Lionel Richie is no stranger to collaborations, but the singer's latest release is decidedly 'cooler.' Richie has teamed up with Tyra Banks on a new ice cream collab, inspired by one of his most iconic songs.
). The singer says he and Banks “developed a fabulous friendship from there,” and so it was a no-brainer when the model and TV host asked him to be a part of her new ice cream project.. “It’s almost the same as writing a song. You have musicians and arrangers and your favorites [and] in this case, I’m writing my own song/flavor,” he explains. “[There are] 100 different ways to do each flavor and you find what you like to eat and hopefully it’s what everybody else likes too.
For her part, Banks says she’s been a “lifelong Lionel Richie fan,” and has kept in close touch with the singer over the years . When it came time to selecting SMiZE Cream’s first-ever artist collaboration, Banks says Richie was “the first and only call we made.”, adding that she didn’t want to work with any random artist, but rather a. “Growing up with his music and seeing how warm and amazing he was, I just became an even bigger fan,” she says.
The supermodel-turned-entrepreneur says Richie is also the perfect collaborator thanks to his diverse fanbase. “His stratospherically popular music transcends everything,” she says, “and we wanted somebody that kids loves, teens love, mamas and daddies love, not just in America, but all around the world.”
Richie admits that he’s continually surprised by the new fans he’s making, thanks to his recent work as a judge onand hopefully through the SMiZE Cream collaboration as well. “It is one of the highlights of my career to be this far along with my journey in music and to have a 9-year-old say, ‘Hi Lionel’ — not ‘Mr. Richie,’ but ‘Lionel’ — that means I’m one of them,” he says.
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