Country music star Scotty McCreery and one of the most vibrant and talented artists who forms part of today’s rich Latin music landscape GUSI have teamed up for the Spanglish remix of McCreery’s “Why She Gotta Be Like That.”
McCreery, who himself has Latin roots (he is a quarter Puerto Rican) through his paternal grandmother, first discovered GUSI on social media, when he saw a clip of the Colombian sensation performing the song, and was immediately moved to invite him to bring his unique Latin spin to the summer-ready track.
McCreery said:
I’ve always thought it would be fun to bring the Latin part of my heritage into some of my music. I met GUSI after hearing him perform ‘Why You Gotta Be Like That’ on Instagram.
It is always flattering to have someone cover one of your songs, and he’s so talented so I asked him if he would want to bring some Latin flavor to the track. He brought so much to it. It was so much fun to do a new take on this song as a duet with GUSI, so we decided to call this version ‘Why She Gotta Be Like That.
GUSI added:
I am very grateful to Scotty and his team for inviting me to participate in this song.
For me it gives me pride to collaborate with him, since I admire his music a lot. Additionally I have grown up listening to country music and recording this song with this great performer was more than I imagined.
Written by McCreery, James McNair, and Jordan Schmidt, GUSI contributed additional lyrics and Spanish translation to the Latin mix, which is wildly infectious and will no doubt form part of the soundtrack of summer 2023.