Brian McFadden has admitted he had never heard of new girlfriend
Delta Goodrem before they worked together on a track. He heard one of her songs on the radio in a taxi and asked the driver who it was. He then approached her record label about a possibly duet - who said no. So he then sent a demo tape straight to the Aussie singer, and she agreed to collaborate.
McFadden told Radio 1: "I made a demo and I sent it straight to
Australia to her. She received it and she had no idea who I was, because Westlife were never big in Australia. So she listened to the song and she loved it, we got a phone call about four days later saying she wanted to do it. I suppose the song is how we met. But when we're doing the song now it's still a professional relationship. We're going out promoting together and whatever happens in our private life is a separate thing altogether."
The
McFadden / Goodrem duet, 'Almost Here', was released on Monday.