Chris & Morgane Stapleton Talk Working With Dua Lipa & Wanting To Work With Harry Styles & Paul McCartney | ACM Awards 2024 - video Dailymotion

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Chris & Morgane Stapleton caught up with Billboard's Melinda Newman on the Winners Walk at the ACM Awards 2024.

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00:00I am here with Chris and Morgan Stapleton, winners of Album of the Year, and then Chris

00:07also won Male Vocalist of the Year, and Songwriter Artist of the Year.

00:12That's correct.

00:13Do I have that right?

00:14Yes.

00:15So let's start by talking about Album of the Year.

00:16You guys are very used to being on stage together, but what was it like to have your wife co-produce

00:22you with Dave Cutler?

00:24Well she always kind of has, and now she's giving credit where credit is due, and it

00:29feels great to, it was great to watch her get to life, you know, and she deserved it

00:35every day.

00:36So talk about it from your angle.

00:37Were you like, you know I've always kind of been there, can I actually get credit for

00:42it?

00:43What were the discussions in the Stapleton household like?

00:47You know, it started maybe a while back, and I was hesitant, because don't try to fix something

00:58that isn't broken, in a way, and I never do well, maybe, in that spotlight that he's

01:07talking about, it's not my most comfortable place, but you know, I thought about my kids,

01:15this go-around, and how I wanted to represent my work, how I want them to view that, and

01:22it felt right.

01:23It felt right, so they could see my name beside their daddy's, and that was kind of the impetus

01:29for me.

01:30I think that's one of the most beautiful answers I've ever heard, because it's showing to your

01:37children that you can achieve dreams, you can be a parent, you can work, you can kind

01:43of do it all, and you should really go for it, and it's important for them to see that

01:48in you.

01:49Exactly, yeah, well said.

01:50Sorry, I took up a little too much space there.

01:51No, no, well said.

01:52So, from here on out, are you going to be working with Dave, and you'll be listed from

01:53here on out on the album?

01:54You know what?

01:55I'm not going to commit to it.

01:56If Chris wanted to go make a record with anybody, I think he could.

01:57But if it ain't broke?

01:58No, I mean, Chris Mayer, you sang, and she's finally getting the recognition that she deserved

01:59all along.

02:00Right, right.

02:01Yeah.

02:02Yeah.

02:03Well, you know, I am a big fan, and I do love what she does, and I can't do what I

02:30do without her, ever.

02:31So, yeah, it's important.

02:32It's important to me that people see that, not just standing on stage on a piece of paper,

02:33or with an award.

02:34Let's talk about the other woman in your life tonight.

02:35Okay.

02:36What we're hearing is that Dua Lipa came to you, and was like, I really want to perform

02:37with you.

02:38Well, she contacted the ACMs, and the ACMs contacted us, and we're like, well, of course,

02:39let's hop on the phone, and we're like, yeah, let's do it.

02:40Yeah.

02:41Yeah.

02:42And we knew immediately that, from one conversation with her, about what we might do, that it

02:43was going to be a good thing.

02:44And she's very busy promoting her own record right now, and so we really didn't know what

02:45to expect.

02:46So, yeah, it's important to me that people see that, not just standing on stage on a

02:47piece of paper, or with an award.

02:48Let's talk about the other woman in your life tonight.

02:49Okay.

02:50Yeah.

02:51What we're hearing is that Dua Lipa came to you, and was like, I really want to perform

02:52with you.

02:53Well, she contacted the ACMs, and the ACMs contacted us, and we're like, well, of course,

02:54let's hop on the phone, and we're like, yeah, let's do it.

02:55Yeah.

02:56And we knew immediately that, from one conversation with her, about what we might do, that it

02:57was going to be a good thing, and she's very busy promoting her own record right now, and

03:11so we really didn't finalize what we were going to do, or really make up a good portion

03:16of it, until like two days ago.

03:18So we kind of created this thing together in the last two days, and then kind of, here

03:24it is.

03:26So you're kind of becoming the go-to person for a pop artist, like whether it's Adele,

03:31whether it's Dua Lipa, you are the choice for the absolute top female pop artist.

03:37I'll take it.

03:38I'll take it.

03:39So who's next on your wish list?

03:40Who's next on my wish list?

03:41Oh, you know.

03:42I feel like we have a door is always open policy.

03:43Yeah.

03:44I think, you know, call us, and we'll figure something out.

03:45You were going to say something.

03:46I cut you off, though.

03:47What was it?

03:48I don't know now.

03:49I don't know.

03:50I don't know.

03:51I don't know.

03:52I don't know.

03:53I don't know.

03:54I don't know.

03:55I don't know.

03:56I don't know.

03:57I don't know.

03:58I don't know now.

03:59I always wind up saying somebody like Paul McCartney or somebody, you know, like hero

04:00people.

04:01Paul McCartney.

04:02Put it out there.

04:03Paul McCartney.

04:04I've put it in the universe a couple times.

04:05Have you met him?

04:06I've never met Paul McCartney.

04:07I've been to some shows, but I've never met him.

04:08We're putting that out in the universe right now.

04:09Yeah.

04:10Yeah.

04:11Paul McCartney.

04:12I like that.

04:13Harry Styles, we've mentioned a few times.

04:14I mentioned him.

04:15Yeah, Harry.

04:16Oh, now that.

04:17Now, how has that not happened yet?

04:18I don't know.

04:19There was some chatter, I think, even from him at one point, but Harry's a great one.

Chris & Morgane Stapleton Talk Working With Dua Lipa & Wanting To Work With Harry Styles & Paul McCartney | ACM Awards 2024

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