Westlife-Carey collaboration a 'shambles'

Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden has slammed the boyband's collaboration with Mariah Carey as "a shambles".

Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden has slammed the boyband's collaboration with Mariah Carey as "a shambles".

McFadden, who left the Irish group earlier this year to pursue a solo career, believes musicians should only ever team up to record a track together if the moment is right.

And the 24-year-old star still cringes at the memory of Westlife and Carey's cover of Phil Collins' Against All Odds.

He says: "I don't think collaborations should ever be pre-planned. When Westlife did it with Mariah Carey it ended up being a shambles.

"The best collaborations are when you just realise it should be one and it just happens."

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