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Double Act: Robbie Williams and Michael Bublé team up for UFO song

 
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Georgie Bradley
12 April 2013

Prepare for your hearts to melt. Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams are recording a duet for Robbie's new swing album.

Canadian crooner Bublé, whose wife Luisana Lopilato is expecting their first child, told Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper: “I don't think there's anyone in my life, at this point, who I could relate to the way I could with Robbie.

"We're around the same age, we've gone through a lot of the same things. He's just become a dad, I'm just about to. We both have problems, we both probably go too far with things we do. He just talks about it more than I do" he added.

The duet is, strangely, about UFOS. Bublé said: "It's catchy and fun, neo-swing. One of the lyrics is 'Soda pop, Yoda what?' Robbie wrote it when looking at UFOs."

Williams, who has six-month-old daughter, Theodora 'Teddy' Rose with wife Ayda Field, admitted to being in awe of his singing partner.

He told RTE.ie: "Me and Michael on the same record, I'm so excited. We're going to record a song I've written and graciously he thinks it's a good tune too and wants to be on it and I am a big-fan girl of him.

"He's quite a presence. I'm a pop star, I've got a 'character' and a 'personality' and all that but when he comes into the studio I stand back and just enjoy him being him."

Bublé added: "I really like him. He's a really real, nice, insecure, beautiful guy. I hope I'm like that. Meeting guys like that, it's really cool. Any excuse to work with him more I'll take.

"He isn't making a swing record because he thinks it's gonna sell records, he's making it because he passionately loves it. He was like a kid in front of the big band. It was awesome.''