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Culture May 25, 2018

Sting and Shaggy open up on music collaboration: 'The magic just happened'

WATCH: Catching up with Sting and Shaggy on 'GMA'

Artists Sting and Shaggy performed live together in Central Park on Friday and revealed how their unlikely "bromance" formed.

"I asked him to do one record with me and the magic just happened," Shaggy said today on "Good Morning America."

.@OfficialSting and @DiRealShaggy rocked our @KingsHawaiian Party in the Park! https://t.co/XXZoXjMU7H #STINGonGMA #SHAGGYonGMA pic.twitter.com/OrKvmpQKp1

— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 25, 2018

.@OfficialSting and @DiRealShaggy on ???? this morning at our Party in the Park!#STINGonGMA #SHAGGYonGMA pic.twitter.com/c4mUMDeBHB

— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 25, 2018

Sting chimed in, "We had fun with it...didn't seem like work, just fun."

Shaggy said this isn't the duo's first collaboration together. The "Boombastic" singer said he once jumped on the stage with Sting and the pair performed "Roxanne" together.

COMING UP: @OfficialSting and @DiRealShaggy are taking over Central Park! We can't wait! #STINGonGMA #SHAGGYonGMA pic.twitter.com/rQ1e0N8gkf

— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 25, 2018

Sting and Shaggy are heading on tour together this summer. Their new album "4-4-8-7-6" is out now.