The Spears-John duet, an update of "Tiny Dancer," will be released Friday.
[bestowed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3IEOXqfSTM)upon her-then husband Bobby Brown. [biggest music news](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/arts/music/fn-meka-dropped-capitol-records.html) story of the last 24 hours involves an AI rapper named FN Meka being dropped from Capitol Records after conjuring racist stereotypes and saying the N-word in its music. [preview](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cho_j7RjHn3/) of the song more recently uploaded reveals an update of John’s “Tiny Dancer” with vocals by Spears merely dusted over the hook. The very nature of what makes an album is at the center of this legal battle. John sang over most of the track as he played it in public. A musical comeback is the move, and Spears teamed up with Elton John for assistance.
The Grammy award-winner performed the much-anticipated new single live at a French restaurant.
[topped the UK charts](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/elton-john-and-dua-lipa-s-cold-heart-pnau-remix-claims-number-1-on-the-official-singles-chart__34232/) in October last year. [Speaking of the forthcoming release](https://twitter.com/BritneyTheStan/status/1554439473978642433), close friend of Spears, Paris Hilton, teased that “Hold Me Closer” is going to be “iconic.” She added, “I just heard it a couple of days ago in Ibiza and it’s insane.” The Grammy award-winner shared a [“sneak peek” clip of the song](https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmsgvAjY-_/) on social media, in which he performs the forthcoming single at the La Guerite restaurant in Cannes, France. On August 19, the “Rocket Man” performer confirmed the highly-speculated Spears duet was indeed on the way, sharing [the single’s official artwork](https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1560673022846988289) that features childhood photos of himself and Spears. [John’s official TikTok account](https://www.tiktok.com/@eltonjohn/video/7133693045412826414?) on August 22. [Sir Elton John](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/elton-john-performance-at-princess-dianas-funeral-almost-didnt-happen) performed a live rendition of “ [Hold Me Closer](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/britney-spears-elton-john-are-reportedly-collaborating-on-new-music-tiny-dancer)” featuring [Britney Spears](https://www.bustle.com/articles/71609-britney-spears-complete-hair-evolution-will-give-you-all-the-feels).
Sir Elton John asks a French restaurant DJ to play his Britney Spears duet and streams the reactions.
"People have no idea the awful things that were done to me personally," she wrote. In a series of Instagram posts last year, she said she was "staying clear" of the music industry. Sir Elton John has given French diners a preview of Britney Spears' first new music since the conservatorship running her life was lifted last year.
During an impromptu performance at a Cannes restaurant, John sang a portion of the modernized version of his 1971 hit, Tiny Dancer, that he recorded with Spears ...
The mother of two revealed she had been pushing for a number of years to re-record the hugely popular track but wasn't able to because of the conservatorship. She met Asghari on the set of the music video for "Slumber Party", with the pair John posted the video to Twitter and captioned the post: "Sneak peak of Hold Me Closer —out this Friday." He completed the post with a rose emoji—Britney's go-to on social media—and a rocket emoji, symbolizing him thanks to his song Rocketman. John bopped along to the dance track and revealed the verse lyrics were different to the original and it seemed the pair were singing in unison in the recorded song. [Spears teamed up with John](https://www.newsweek.com/britney-spears-return-music-announced-amid-kevin-federline-fallout-1731952) to record Hold Me Closer, a reworking of the singing legend's iconic hit.
Elton John has blessed the world with a sneak peek of his upcoming collaboration with Britney Spears – and the world is not ready.
Her last studio album was 2016’s “Glory“. [Britney Spears,](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/topic/britney-spears/) [Elton John](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/topic/elton-john/) [https://t.co/mcF8BfcsE3] Friday can’t come soon enough. “Thank you for letting us be the first one to hear your new song which will come out on Friday!” she wrote on [https://t.co/rxM8JM5CHh]
Elton John Shares a Snippet of His Anticipated Britney Spears Collab, "Hold Me Closer": The "Tiny Dancer" remake will be out soon.
[music](https://hypebae.com/music), she’s been teasing recording some for a while. I’m here to remind my white ‘classy’ family that I haven’t forgotten what they did to me nor will I ever forget! I’m gonna let you know what I mean!!!!!” “I’m reminding myself and the world of who I am!!!! In the clip John released, he’s playing the song to a crowd as he sings along. [video post](https://www.instagram.com/britneyspears/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=d25da390-d5bf-4ea1-a2d5-4402d510e73a) at the time.
Sir Elton John shared a sneak peak of his upcoming collaboration with Britney Spears titled Hold Me Closer with super excited audience in Cannes, France.
“Britney is officially back,” the source noted. “They’ve already played it for people at their record label, and everybody is freaking out. "This was Elton’s idea, and Britney is a huge fan.
Marking the first music Spears has released since her 13-year conservatorship ended in 2021, and following her ninth album Glory in 2016, “Hold Me Closer” is a ...
20 in Los Angeles. He later revealed the cover art for the single, featuring side-by-side images of him and Spears as children with Elton in a school uniform behind a piano and Spears in a pink tutu. 7 in Toronto, Canada, and continue through Nov.
To celebrate the upcoming Aug. 26 release, Britney Spears took to Instagram on Wednesday (Aug. 24) to gush over her legendary collaborator.
Most notably, the collaboration will mark Spears’ official return to music since the end of her How cool is it to be a background voice ON YOUR song !!! She continued, “Thank you for your generosity and just thinking of me to join you on such a brilliant song !!!
'Thank you for your generosity and just thinking of me to join you on such a brilliant song,' Spears wrote of her collaborator.
Sir Elton I did it thanks to your genius, creative, and legendary mind !!! How cool is it to be a background voice ON YOUR song !!! Thank you for your genorosity and just thinking of me to join you on such a brilliant song !!!
Elton John gave French diners a taste of his duet with Britney Spears during an intimate and brief performance at the La Guérite in Cannes, France.
The track combined his classic songs "Rocket Man" and "Sacrifice." The tune instantly became a hit and marked John's first No. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl) It will be Spears’ first new release since her 2016 studio album "Glory." [Britney Spears, Elton John](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/britney-spears)…here we go!," then proceeded to give a glimpse of the track. [song "Hold Me Closer"](https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/music) is a new rendition of John's classic 1971 tune "Tiny Dancer."