Diane Warren has been collaborating with Chrissy Metz on the actress’ upcoming album, but their working relationship didn’t exactly get off on the most auspicious foot. The legendary songwriter penned “I’m Standing with You” from Metz’s film “Breakthrough.” The “This Is Us” star sings the tune, but Warren initially didn’t want Metz near it.
“I did not want Chrissy at all to sing the song because I thought, ‘Oh, man, another actress wants to sing,’” Warren quipped at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Music panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “And I’ve never seen her show, I’ve never seen ‘This Is Us.’ I was like, ‘Can we get Carrie Underwood?’ who’s under Universal Nashville. ‘Can we get whatever’ — I went through their whole roster. And they were like, ‘No, it has to be Chrissy. Can you just try her?’ I was like,...
“I did not want Chrissy at all to sing the song because I thought, ‘Oh, man, another actress wants to sing,’” Warren quipped at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Music panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “And I’ve never seen her show, I’ve never seen ‘This Is Us.’ I was like, ‘Can we get Carrie Underwood?’ who’s under Universal Nashville. ‘Can we get whatever’ — I went through their whole roster. And they were like, ‘No, it has to be Chrissy. Can you just try her?’ I was like,...
- 11/8/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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