laugh, so it works out perfectly." "That's like his favorite song," Derulo says. I think she's really excited for people to hear the grown up version."īut what does Sparks's father, Phillippi Sparks, a former cornerback for the New York Giants, think about Derulo and his racy songs like "Talk Dirty"? Most people still see her as the 16, 17-year-old that won 'American Idol.' She's 24 now, a very different person. But the crooner insists she didn't hesitate. She uses a curse word ("s-t") and makes reference to Derulo's birthday suit. Their sensual duet, "Vertigo," is much edgier than Sparks's past works. "That's exactly what happened."ĭerulo also enlists his girlfriend to appear on the album. I'll get back to you in 48 hours,'" Derulo claims Snoop wrote. Once he heard it, Snoop sent Derulo a text message. Derulo told him about the song and Snoop expressed interest in working together, urging him to send him a copy of the record. "He was like, 'Yo, what's happening, Young Blood? My kids are big fans,'" Derulo recalls. When Derulo saw Snoop at an All-Star game, he approached him about a possible collaboration. So I let a couple other people hear it and ended up putting it out as a single and the rest is history."ĭerulo is hoping to receive similar feedback for the album's next single, "Wiggle," an ode to rump shaking that features Snoop Dogg.Īfter recording his vocals, Derulo thought the veteran West Coast rapper would make a great featured artist. "She actually felt like the world should hear the song.
"She heard it and she was shocked," he recalls. When Derulo wrote the song for Sparks, his intentions were to just sing and play it at the piano for her privately, but her reaction prompted him to consider sharing it with their fans. "When that perfect time comes, when the stars align perfectly, it's going to be one of the greatest moments of my life."
What's the rush because we have forever?'" he tells Yahoo Music about the track from his third album, "Talk Dirty," released on Tuesday. "In the song, I'm actually saying, 'I swear, I'll actually mean it when I say it.
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