The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the ever-busy Klum to find out how it all came together, whether it signals more music to come for the multi-hyphenate and how Rod Stewart ended up in her spam folder. The result is “Chai Tea With Heidi,” a dance track from DJ duo WeddingCake featuring rhymes by Snoop Dogg, a man who seems to be everywhere as of late (including a surprise cameo at the Golden Globes nominations announcement to next month’s Super Bowl). For the 17th season, producers stayed in-house by asking longtime host and executive producer Heidi Klum to take a spin at the mic. I’m just like, “Let’s go for it.Germany’s Next Top Model has licensed tracks to use as its theme song from name acts like Rihanna, Britney Spears, The Weeknd and Bruno Mars. What can happen, that people don’t like it? You can’t always please everyone. I mean, you’re here for only such a short time, right? You have to follow your dreams and do the things that you want to do. Reaching always for the stars! Why not? I would do all of it. I love that you’re going straight for the Super Bowl. If someone has the sniffles and can’t do it, I can fill in.

But I’m ready to go and perform this with Snoop at the Super Bowl. Will you perform it on “America’s Got Talent?” She was like, “Oh my God, what can you not do?” I have sent it to him, but I haven’t heard back from him yet. Three days later, we mash it all up together and we had “Chai Tea With Heidi.” This literally is like, one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done. He went right in the vocal booth and started rapping. Fast forward and I’m in Inglewood and played it for Snoop. He was like, “Let’s make it happen.” I got together with WeddingCake and we recorded some stuff, including me singing an homage to “Baby Jane” from Rod Stewart over the track. I called Snoop Dogg and said, “You’re on the top of my bucket list” and told him the idea. Working with Snoop Dogg has always been a dream of mine. I was like, “Snoop Dogg, of course.” Anyone who knows me knows I love hip-hop. I’m always up stepping out of my comfort zone, doing something different. They were like, “Why don’t you give it a go? And I’m like, “Great.” What should we do? What can we do different? My producers were like, “Why don’t you do something fabulous for the next season? Why don’t you sing the theme song?” We’ve had Lady Gaga, we had Britney Spears, we had Coldplay, we’ve had Bruno Mars, we’ve had Justin Bieber, we’ve had all these amazing people. Last summer, I was in Germany at our big finale for “Topmodel.” We’re exhausted in the dressing room, but also kind of thinking already about next year.

Let’s get to your new song with Snoop Dogg. You’re making me feel so much better about getting on it.

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