Lady Gaga and Elton John are working on a new collaboration and, according to a source close to both parties, the track is “about as far away from ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Candle in the Wind’ as you can get”.
The pair have previously worked together on the Gaga track “Sine From Above”, which featured on the pop star’s 2020 album Chromatica. While that track does randomly break into drum and bass toward the end, a new version of the song apparently takes their exploration of the genre a step further.
In a recent interview, the source says that the 74-year-old musician’s collab with Lady Gaga on “Sine From Above” “took everyone by surprise”, but adds that the upcoming remix “will leave them speechless” and in “shock”.
“It’s gone from a pop dance track to extreme hardcore drum and bass,” they explain.
Elton John also recently joined Dua Lipa for a club-ready mash-up with the electronic trio PNAU, titled “Cold Heart”. In June, meanwhile, he joined an all-star lineup – including Miley Cyrus, Yo-Yo Ma, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and Metallica’s Robert Trujillo – for another stylistic departure, covering the Metallica track “Nothing Else Matters”.
While we wait for his “extreme hardcore drum and bass” track with Lady Gaga to drop, revisit their original Chromatica collaboration below.