Let’s talk about Sir Elton John. Yes, the Rocket Man himself, who’s been making headlines not just for his music, but for a deeply emotional moment that caught even him off guard. At 78, Elton’s confronting the big questions, and it’s all pouring out in his latest work.
So, picture this: Elton’s in the studio, laying down tracks for his upcoming album, “Who Believes in Angels?” Everything’s going smoothly until he hits the closing track, “When This Old World Is Done With Me.” Now, this isn’t just any song—it’s a poignant reflection on mortality, penned by his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin. As Elton delved into the lyrics, he found himself overwhelmed, breaking down in tears for a solid 45 minutes. Yes, you heard that right—45 minutes of unfiltered emotion, all caught on film.
Now, Elton’s not one to shy away from life’s realities. With two young sons, Zachary and Elijah, and his husband David Furnish, he’s acutely aware of the ticking clock. He candidly admitted to Rolling Stone UK:
“I lost it for 45 minutes. It’s all on film. I just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed… When you’re 77 years of age and you have a family, and two children, there’s only a certain amount of time you’ve got left. Hopefully, I’ve got at least another 20 years. But when you’re actually confronted on a song, it’s like, ‘Oh my God.’ It really surprised me. I wasn’t expecting it. I don’t like talking about it but you have to be realistic.”
John spent years battling drug and alcohol addiction but after overcoming those struggles, he insisted life hasn’t always been easy since then.
He said: “I didn’t think I was going to die but I knew that if I carried on, there was a good chance it was going to happen. And I woke up and smelled the roses, and things have been great since, but it doesn’t mean that I haven’t been through strife, operations and everything like that, losing the eyesight in this eye, which happened after the album. But there’s always something tough I seem to be tackling.”
Making new album LP ‘Who Believes in Angels?’ with Brandi Carlile has given the ‘Rocket Man’ hitmaker a new lease of life.
He said: “I push and push and push and it’s music that gets me through it. My family and making this album made me feel so good about myself. I’ve left the old Elton John behind and here’s the new one.”
