Shaboozey Talks Working With Beyoncé
Shaboozey talked to GQ about working on Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter":
GQ: You guys have also written for other artists. Obviously, Boozey had the great songs on Cowboy Carter. How different is the process of writing for other people?
Shaboozey: Technically, Beyoncé didn’t end up taking the ones I cut for her to sing, but they’re still some of my favorite songs ever. Being on the album was really cool. When I was listening to “Spaghettii,” I heard it and I was like, okay, Beyoncé is rapping. I’m not too sure what she wants me to do on this or where I’m going to fit in on this song. This isn’t really my style, my vibe. it’s Beyoncé. I can’t say no. And then the song switched up to this very dark outlaw , and I was like, I know exactly what to do. When I was done, me and the engineer looked at each other. We do this thing where we’re like, “Ooh,” this face when you’re like, “Yo, that was crazy sick.” And I was like, “Yeah, Beyoncé’s going to hear this and be like, This is fire.” And I saw her two days ago and she confirmed. She was like, “Wait, what you did on ‘Spaghettii’? Fire.”
GQ: You guys have also written for other artists. Obviously, Boozey had the great songs on Cowboy Carter. How different is the process of writing for other people?
Shaboozey: Technically, Beyoncé didn’t end up taking the ones I cut for her to sing, but they’re still some of my favorite songs ever. Being on the album was really cool. When I was listening to “Spaghettii,” I heard it and I was like, okay, Beyoncé is rapping. I’m not too sure what she wants me to do on this or where I’m going to fit in on this song. This isn’t really my style, my vibe. it’s Beyoncé. I can’t say no. And then the song switched up to this very dark outlaw , and I was like, I know exactly what to do. When I was done, me and the engineer looked at each other. We do this thing where we’re like, “Ooh,” this face when you’re like, “Yo, that was crazy sick.” And I was like, “Yeah, Beyoncé’s going to hear this and be like, This is fire.” And I saw her two days ago and she confirmed. She was like, “Wait, what you did on ‘Spaghettii’? Fire.”
