It seems Elton John isn't a fan of the current crop of Top 40 hits, claiming that "proper songs" have become "too sophisticated" for the mainstream.
Speaking to BBC Radio 6 Music, Elton revealed he is a fan of US singer-songwriter and musician Father John Misty, whose songwriting style reminds him of his own. "(Misty) reminds me a little bit of me the way he writes songs,” Elton said, adding that he was also a fan of 21-year-old Conan Gray, a rising singer-songwriter who crafts his own music. "He’s from America and he’s the only person in the American Spotify Top 50 to actually write the song without anybody else,” he said. "Everybody else there’s four or five writers on (a track) and (Conan is) going to be huge,” he predicted. “You look
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