Ne-Yo Opens Up About His Country Debut

About this episode

Ne-Yo discusses his return to country music and shares personal stories from Nashville.

Back in 2012, Ne-Yo teamed up with Tim McGraw for the country/R&B collaboration “She Is.” Now, Ne-Yo is returning to Nashville to work on his own country-influenced project. We welcome the singer to the Nashville Now cabin to talk about going country, his love of Reba McEntire, and the time Tim and Faith Hill had him over for fried chicken. He also opens up about his personal experience so far in Music City and on the rowdy blocks of Lower Broadway, and how it may be different than what some fans might expect. It’s a sit-down with an R&B great, only on Nashville Now. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rolling Stone

Guest: Ne-Yo

Topics covered

• country music
• R&B
• Nashville
• collaboration
• personal experience

Keywords

• Ne-Yo
• country debut
• Tim McGraw
• Reba McEntire
• Nashville
• fried chicken
• Lower Broadway

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