British singer Olly Murs has revealed that singing for Ryan Tedder made him really nervous, but he learned a lot from the creative partnership and is excited about the song they created. 

Speaking to Idolator about his new single 'Seasons', which was written by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, Murs confessed that his first recording of the track didn't please Tedder and he was given some constructive criticism on how to improve it:

"I didn’t write this song. Ryan Tedder wrote it with his team of writers in LA. It was actually the last song that was given to me. I went to the studio, recorded the song and then I got a phone call saying “Ryan Tedder wants to talk to you tonight and we’ll do it at a studio in London because he might want you to tweak a few bits in the song.” I was like “That’s fair enough. It’s his song.”"

"I drove right into London, my voice is a bit sore because I had been singing that day and all of a sudden I’m there talking to Ryan Tedder, someone that I really admire on FaceTime, so I’m like, “Oh what’s up?” He’s like “Okay cool, so what we’re thinking is… I listened to your version and you didn’t quite nail it. I want to do it again.” I was like, “Okay, well what bits do you want to change?” He was like “The whole thing.”"

The heartthrob went onto add that singing for Tedder felt like auditioning because he is such a well-respected songwriter and music star: "He felt that I needed to give it an extra ten, fifteen percent. Without a shadow of a doubt he got fifteen, ten percent out of me. Then I had to pick up this Skype thing. I was like “Okay well I’ll do the song again.” He’s like “Okay well, I want to be here for it.” I had to pick up Skype and walk him into the vocal booth and he was sat there the whole time. It was like me auditioning for Ryan Tedder. It was amazing."

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Watch Murs' video for 'Seasons' below: