Elton John told Brandi Carlile to “fuck off” and “smashed his iPad” during tense duets album sessions

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Elton John smashed his iPad and told Brandi Carlile to “fuck off” during the making of their collaborative album ‘Who Believes In Angels?’.Announced on Wednesday (February 5), the record is set for release on April 4 via Island EMI and includes collaborations from Andrew Watt and John’s longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.

Visit here to pre-order it.It comes as a follow-up to the legendary artist’s 2021 album, ‘The Lockdown Sessions’, and includes the new title track as well as the 2025 Oscar-nominated song ‘Never Too Late’, which was created especially for the Disney+ documentary of the same name.Now, in a new interview, both John and Carlile have opened up about the making of the album, and revealed that the studio sessions led to some particularly tense moments.“I’m 77.

If I don’t push myself, what’s the point of carrying on? Just be ‘Elton John’ for the rest of my life? [That] would have filled me with absolute fucking horror,” the singer-songwriter and pianist told The Guardian. “I could do an ‘Elton John’ record easily.

That’s what I didn’t want to do any more. I wanted a challenge.”According to a description, work on the album started in Los Angeles in October 2023 and came together in less than three weeks.