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Hear Elton John and Britney Spears Team Up on ‘Hold Me Closer’
After weeks of speculation, Elton John and Britney Spears‘ long-rumored collaboration “Hold Me Closer” has finally arrived. Produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut, the track is built around John’s 1972 classic “Tiny Dancer” and his ’90s song “The One,” and features new vocals from John and Spears. Its cover photo sports photos of both artists as children: Spears in a pink ballet costume and John sitting at an old upright wooden piano. [embedded content][embedded content] For Spears, “Hold Me Closer” marks her return to music following a years-long battle over her conservatorship. “Okie dokie — my first song in 6 years!!!!,” a jubilant Spears wrote on Twitter. “It’s pretty damn cool that I’m singing with one of the most classic men of our time!!!! I’m kinda overwhelmed. It’s a big deal to me!!!...
Eddie Vedder Takes a Look Inside on the Compelling Earthling
“Are you ready for a bit of Echo Victor?” a reverberating Eddie Vedder announces at the top of his third solo album Earthling, invoking the radio alphabet code for “EV.” And all at once, it’s clear this is the Pearl Jam frontman’s 13-song transmission from beyond our world, our time, our lives, and our dimension. He is calling out into the universe with his own Voyager Golden Record to share what it is to be human here on our planet. Or is it nakedly in a dreamlike alternate timeline where the ‘90s are in the future, and everything all is a warm, analog avocado-and-harvest-gold rave-up visited by legends like Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr, and touched by love and loss equally? This is Major Tom beyond ground control, the man who fell from Earth. In the capsule out in the cosmic oc...
Eddie Vedder Unveils New Song ‘Long Way’ From New Album Earthling
It’s been a long time since Eddie Vedder released a proper solo album—10 years to be precise. After that long layoff, “Long Way” is your first taste of what’s to come. The Pearl Jam frontman’s new track was a collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt (who, when we spoke with him last December, made no mention of the collab, but did mention new albums with Miley Cyrus and Ozzy Osbourne). The track comes from Vedder’s upcoming album, Earthling, which doesn’t have a release date yet. Fans can pre-order a special limited edition 7-inch vinyl featuring “Long Way” and a soon-to-be-released track, “The Haves,” via Pearl Jam’s Ten Club. This fall, Vedder will perform with Pearl Jam at a string of festivals, including the Sea.Hear.Now. Festival on September 18 and both with and w...
Andrew Watt on His Breakout Year, Producing Ozzy Osbourne and Miley Cyrus
Andrew Watt has learned to accept change. The Long Island-born, L.A.-based producer has had a monster year, even if his body yearns for its younger days. “I think my body just woke up and said you have to pee now!” Watt tells SPIN. “Before I turned 30, I’d work in the afternoon all through the night. Now, I’m up at 8:30 and laying down tracks by 10.” It’s certainly been a whirlwind year for Watt. At the top, he produced Ozzy Osbourne’s latest solo album, Ordinary Man, which featured a wide array of guests (like Watt’s pal Post Malone, Elton John, Slash and Tom Morello), along with a band that included Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan. Andrew Watt at the 2019 American Music Awards playing with Ozzy Osbourne CREDIT: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp...
