Elton John, 78, ‘broke down’ over his mortality writing new album: ‘How much time have I got left?’

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the “Smartless” podcast.“I’m writing the verse, like, ‘Oh, this is really pretty,'” he continued. “And then I get to the chorus and of course it’s about my death.”“When you get to my age, which is near 100, you think, ‘How much time have I got left?’”The “Rocket Man” singer then admitted that he really “started thinking about mortality” and ultimately got emotional for nearly an hour after his thoughts turned to his husband, David Furnish, 62, and their two sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12.“You’ve got children, you’ve got a wonderful husband, you just think about mortality,” he said during the podcast. “And so when I got to the chorus, I just broke down for 45 minutes – and it’s all on film.”Carlile, 43, described John’s breakdown as both “really human” and “embarrassing.”“I want everybody to see it because it’s really human, like deeply flawed and embarrassing,” Carlile told podcast hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. “And the kind of s–t that you do when you forget that there is a camera on is what’s really interesting,” she added.A video of John’s “tantrum” made the rounds in February, with the Grammy winner calling himself “a nightmare” during their studio session.The “Tiny Dancer” singer’s new collaborative album with Carlile is titled “Who Believes in Angels?” and the record is scheduled to be released on April 4.