Elton John would love to collaborate with Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish and more: “They’ve just ruled it”

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Elton John has shared that he would love to collaborate with the likes of Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish and more.While speaking to Variety in a new interview, the pop icon – who has recently retired from touring but is still in the studio working on music – spoke about the artists – mainly female pop artists – with whom he would love to work.“There are plenty of young singers around.

I mean, this has been the summer of the great female singers and songwriters. Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and Gracie Abrams — they’ve just ruled it,” John told the outlet. “They’ve made records that are really good songs, and they brought a lot of joy to the people.

And the songs are really good songs, so I’m happy to sing with any of those people.”The ‘Crocodile Rock’ hitmaker then went on to praise Swift, calling her the biggest “phenomenon” since The Beatles.After being asked if he would be open to doing a duet with the ‘Bejeweled’ singer, John said: “She’s a great songwriter, she’s a great artist and she’s a phenomenon.

I’ve never seen a phenomenon like that since the Beatles, and she works her ass off, so good luck. Good luck to her.”Previously speaking to NME about his 2021 collaborative studio album ‘The Lockdown Sessions’, John shared: “I thought, ‘I’m becoming a session musician again like I was 54 years ago and it feels good.’ I had no restrictions, and I actually loved playing on other people’s records.