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Nile Rodgers says Miley Cyrus could feature on new Chic album

Nile Rodgers has suggested that Miley Cyrus could be among the features on the next Chic album.

The guitarist is working on the legendary group's new record 'It's About Time', which is expected to land in June.

Speaking in a new interview with Digital Spy, Rodgers said that acts such as Sir Elton John, Janelle Monae and Cyrus could star on the studio effort.

He said: "Here's how it looks like it's working out, but it's not locked in stone...

"I'm still going to do the song 'Queen' that I had written years ago for Diana Ross. I played it for her son Evan, who's awesomely cool, who said, 'Mum, you've got to do that song!' 

"But then last week I played with Elton John and he was killing! I've played with Elton 20 times in my life, but it was the first time I played with him with Chic. It was ridiculous - he should be my other piano player! He was killing!

"So then he said, 'I would love to work with you', and I said, 'Hey, I have a song written in a four part harmony, and if you sing the baritone part, I'll sing the falsetto top and the bottom below you'. So Elton is probably now going to be on that song.

"I just finished a song with Janelle Monae and she was just killing every part I gave her. She just nailed it. What's great about her is that it's old school. There's no Auto-Tune or anything like that, it was just singing and it's right.

"I've also become really good friends with Miley Cyrus, who sings her ass off! All of this stuff just happened in the last few days, and I'm thinking, 'Wait a minute, these people are amazing. Why am I going to fool around?' 

"So I just called up Miley and was like, 'Yo Miley do you want to do this?' [And she's like] 'Yeah!'."

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