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Elton John & Britney Spears - Hold Me Closer


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thatfoxyfeeling

It’s a very cute song, credit should go to the producer. I can def see it being a top 10 hit. 

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monstertoronto

I feel like she’s barely in it. The whole thing is either just him or her singing alongside him and their voices are mixed together. Why doesn’t she have even one verse to herself? Or one chorus to herself? Dua had way more solo time. Britney really does just sound like a “background singer” here. If I was her and had recorded a verse and then heard that the final mix had Elton all over my every line and given me no solos at all, I would be mad too. This was touted as her big musical comeback. Give her some room to shine. Missed opportunity. 

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3 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

I feel like she’s barely in it. The whole thing is either just him or her singing alongside him and their voices are mixed together. Why doesn’t she have even one verse to herself? Or one chorus to herself? Dua had way more solo time. Britney really does just sound like a “background singer” here. If I was her and had recorded a verse and then heard that the final mix had Elton all over my every line and given me no solos at all, I would be mad too. This was touted as her big musical comeback. Give her some room to shine. Missed opportunity. 

I agree, its 3 minutes of them just harmonizing hold me closer with no bridge or pre chorus for Britney. Its a 'ok' song but it seems like filler to me. :partysick:

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HIM820

From what some of you were saying I thought she’d be buried under Elton but her vocals are pushed forward in mix. You can obviously hear it’s her. Also the ad libs are there too. 

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monstertoronto
20 minutes ago, HIM820 said:

From what some of you were saying I thought she’d be buried under Elton but her vocals are pushed forward in mix. You can obviously hear it’s her. Also the ad libs are there too. 

But she’s always in a mix. There are two lines very starkly of just Elton and I thought he should at least let her have the next lines on her own, but no he has to sing through those too. His solo refrain also opens the song and I thought we’d hear Britney get a chance there too but no. She gets a few ad libs on her own but we’re really reaching at crumbs if that’s the only solo Britney we can point to. 

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gemein3

Maybe it sounds the way it is, with such restrained vocals, because this is what Britney wanted? I enjoyed the song until I came here and now I’m laser focused on ever vocal from Britney.
 

Maybe her comeback isn’t some powerhouse, I’m making a statement moment, f everyone! I think considering the last decade…it makes sense? Calm down. 
 

*also, the entire first verse is largely her vocals…it’s not hard to hear this. 

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Killa

A bridge with a more Britney style kinda talking and different vibe would totally add more to this tiny dancer remake lol. Really hate the effects on his voice dear god

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2School4Cool

Given that the verses are from Elton’s song The One, after reading the responses here I thought Elton’s own vocals would be more prominent. Am I the only one who feels like Britney has more prominent vocals throughout the song and not the other way around? She doesn’t have a solo moment but her vocals are much more forward in the mix in verse one, Elton sounds like background vocals for a lot of the first chunk of the song. Overall I think they’re very evenly represented.

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TailoredGuilts

 


 

two YouTube videos for the audio are now live. 
 

love love love the collab. It’s pure JOY in 3 minutes. Easy breezy BOP. I hope this turns into a mega hit for Britney. She deserves it!

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Wolf Boy

Cute enough. Happy it’s doing well, i want her to do another album eventually and i want her to see people are interested. 

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