The Weeknd Interpolated Elton John’s “Your Song” On “Scared To Live” By Accident

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The Weeknd’s “Scared to Live” is just one of many Top 40 hits from his latest album, After Hours. While it features an interpolation of Elton John’s 1970 hit, “Your Song,” it turns out the inspiration was unintentional. “It’s an interpolation—I didn’t realize it was until I made it and I was like ‘Oh sh*t!’ So he’s credited, obviously,” the XO singer explained in an interview with Variety. “Before I played it for him, I was like ‘F*ck, I hope he likes it!’ But he was freakin’, he was like, ‘Mate you’re the one!

You’re gonna be doing this for a long time!’” “Abel has his own unique artistic voice—that’s the hallmark of a genuinely great, long-term artist,” Elton John told Variety. “I’m utterly thrilled that the DNA for ‘Your Song’ has found