Elton John and Brandi Carlile Are Able to ‘Swing for the Fences’

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have teased any other track from their upcoming collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels? “Swing for the Fences” is a buoyant pop-rock second from the pair of musical legends and buddies.

At the anthemic rock monitor, the pair provides up a slice of hope and encouragement. “Pass on and swing for the fences/Take a shot on the moon,” they sing at the catchy hook. Within the vein of the album’s cut up nature between their two kinds, the track is likely one of the extra Carlile-led tracks.

“’Swing For The Fences’ used to be somewhat gem I took into the studio with me,” Carlile defined in a commentary. “I’m a homosexual girl, Elton’s a homosexual guy, and we each have households, and our goals have come true. I used to be pondering, ‘Wouldn’t or not it’s cool to jot down an anthem for younger homosexual children in the market that calls them into a larger, extra sublime, extra fabulous lifestyles?’ Identical to ‘Pass, cross! don’t let anything else cling you again!’.”

John added that the track used to be key within the advent of the album total. “After we recorded Swing For The Fences, it used to be the instant that crystallized the place the album used to be going,” he stated in a commentary. “It used to be arduous to get to that time, however we knew we needed to upward push to the instance, and all of us simply felt this huge sense of pleasure and euphoria. After our preliminary difficulties, all of the uncertainties began to expend when this track got here in combination. It simply sounded nice.”

Carlile and John labored on their new album with Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt. They started operating at the album again in October 2023 and are sponsored via an all-star band that incorporates Chad Smith (Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers), Pino Pallodino (9 Inch Nails), and Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck).

“This file used to be one of the vital hardest I’ve ever made, nevertheless it used to be additionally one of the vital biggest musical reviews of my lifestyles,” John stated in a press liberate. “It has given me a spot the place I do know I will transfer ahead. Who Believes In Angels? appears like going into any other generation, and I’m pushing the door open to return into the longer term.”