Cam Talks Working onCowboy Carterwith Beyoncé at 2025 Grammys: 'It Was Perfect Timing to Get That Call' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Camwill forever be grateful forBeyoncé.

In an interview with PEOPLE on the2025 Grammysred carpet on Feb. 2 ahead of the ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the country singer-songwriter got candid abouther experience working with the superstaron her latest album,Cowboy Carter.

Upon getting the call to work with Beyoncé, Cam says she was in “disbelief.”

Cam and Beyonce.Jason Kempin/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

“It was perfect timing to get that call, because I felt like that was the vibe they were on too,” adds Cam. “So, I was excited to be be a part of the team.”

Beyoncé releasedCowboy Carterin March 2024. The album followed 2022’sRenaissance.

Check out all of PEOPLE’s full Grammys coveragehere.

Cam is credited as a writeron “Ameriican Requiem,” “Protector,” “Daughter,” “Tyrant” and “Amen.” She is also recognized for co-producing “Ameriican Requiem,” “Daughter,” and “Amen,” singing background vocals on “Ameriican Requiem” and “Amen” as well as engineering on “Daughter.”

Attending the 2025 Grammys for her work on the genre-bending album feels “unreal” for Cam.

“How nice not to have the pressure of the camera on you. Like, is it you or is it not winning or losing? Like, I get to just enjoy the night. And I think with a project like this, me personally, I feel like everyone involved… you’re doing this for art’s sake,” she says.

“You’re not doing this for the trophies and stuff,” adds Cam, “but it would be nice.”

Cam at the 67th Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025.Frazer Harrison/Getty

Frazer Harrison/Getty

As for what she took away from her time with Beyoncé, wholeads in Grammy nominations this year with 11in total, Cam tells PEOPLE she better understands trends in the music industry.

“I think Beyonce, to me, is someone who’s basically showing us, like, where the current of culture is headed. So it’s not about, ‘Oh, what’s the best of what’s now?’ It’s like, ‘What’s next?’ And so to me, that was a whole new level of understanding,” says Cam.

The Grammys are broadcasting live fromCrypto.comArena in Los Angeles on CBS or stream them live and on-demand on Paramount+.

source: people.com