Sir Elton John has revealed he confronted his “mortality” during the song-writing process while working on a new album with American artist Brandi Carlile.
The iconic British singer, 78, has revealed in a new podcast interview that he was working on a song called When This Old World Is Done with Me, which is “about his death,” that made him “break down”.
“When you get when you get to my age, which is near 100, you think, ‘How much time have I got left?'” the Your Song singer said on the SmartLess podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.
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“And you’ve got children, you’ve got a wonderful husband – you just think about mortality.”
“And so, when I got to the chorus, I just broke down for 45 minutes, and it’s all on film,” he said, referring to the album-making process being recorded for a new short film.
Carlile added that the iconic singer ”cried hard”.
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It comes after John four months ago, shared a health update with fans.
The Rocketman hitmaker revealed in an interview to ABC News‘ Robin Roberts on Good Morning America that following a “severe eye infection” he “lost” his eyesight in his right eye.
”It’s been a while since I’ve done anything… I unfortunately lost my eyesight in my right eye in July because I had an infection in the south of France,” John said during the candid chat.
”It’s been four months now since I haven’t been able to see, and my left eye is not the greatest.
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“So there’s hope and encouragement that it will be OK, but I’m kind of stuck at the moment.”
”We’re taking an initiative to try and get it better, but at the moment that’s really what we’re concentrating on,” he added.
However he clarified at the Golden Globes while on stage, and before cracking a joke: “There’s been a lot of stories going on around about my regressive eyesight, and I just wanted to reassure everybody that it’s not as bad as it seems.”
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