![]() ![]() Stitching together John’s older classics with Lipa’s modern sound was Australian dance-pop trio, Pnau, who reworked John’s celebrated harmonies to create “Cold Heart.” Pnau is Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore - long time Sir Elton mentees, and veterans of John collaborations thanks to their work on his first remix album, 2012’s Good Morning to the Night. History has proven that the formula used to construct ‘Cold Heart’ comes from a hugely successful past from a legendary artist.” Tear adds, “ younger audience can be unforgiving and quick to judge, they want a great piece of music on first listen. He also suspects Elton John’s 2019 biopic, Rocketman, also had a hand in catapulting the mashup track to new and younger audiences: “I think ‘Rocket Man’ is Elton’s most iconic song that spans multiple generations, and the recent movie gave it new life.” Zellner says that he began to notice “Cold Heart” gain traction quickly, first with younger demographics and then in pop airplay. We’re not surprised - it’s a great piece of music, and we’re glad it’s being received so well.” Then add being paired with a pop now artist that’s thriving and you’ve got a hit. ![]() ![]() ![]() “‘Cold Heart” had this great melodic flow,” adds Alex Tear, vice president of pop music & programming at SiriusXM, “topped off with Elton’s proven lyrics, and vocal swag. Now it seems, the future of music is in the past - at least that proves to be the fundamental lesson of “Cold Heart,” which sees John and Lipa trading off lyrics from earlier Elton John tracks, most notably 1972’s “Rocket Man” and 1989’s “Sacrifice.” (It also interpolates 1976’s “Where’s the Shoorah” & 1983’s “Kiss the Bride”). ” While Dua Lipa has had a recent string of hits at all three formats, it had been 21 years since John last visited the Hot 100 - with “Someday Out of the Blue,” which peaked at No. Jon Zellner, president of programming operations at iHeartMedia, tells Billboard in an email that he believed the song would find its niche in some radio formats, but didn’t expect to see John in the top 40: “I thought the song had a lot of potential at, but I was surprised to see its success at and even. The same can be said for the impact the song's success had on John.Pnau's Nick Littlemore Talks Elton John Collaboration, New Empire of The Sun Music He also revealed that she had "given so much energy," per People, noting that she's a "truly wonderful artist" who is "absolutely bursting with creativity and ideas." Clearly, they both had quite an impact on each other. However, he asserted that "it was her professionalism and her humility that really struck" him. I just took to her immediately." He went on to say that Lipa "has a certain energy that kind of reflected and inspired" him. Calling their work together "a creative and joyous experience," she was excited for the world to hear what they had created together.Īs for John, he opened up about what he thought of Lipa on "The Lockdown Sessions," saying, "She was the most professional, brilliant, well‐rehearsed, humble, fabulous, glamorous, beautiful person. It has been an absolute honor and privilege to collaborate on this track with him," Lipa explained. "Elton is such an inspirational artist and also has the naughtiest sense of humor - a perfect combination. ![]()
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