Olly Murs says Demi Lovato was the 'perfect match' for collaboration

Olly Murs believes Demi Lovato was the "perfect" collaborator for his song 'Up'.

The duo worked on the track for the Brit's 2014 album 'Never Been Better'.

Speaking to Radio.com, Murs said that Lovato was one of the first artists discussed for the tune.

He said: "We were both on [the X Factor], but I’d never met her before. We sat in the room and we were thinking about artists, and when we said Demi Lovato, we all agreed that she was perfect. Demi was brilliant. It was just a perfect match.

"We had lots in common, great laughs, and the way that she sings, to have that on the song was brilliant."

Speaking meanwhile about writing with hitmaker Ryan Tedder for the album, Murs added:

"He was in America at the time, and I was obviously in the studio here in London. There was a massive time difference, eight hours. I hadn’t even recorded his song yet.

"Basically he wanted to come on a Skype call with me, we had all the chats and stuff about it, and he was like, ‘Right – let’s go in the studio and sing it’. Then I had to sing his song on the studio with him on Skype. That’s the art of technology, isn’t it? It was like doing an audition – it was f*cking bonkers."

Watch the video for Olly Murs' 'Up' below: