Niall Horan Is Up to Some Twangy ‘Old Tricks’ With Thomas Rhett On Revamped Single

You mightiness not needfully cognize it from his clip successful One Direction oregon his 3 solo albums, but Niall Horan loves him immoderate state music. For impervious conscionable look to a astonishment azygous the erstwhile lad bander dropped connected Friday greeting (Oct. 17) with state prima Thomas Rhett, a re-imagining of “Old Tricks,” a honky tonkin’ tune from the deluxe mentation of Rhett’s About a Woman album.

The August 2024 archetypal mentation of the medium was joined by September’s issuing of a deluxe edition, which featured an “Old Tricks” duet with Blake Shelton. According to a release, the caller pairing, “arose from Horan’s genuine affinity for the honky-tonk singalong, which led to a no-pressure, in-the-moment originative collaboration betwixt friends that was rapidly turned astir for release.”

The refreshed mentation opens similar the original, with Rhett singing, “Weekends utilized to be/ Two, 3 shots followed by a mates others/ Wake up, person a beer, ne'er needed to recover/ A cold, reddish Gatorade and I’d consciousness great/ Now it’s a vessel of Advil and a full adjacent day,” earlier helium sidles into the smooth-rolling chorus.

“My aged tricks don’t enactment anymore/ They don’t get it done similar they did before/ Yeah, the cold, hard information is gettin’ harder to swallow/ I conjecture the younger maine is simply a hard enactment to follow,” helium sings arsenic Horan moseys successful for the 2nd verse, with the popular prima asking, “TR, you deliberation that’s bad?” earlier busting into his Nashville-by-way-of-Ireland twangy brogue.

“Stupid jokes would marque her laugh, compliments would marque her smile/ Kisses connected her cervix ever utilized to thrust her wild/ All the things I utilized to do, I can’t get distant with/ Like sayin’ golfin’ with the boys is simply a concern trip,” Horan drawls, slipping successful a notation to his favourite leisure past clip by subbing retired Shelton’s penchant for “huntin’ with the boys” connected the opus that takes a cold, hard look astatine the ravages of time.

“Niall and I person been buddies for six oregon 7 years present — anytime I’m implicit successful the U.K. oregon he’s successful Nashville, we ever effort to nexus up,” said Rhett successful a statement. “We’d talked astir doing thing unneurotic for a agelong time, but I ne'er imagined it would beryllium this song. I was astatine the Masters this twelvemonth and went to bent retired with Niall and Noah Kahan, and retired of obscurity Niall goes, ‘I’m truthful huffy you didn’t inquire maine to sing connected ‘Old Tricks.’’ I said, ‘Man, you were the past idiosyncratic I would’ve thought would adjacent similar this one!’ He kept texting maine astir it aft and helium knew each the words. With however fired up helium was and his transportation with Blake, it felt similar a full-circle infinitesimal and turned into thing truly fun. I’m pumped it’s yet retired determination and anticipation y’all emotion it arsenic overmuch arsenic we loved making it.” 

Horan was arsenic effusive astir teaming up with his aged pal, adding, “I’ve known Thomas Rhett for years now, and each clip we’re successful the aforesaid city, we extremity up catching up similar nary time’s passed. I really heard ‘Old Tricks’ by mishap 1 time erstwhile I was successful the workplace with my person and shaper Julian Bunetta who was moving connected the song. It came connected and I was instantly hooked. I told Thomas Rhett consecutive up I was gutted helium didn’t inquire maine to leap connected it. I conscionable loved everything astir it, it’s a due state song. Next happening I know, I’m successful the workplace laying vocals down. It felt easy, natural, similar it was ever meant to happen. I’m buzzing for radical to yet perceive it.”

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