By ANI
WASHINGTON: October could have simply began, however singers Ed Sheeran and Elton John are giving followers a cause to sit up for the Christmas season already.
The ‘Shape of You’ singer just lately revealed that he and John are collaborating for an all-new Christmas tune that may hit the radio waves in December, reported People journal.
Though Sheeran initially performed coy relating to the specifics of the collaboration in an interview with Dutch radio station NPO Radio 2, he finally opened up, calling the observe “f–ing great.”
“Elton rung me on Christmas Day to say Merry Christmas,” Sheeran stated, including that he talks to the star “almost every single day.”
“He rung me on Christmas Day and he said, ‘”Step Into Christmas’ is No. 6 within the charts, and I’m 74, and I’m nonetheless having f–ing chart hits, that is nice! I need to do one other Christmas tune, will you do it with me?'”
Though Sheeran stated he wasn’t initially eager on John’s proposal, he finally determined to dive in on the observe, which is simply him and the ‘Rocket Man’ singer.
“You don’t know if you’ll still be there tomorrow, everything can change overnight,” he stated, based on NME. “I may not be here tomorrow. Why shouldn’t I grab this opportunity?”
Sheeran is at the moment gearing up for the discharge of his fourth full-length album, titled ‘=’ (and pronounced Equals), which can come out on October 29.
“= (Equals) is a really personal record and one that means a lot to me,” he stated in an announcement in August.
“My life changed greatly over the past few years — I got married, became a father, experienced loss, and I reflect on these topics over the course of the album. I see it as my coming-of-age record, and I can’t wait to share this next chapter with you,” added the singer.
The four-time Grammy-winning singer, who was additionally just lately introduced because the Mega Mentor for season 21 of ‘The Voice’, is married to Cherry Seaborn, and the couple welcomed daughter Lyra Antarctica in August 2020.
John, in the meantime, has a lot extra star-studded collaborations up his sleeve on ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ album, which comes out on October 22 and can function songs with Stevie Wonder, Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X and extra.
The veteran star’s enduring vacation hit ‘Step Into Christmas’ was launched in 1973.
