Elton John said his latest project was so secret that not even he was allowed to speak about it but it was spoiled anyway by his collaborator Ed Sheeran .
The rock icon told NME he has been working on a Christmas song with Sheeran for release during the upcoming holiday season.
I was sworn to secrecy and then big mouth fucking Sheeran goes to the Netherlands, John said, referring to an interview Sheeran gave to Dutch radio station NPO Radio 2, where he spilled the beans.
Sheeran told NPO Radio 2 that John called him last Christmas after his 1973 hit Step Into Christmas reached the Top 10 again, according to Insider .
He said, Step Into Christmas is No. 6 in the charts, Sheeran told the station . I want to do another Christmas song will you do it with me?
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Sheeran said he didnt feel it at first.
Ive never really wanted to do a Christmas song, he said, according to Billboard , but the death of a friend made him reconsider. It really just hit home how stuff can just change overnight.
There was also another factor: Elton John.
I was like, Why the fuck am I not doing a Christmas song with Elton John? I might not be here tomorrow, this will be a fucking great way to celebrate Christmas, he said.
Theres no release date yet.
We havent finished it yet, so theres still work to be done, John told NME. I cant say any more than that because its in his hands.
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Sheeran said in a separate interview in September that he had written three songs with John and one of them is out of this world.
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Elton John just released his latest disc, The Lockdown Sessions , which is a series of collaborations with other artists. Sheerens = album comes out this week.
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