Shaboozey Reveals He's Reached Out to Noah Kahan to Collaborate on Music: 'He Wants to Write' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Shaboozey in December 2024; Noah Kahan in January 2025.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty

Shaboozeyis ready to work on music with one specific artist.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the country star (whose real name is Collins Obinna Chibueze) is opening up about plans to collaborate withNoah Kahan.

“In my artist journey, I have so many people wanting to collaborate with me and reaching out, and a lot of them are my friends” says Shaboozey, 29, over Zoom from Los Angeles. “But Noah Kahan is someone I’ve reached out to. And he wants to write and do some songs together. So, that’d be really cool one.”

He also added that he’d love to make music with Myles Smith.

Shaboozey in 2024.Daniel DeSlover/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Daniel DeSlover/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Elsewhere in the conversation, the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitmaker — who had a prominent feature onBeyoncé’s Grammy-winning albumCowboy Carter— discusses the one piece of advice he received from Queen Bey.

“When I was recording the songs on her album, [I was like], ‘Oh man, I can’t do these runs’ or ‘I am nowhere near the vocalist, performer or anything Beyoncé is.’ And I kind of got in my head about that,” says Shaboozey.

He continues: “What they told me was, ‘Hey, we brought you here for you to do you, for you to be yourself.'”

The No. 1 lesson he learned from Beyoncé? “Just be yourself.”

Adds Shaboozey: “Just be confident in the fact that you are different, you are unique and that’s what people are going to resonate with.”

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Beyoncé and Shaboozey in December 2024.Greg Noire

Greg Noire

The “Let It Burn” musician was featured onCowboy Carter’s country-funk number “Spaghettii” with Linda Martell as well as “Sweet Honey Buckiin’.” Other artists featured on the LP includedDolly Parton,Willie Nelson,Miley Cyrus,Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Tanner Adell,Willie Jones. Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts.

At the 2025Grammy Awards, Shaboozey received five nominations, including song of the year, best new artist and best country solo performance.

source: people.com