It seems the world can't get enough of Nettles' big, twangy voice and movie-star looks. We reached the 36-year-old country star by phone from her Atlanta home to talk about Rihanna, the freedom her fans give her and that inevitable solo career.
Q. How did it end up that you were singing with Rihanna on one of her songs, "California King Bed," on the ACMs?
A. We were trying to do something fun for the ACMs and we reached out to her and she said, "I have this great song. I would love to do it with you. It has more of an acoustic base and I think song-wise you'd sound great on it." So I gave it a listen and I was like "Sure, we could kill that." That was a super-fun performance to do. How exciting to perform with Rihanna and to be able to show people - and hopefully bring some of her fans - that country music is young and fun and hip and "Hey, c'mon over, jump on in, the water's fine."
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