Elton John and Brandi Carlile drop the joyous, life-affirming track “Swing For The Fences,” from their upcoming collaborative album, Who Believes In Angels?
“‘Swing For The Fences’ was a little gem I took into the studio with me: I’m a gay woman, Elton’s a gay man, and we both have families, and our dreams have come true,” Carlile told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in a recent interview.
“I was thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to write an anthem for young gay kids out there that calls them into a bigger, more elegant, more fabulous life,” she added. “Just like ‘go, go! Don’t let anything hold you back!’”
John, meanwhile, says recording the song “crystallized” the direction of the new album.
Elton shared that, after some “initial difficulties” early in the collaboration: “We all just felt this massive sense of joy and euphoria. All the uncertainties started to dissipate when this song came together. It just sounded great.”
Who Believes in Angel? is due out on April 4.
