

She’s scheduled to go on tour in North America this fall, kicking off September 28th at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall and ending with two back-to-back shows at Brooklyn Steel in New York on October 24th and 25th. Sawayama released her debut album Sawayama last year, following her Rina EP in 2017. To my mind, she’s the brightest embodiment of this: a brilliant, confidence-oozing, endlessly fascinating songwriter and performer.” He continued: “Rina doesn’t just represent the cross-cultural mix of inspiration from which the best music always thrives, but a generation who have grown up with the internet and the entire history of music at their fingertips and mix together whatever they please with real love and understanding, unconstrained by old ideas of genre or boundary.

We’ve since become friends, and it’s such a huge honor and a genuine thrill to be asked to duet with Rina. “It just blew me away from the first listen. It was made available Friday at midnight on the East Coast. Whether it's a studio release, a live performance or even allowing a sample on a rap song, Elton. Sir Elton John has had pretty much every artist queuing up to get the chance to work with him over the years. “I stopped in my tracks and thought, ‘Who is this?'” he said. Pop legends Britney Spears and Elton John have released their new duet Hold Me Closer. Elton John's 15 greatest duets ever, from George Michael to Tina Turner to Alan Partridge. John added that he first came to know Sawayama’s work when he was sent “Comme Des Garçons” for his Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music. Similar to 'Cold Heart,' John's 2021 duet with Dua Lipa, 'Hold Me Closer' features Spears' voice singing the chorus of John's 1972 hit 'Tiny Dancer' - 'Hold me closer tiny dancer/ Count the headlines on the highway' - paired with Elton's original vocal over a dance beat, with some 'woo-hoos' in the middle. Elton has been such a huge supporter from before the album, and when we finally met to record this song we clicked from the get-go. I got shivers when I heard his voice through the monitor and became emotional when he added the piano parts.
“The song means so much to both of us, and recording it together was such a special experience I will never forget. Duet For One Lyrics: Look at you, could I have been so foolish and so green / A face that smiled at every passing scene / Look at you, youre lost behind. classoverviewitem data-album-idduets>
Rina Sawayama has released a new version of her song “Chosen Family,” performed as a duet with Elton John.
