Elton
John with Dua Lipa "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" Unveiled
Elton
John and Dua Lipa have unveiled their new collaboration
"Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)." The track is available now here.
A joyous and blissful dance cut, "Cold Heart" sees two of the
world’s most celebrated artists come together on record for
the first time. The seed of the collaboration was planted after
Dua invited Elton for an Instagram live discussing his experiences
with Studio 54 ahead of her remix album Club Future Nostalgia.
A shared respect and subsequent friendship blossomed which saw
Elton appear as a guest on Dua’s record breaking Studio 2054
live stream. Dua subsequently performed at The Elton John AIDS
Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, which raised over $3
million for the Foundation. Driven by the restrictions of lockdown
and a renewed passion for collaboration, Elton reached out to
Dua to work on new music together remotely.
The results of those sessions certainly live up to the billing.
"Cold Heart" is at once instantly recognizable and yet thoroughly
contemporary - a modern dance floor filler based on four of
Elton’s classic tracks expertly spliced together by Australian
electronic band and producers PNAU - "Kiss The Bride"
(originally from 1983 album Too Low For Zero), "Rocketman"
(from 1972’s Honky Chateau), "Where’s the Shoorah?" (from
1976 double album Blue Moves) and "Sacrifice" (from 1989’s
Healing Hands). PNAU previously achieved an acclaimed
UK number 1 in 2012 with the Elton Versus PNAU album Good
Morning to the Night.
Elton John says: “The last 18 months have been hard, but
being off the road has meant that I’ve actually had time to
get back to my roots as a session player and collaborate with
some wonderful artists. And having the opportunity to spend
time with Dua, albeit remotely, has been incredible. She’s given
me so much energy. She’s a truly wonderful artist, and person,
absolutely bursting with creativity and ideas. The energy she
brought to ‘Cold Heart’ just blew my mind.”
Dua Lipa says: “Ever since we first 'met' online, we totally
clicked. Elton is such an inspirational artist and also has
the naughtiest sense of humour – a perfect combination. It has
been an absolute honour and privilege to collaborate on this
track with him. It’s so very special, with some of my very favourite
Elton John classic songs combined – I loved being part of such
a creative and joyous experience. Can’t wait to hear it everywhere
this summer.”
PNAU say: “Setting a stage for the two greatest performers
in the world today Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa, we knew we had
to go in deep, take them into our world, the psychedelic lazer
black lit club. Where all of us can meet on the dance floor,
forget the outside and lose ourselves in the healing waters
of music and love eternal.”
The
single will be accompanied by a stunning video created by Hamburg
based animator and director Raman Djafari. Watch the video HERE.
The video sees animated versions of Elton and Dua stepping into
a dynamic and euphoric world before separating as their planets
drift apart. A beautifully drawn, wistful and, at times, trippy
parallel to the last year and a half in lockdown, the video
reaches its moving and joyous climax as the characters are reunited.
After 18 months when many artists have battened down the hatches
and waited for the covid clouds to lift, Elton and Dua have
continued to push boundaries and defy any expectations. And
with the release of "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" the world has
the perfect optimistic and joyous summer anthem to usher back
the good times.
ABOUT
ELTON JOHN
Elton’s career achievements to date are unsurpassed in their
breadth and longevity. Elton is one of the top- selling solo
artists of all time, with 1 diamond, 40 platinum or multi-platinum,
and 23 gold albums, over 50 Top 40 hits, and he has sold more
than 300 million records worldwide. He holds the record for
the biggest-selling single of all time, “Candle in the Wind
1997," which sold over 33 million copies. Diamonds the
Ultimate Greatest Hits album, reached the Top 5 of the UK album
charts on its release in November 2017, becoming Elton’s 40th
UK Top 40 album in the process. This release celebrated 50 years
of his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. August 2018
saw Elton named as the most successful male solo artist in Billboard
Hot 100 chart history, having logged 67 entries, including nine
No. 1s and 27 Top 10s. Elton announced the ‘Farewell Yellow
Brick Road’ tour at New York’s Gotham Hall in January 2018.
Encompassing 5 continents, and over 350 dates, this 3-year-long
tour started in September 2018 and marks his retirement from
touring after more than 50 years on the road. In 2019 it was
named Billboard’s Top Rock Tour and Pollstar’s Major Tour Of
The Year. To date, Elton has delivered more than 4,000 performances
in more than 80 countries since launching his first tour in
1970. 2019 also saw the release of Rocketman and global
bestselling autobiography, ‘ME.' An epic fantasy musical motion
picture of Elton’s life, Rocketman has been a commercial
and critical hit, taking close to $200m at the box office. It
has won an Oscar, two Golden Globe Awards and a Critics’ Choice
Award and garnered BAFTA nominations. Its soundtrack was also
nominated for a GRAMMY Award.
ABOUT DUA LIPA
Since the release of her first single in 2015, Dua Lipa has
become one of the music world’s hottest young artists. Her eponymous
debut album has eclipsed 6 million sales worldwide, with overall
global single sales reaching 80 million and with over 8 billion
streams on Spotify alone. She made BRIT Award history in 2018
as the first female artist to pick up five nominations, with
two wins for British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo
Artist. She then went on to receive two Grammy awards for Best
New Artist and Best Dance Recording for “Electricity,” her collaboration
with Silk City the following year.
Her sophomore album Future Nostalgia was released in
March 2020. It has now exceeded 4 million sales worldwide, has
been certified platinum in the UK, US, Brazil, France and many
more territories and includes the massive worldwide hits "Don’t
Start Now," "Physical," "Levitating" and "Break My Heart." Dua
currently tops Spotify’s artist chart as the most streamed female
artist on the platform and is the fourth biggest artist overall
with over 66 million monthly listeners. Future Nostalgia
now has 7 billion streams across all platforms worldwide. Dua
received 6 nominations at the 2021 Grammy Awards, winning the
award for Best Pop Vocal Album. She also scooped ‘Best Solo
Female’ & ‘Album of the Year’ at the 2021 BRIT Awards, making
her a 5-time BRIT Award winner. Future Nostalgia has
spent 50 weeks in the UK Top 10 since release.
ABOUT PNAU
PNAU is the multi-platinum-selling, ARIA award-winning electronic
act of Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun, Vlossom, Teenager),
Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore, famed for their extensive career
born out of the underground clubs and festival dancefloors of
Australia. PNAU also hold the acclaimed title of giving Elton
John his first UK No.1 album in 22 years when they collaborated
with the legendary Rocketman on the 2012 album Good Morning
To The Night. With a catalogue of their own hits and multiple
albums behind them, PNAU have enjoyed a powerful renaissance
over the past few years, with multi-platinum hits "Go Bang"
and "Chameleon" becoming inescapable on the airwaves in their
home country of Australia and climbing the Billboard Dance charts
in the U.S. 2019 singles "Solid Gold" and "All Of Us," embedded
PNAU as the most cutting edge electronic act to watch on a global
scale, finding a loyal fan base amongst the most influential
decision makers at BBC Radio 1, triple j and streaming services
across the globe.
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