as I'm sitting here in the airport lounge waiting for my flight, BBC world news headline is Britney New Song Release :lol:

 

Not Elton/Britney but just Britney!!!

 

#worldimpact

It’s his original vocal from 1971 according to the producer so… :lol:

 

The verses are totally different though aren't they?

 

Edit - Oh they're from another song 'The One'??

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Dunno if it's been shared, but the fact Capital have added Britney x Elton is CRAZY! With 'Cold Heart' I kinda understood due to Dua but so happy to see the biggest stations actually support this also!

Dunno if it's been shared, but the fact Capital have added Britney x Elton is CRAZY! With 'Cold Heart' I kinda understood due to Dua but so happy to see the biggest stations actually support this also!

I guess it helps that this is basically Elton's follow up to Cold Heart, so there is an element of carry over interest from that which is still very visible a year on. If it was just Britney, I doubt it would get such an instant playlist placement.

I'm so disappointed in this - zero life in it :(

I wish Britney at least had her own solo section but she compliments Elton very well. It’s great to see her dipping her toe back into the world of music on her own terms. It’s a good modern update of a classic, although I do prefer Cold Heart.

Great to see the strong radio support so early on. Hopefully in bodes we’ll for chart success.

After a few more listens it's just okay tbh. Not massively stanning it but I'm still here for it giving Britney a much needed big hit again.

I wish I was like you guys and more neutral on it, but I'm loving it and it's legit just getting better and better for me and I feel like Britney sounds like she actually wanted to record this and I think it's clear she wanted to as well.

 

Also, I'm blaming Spiceboy for the 2nd Verse and how much quieter Britney is compared to the demo!!!!!! DON'T MOAN ABOUT ELTON "BEING TOO QUIET!!!!" AGAIN BIATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I miss the "MM Baybeh" adlibs though. Ngl.

Nah embrace the fact you love it!

 

I do like it and I’ll bop to it every time it’s on radio or in the club, it’s just not wowing me like I wanted it to, probably because it does take the same formula as Cold Heart. However, after reading what Elton said about the track and Britney, I do feel like this is a good song to ease Britney back into the public arena. It’s a safe bet hit but will show Britney she has the support and love of everyone, without the pressure of it being ‘her’ song, and should hopefully build her confidence back up for when she decides to record her own music.

Listened to this just now as been busy since its release... its quite bad isn't it!

 

Too much voice changer and its sounds like Elton is singing with a computer most of the times.

 

Disappointing

 

 

 

Finally listened to this.

 

It's ... not great, is it? It's just Elton, with some Britney backing vox. At least you can tell she wasn't forced to sing it, and isn't Microsoft Britney.

 

I TOLD YOU when she was releasing those DIRE songs - Hold it Against Me a particularly EGREGIOUS example - that she was being forced to do it, but nooo, I was wrong :rolleyes: THIS is what she sounds like when not forced to release robodance thst she hsd zero say in.

 

However, this song isn't it. If it serves her tos ee if there is still interest, or if she eants to continue singing, etc, then grrat.

 

I'm NOT surprised by playlist and rsdio adds etc, esp with Elton after Icy Heart. Britney id a TOPIC right now, even amongst teenagers, with the Free Britney Movement, etc etc (and what I was saying was PROVEN - it wasn't conspiracy ;) She WAS being forced to sing snd perform and had no say in it.) Even without Elton, she would have got the adds, thanks to the interest, with it being her first song since In The Zone/ Blackout!

 

It’s his original vocal from 1971 according to the producer so… :lol:

 

:lol:

I genuinely think this is actually really good, it captures that end of summer vibe so well and it's nice to hear a vocal from her again that isn't the gargling baby voice.

 

I remarkably never even liked the original song either.

Well, if it does well, she can use it as a paltform to launch off and build back her confidence.

 

Terrible what the industry did to her!! She could have bern thr next Madonna! Although, once Lady GaGa, Rihanna and Beyoncé started, she would have had stiff competition, so maybe the next Janet Jackson, with similar rnb-pop songs, full of energy.

I wish I was like you guys and more neutral on it, but I'm loving it and it's legit just getting better and better for me and I feel like Britney sounds like she actually wanted to record this and I think it's clear she wanted to as well.

 

Also, I'm blaming Spiceboy for the 2nd Verse and how much quieter Britney is compared to the demo!!!!!! DON'T MOAN ABOUT ELTON "BEING TOO QUIET!!!!" AGAIN BIATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I miss the "MM Baybeh" adlibs though. Ngl.

 

 

LOL I don't remember saying that? Are you sure you got the right person? :lol: :blink:

LOL I don't remember saying that? Are you sure you got the right person? :lol: :blink:

LMAOOOOO IT WAS DANN. SORRY!!!

 

SO YEAH DANN. SHUT UP NEXT TIME YEAHHHHH???????

I hope they release it on cd/7” vinyl like they did with Cold Heart, might help push it to number 1 at some point

I hope they release it on cd/7” vinyl like they did with Cold Heart, might help push it to number 1 at some point

 

I definitely hope we get some remixes or extended version this week, maybe the demo version even, I would download every single one on iTunes and Amazon lol. Maybe they’re waiting to see how it does, promo has been excellent otherwise

I hope they release it on cd/7” vinyl like they did with Cold Heart, might help push it to number 1 at some point

Cold Heart didn’t get a 7” (I wish it did!) but yes I do hope there’ll at least be a CD for Hold Me Closer. Britney’s last CD single was Pretty Girls!