Fans have been anxious since the beginning of August. And your waiting will soon be rewarded. Elton John unveiled Friday night, on social media, the cover of his next single, hold me closer, a duet with Britney Spears. Revealing, by the way, its release date, August 26, next Friday.
On the cover, two photographs of the child pop stars have been placed side by side. Britney Spears wears a striking pink tutu, while Elton John sits smiling in front of a piano, dressed in a suit jacket and shorts. The English artist also published a more recent snapshot of him and the American singer, during a party organized in 2013 by his foundation against AIDS.
On the TikTok social network, very popular among teenagers, Elton John also published an excerpt from this collaboration. We can hear the characteristic childish voice of the interpreter of baby one more time to overlap that more serious of Elton John to a dance rhythm.
The musical comeback of Britney Spears
hold me closer is a remix of the hit Little Dancer by Elton John, from the album crazy across the water released in 1971. In the excerpt streamed on TikTok, we can hear the two singers repeat the chorus from the original song: “Hold me closer, little ballerina / Count the headlights on the road.”
Last summer, the English star had already updated two of his titles, rocket man Y Sacrificethat had been gathered in the room cold heart, recorded pop star Dua Lipa. She had topped the charts in the UK, US, and Australia, among others.
the output ofhold me closer will mark the official return of Britney Spears to the music scene, since her last studio album Glory, in 2016. In 2020, however, the princess of pop had released three unpublished works of this work. It will be above all the first song of hers since the media lifted her guardianship in November 2021.
Source: BFM TV
