Nelly Furtado wants to collaborate with Taylor Swift and has a song ready! (Exclusive)

Nelly Furtado is back with new music!

Extra’s Tommy DiDario caught up with Nelly, who just announced the release of her seventh studio album, aptly titled 7, and now she’s talking about a dream collaboration with Taylor Swift!

Reacting to Taylor’s sweet fangirl accents at the 2023 MTV VMAs, Nelly said, “You know, sometimes it’s kind of surreal… I take these long breaks from music and sometimes I feel a little bit like a music librarian trapped in a pop star’s body. Every time I come back from the woods, I’m like, ‘I’m back from the woods. I’m back from my cave…’ I meet other artists and they like my music, like Taylor Swift. It’s kind of like, ‘Oh, shit, that’s cool!’… You kind of forget about it, you know, you forget about it.”

“For me, a big part of my return to music was that DJs started remixing my old stuff so much, they started remixing and remixing and remixing. And I was like, ‘Okay, it’s time to make more music,'” Nelly continued. “And then something else happened: the song started gaining traction on social media and TikTok and different generations started discovering my music. So I really felt called back into the music industry.”

When asked what it would take for a remix with her and Taylor, Nelly replied, “I have a song for Taylor… Dom Dolla produced it.”

Taylor hasn’t heard it yet, but her boyfriend Travis Kelce might be the one to send her the song.

Nelly explained, “I think Dom is friends with Travis, so let’s get it, let’s bang it.”

Furtado enjoys collaborating with artists like Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.

Is there a possible collaboration with Timbaland in the future? She said: “Honestly, I’m really happy for Tim. I think he’s on tour with Missy Elliott right now. I recently did my remix that Missy invited me to do in 2000. It’s called ‘Get Your Freak On Remix’. We did it for Tiny Desk… You know, we still talk to each other. We still support each other. And of course, we’re going to make more music.”

Nelly is also ready to work with JT again. She said, “Oh my God, of course. Yes, I love Justin… He’s just so pure. He’s such a pure artist.”

Nelly and JT remain in touch even after collaborating on Timbaland’s 2007 hit “Give It to Me.” She revealed: “Oh, I send him little messages every now and then. Yeah, I just say ‘Hey.'”

Furtado recently reached out to Timberlake and “congratulated him on his album.”

Furtado has released her first new single in seven years, called “Corazón,” and is available in English and Spanish.

She noted, “I love singing in multiple languages… But it has this really cool beat produced by T-Minus… And honestly, it’s all about community.”

In September, Nelly will release an album. “The whole recording process revolved around that,” she said. “I had to choose, God, from about 500 songs for this new album. And ‘Corazón’ was always fun for me because it really just represents me doing my thing, which is fusing different sounds together and just trying to be as festive and happy as possible. And I think that’s what the song really reflects… It’s so much fun.”

Nelly also got emotional when talking about her passion for music as a mother after taking time off to be a stay-at-home mom. She commented, “So something really important happened to me while recording this album. I became friends with all these mothers who were like rock stars, you know, I became friends with these two very special artists who are both from Colombia, Lido Pimienta and Lisa from Bomba Estereo. They’re both mothers. And I got to see them in action, just as mothers, as performers and as strong people.”

She stressed: “I think as a woman it’s important to pursue your passions, whatever they may be… I think my passion is music, I can’t live without it. My brain works much more meaningfully when I’m creating and making music… It’s messy. Anything worth having is messy.”

Furtado was close to tears and said: “But if you really want it, don’t give up on your dreams, ever.”

She added: “Our passion is what keeps us alive.”