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Elton John and Taron Egerton drop music video for original Rocketman duet

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re a fan of the new Elton John biopic </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rocketman</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you’ll be pleased to know that there’s a new music video for one of the original songs in the film.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sir Elton John announced the new music video on his Twitter account, saying that the film clip for the original song </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is now on YouTube. </span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Check out the video for '(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again' - my new duet with <a href="https://twitter.com/TaronEgerton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaronEgerton</a>: <a href="https://t.co/vFXBBVeQ5C">https://t.co/vFXBBVeQ5C</a><br /><br />It's from the hit film <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rocketman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rocketman</a> - where Taron’s widely-praised performance is currently moving audiences to tears and laughter in cinemas all over the world.<br /><br />Elton xx <a href="https://t.co/HMRYwVhBu7">pic.twitter.com/HMRYwVhBu7</a></p> — Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1139276256812228608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">13 June 2019</a></blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The music video features clips from the original film and is from the closing credits of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rocketman</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sir Elton John is played by Taron Egerton, who has received nothing but praise for his role in the film.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The new song was written by Sir Elton John as well as his writing partner of more than 50 years, Bernie Taupin. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 72-year-old told </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">GMA</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that he had a duet with Taron Egerton in mind.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I wanted to write a song that Taron and I could sing," he said. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"It's really fantastic. I'm so happy. It sounds like an old end of ‘60s, early ‘70s song.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"He sings it brilliantly, and I'm glad we've got something on record together."</span></p> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0LtusBN3ST0"></iframe></div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rocketman</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">'s music producer, Giles Martin, revealed back in February to </span><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/113534786/elton-john-and-taron-egerton-release-music-video-for-their-original-rocketman-song"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stuff</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when promoting the film that Elton thought 29-year-old Egerton sang his songs better than anyone. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Elton said, 'I don't think I have heard anyone sing my songs better than Taron'," Martin revealed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"And the great thing about Elton is he wants Taron's interpretations of his songs."</span></p>

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