For the latest installment of his impressive collaborative series In The Room, the velvet-piped Gallant has tapped the silky-in-his-own-right Jack Garratt for a deeply soulful cover of the Janet Jackson groover “I Get Lonely.” With just an electric guitar between them, the two soloists trade verse and hook delivering a stripped down rendition letting their undeniable ranges and harmonic chemistry shine.

Asked why he chose Jack as a duet partner, Gallant says bluntly “because it’s sexy as hell” and on choosing a Janet remake, “it just made sense.” After about :30 seconds you realize he’s absolutely correct on both counts: