Keith Urban is pleased with Taylor Swift!
The nation singer, 56, praised Swift, 34, for coping with the “brutal” trials of navigating an extended profession beneath the highlight as he mentioned his admiration for the singer in a brand new interview revealed on Friday, Sept. 20.
“It’s been outstanding watching Taylor develop in public as a result of it’s fairly brutal. It seems like now folks have lengthy forgotten the entire s— she needed to undergo,” City advised U.Ok. newspaper The Times, referring to feedback on Swift’s 2010 Grammys efficiency and “critics slamming her.”
“Simply trial by fireplace time and again — and at all times getting stronger for it,” he added.
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City has a longstanding relationship with Swift after she supported him on tour again in 2009. “When she opened for us, I watched her carry out and I’m, like, ‘Oh, this lady has her sights well beyond this factor,’ ” he defined to the outlet.
The pair went on to carry out a number of instances collectively, together with on the 2014 Grammy Awards and through Swift’s 1989 tour in 2015. The “Fortnight” singer additionally invited City to re-record the tracks “That’s When (Taylor’s Model)” and “We Had been Blissful” for the 2021 re-release of her 2008 album Fearless.
City’s feedback about Swift come after he spoke to PEOPLE concerning the pop famous person in Might, following the discharge of her The Tortured Poets Department album.
“I imply, God, Taylor’s songwriting, it is so extraordinary. There’s actually no adjectives for it,” the Australian singer raved on the time. “She’s such an ideal, nice author. So this new album is simply extra proof of that in actually nice methods.”
“[Swift] does not sound like anybody,” he continued. “I like singers that you understand their voice instantly, and there’s lots of different singers that sound like them, however they do not sound like anybody.”
City additionally spoke about his “superb” expertise at Swift’s Eras Tour live performance, which he attended together with his spouse Nicole Kidman in Might 2023.
“We had the very best time,” he advised PEOPLE. “It is an incredible present. I knew it could be, nevertheless it’s an entire different stage. I imply, she’s completely on the prime of her sport. This tour is simply the very best of the very best.”