Britney Spears makes musical comeback with Elton John duet

LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.S. singer Britney Spears made her musical comeback on Friday, releasing a duet with Elton John, in her first new materials in six years and following the top of her 13-year conservatorship final 12 months.

The 40-year previous “Poisonous” and “Womanizer” hitmaker has been teasing “Maintain Me Nearer”, a club-dance remake of John’s 1971 track “Tiny Dancer”, posting its paintings within the run-up to the discharge.

“Okie dokie … my first track in 6 years. It’s fairly rattling cool that I’m singing with one of the crucial basic males of our time,” Spears wrote in a tweet this week.

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“I’m kinda overwhelmed … it’s an enormous deal to me !!!”

Followers welcomed the brand new track, with the hashtag #WelcomeBackBritney trending on Twitter. Hours after its launch, the observe topped the U.S. and UK iTunes charts.

In November, Spears, who shot to fame as a young person together with her 1998 chart-topping debut “… Child One Extra Time”, was free of a authorized conservatorship that had managed her private life and funds for 13 years.

Her father Jamie Spears, who had sought the court-imposed association in 2008, was eliminated as conservator in September. He has mentioned his solely aim was to assist his daughter rehabilitate her profession after she suffered a psychological well being breakdown in 2007 and that he all the time acted in her finest curiosity.

In December, Spears signalled she was not but able to return to creating music. Her final studio album was 2016’s “Glory”.

A press launch for “Maintain Me Nearer”, which additionally has parts of Elton John’s songs “The One” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Coronary heart”, mentioned the 2 singers first met in 2014. A 12 months later, Spears tweeted her love for “Tiny Dancer”, igniting the concept of a collaboration.

“After listening to the primary minimize of the one earlier this summer time, Elton John knew that Britney’s immediately recognizable vocals had been the right contact to convey the track to life,” it mentioned.

Earlier this week, John previewed the track at a restaurant within the south of France, singing alongside to the delight of diners.

“I’m completely thrilled to have had the prospect to work with Britney Spears,” he mentioned.

“She actually is an icon, one of many all-time nice pop stars and she or he sounds superb on this document. I really like her dearly and am delighted with what we have created collectively.”