Darius Rucker and Adele | Photo Credits: onecountry.com

In an event where it may seem unlikely to happen, American country music artist Darius Rucker joined British pop star Adele in a moving performance of Lady Antebellum’s no. 1 hit, Need You Now.”

Adele’s soulful vocals harmonized with Rucker’s deep southern voice resulted into a sultry duet. The British pop singer Adele, known for her fiercely passionate approach to all her performances, gave a moving rendition of the Lady A’s ballad. This left Hillary Scott, the band’s lead female vocalist, in tears.

What Adele Has to Say

The performance was a part of the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year Ceremony in celebration of the accomplishments of the biggest names that year. In an interesting talk with the pop star, Adele shared that the song “Need You Now” actually inspired her to release her tear-jerking single, “Don’t You Remember.”

“It’s got quite a country tinge to it. What gave me the courage to try to do that musically was ‘Need You Now,’” Adele shared with CMT. “You could not even change your radio station without it being played. You couldn’t escape it and, luckily, I loved it! (laughs) Or it would have been awful! But the feeling the song gave me, I was trying to channel it in my own song.”

Adele | Photo Credits: faithtap.com

On the other hand, she revealed that she wanted to take a different approach to songwriting her second album 21. It is quite a distinct one compared to her debut album 19. Furthermore, Adele also said that she used “Need You Now” as the main root for her newfound approach to music. This approach includes channeling the song’s storyline of exes to be with a former lover again.

“Unlike my first record, when I was writing how ‘your life is going to suck without me and I’ll be fine,’ you know, it suddenly dawned on me that my ex was actually pretty incredible. I wanted to write a song about how it was such a shame that we fell out of love, and we can’t even remember why we loved each other and why we fell out of love. It seemed like a perfect subject, like this emotion could be in a country song.”

Adele then expressed her admiration for country music. She said that this music genre’s foundation is built on and its approach to life is straight up. Also, she explained that she especially like the fact that country music is not “fussy” or trend-seeking.

Watch the heart-wrenching duet of Darius Rucker and Adele below:

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