.BritneySpears' passion for Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' shines through on the three-minute reworking 'Hold Me Closer.' We spoke with producer Andrew Watt all about the track.
“It was a long shot because [Britney] had done a lot of press about how she’s done with music for a while,” Watt says. “Elton reached out, and she loved the idea and wanted to do it.” The producer — who first met John in 2019 when working on the Ozzy Osbourne song “Ordinary Man,” which featured the two singers together — had originally picked “Tiny Dancer” “not only [because it’s] one of my favorite songs of all time but one of the greatest recordings/songs/ballads literally ever.
“What Elton brilliantly said to me was, ‘Don’t put so much pressure on yourself,'” Watt says. “‘This isn’t the “New Tiny Dancer”; this is a fun, new version for people to listen to when they’re having a drink in Ibiza and dance to. It’s not serious.’ I was like, ‘All right, let me fucking put that hat on: I’m in Ibiza. I got a fucking tequila in my hand.
“She came up with her own ideas,” Watt says. “She wanted to speed up the record a little bit, and we did that. She’s such a pro with dance music and understanding that kind of stuff and what works for her.” Even though it was Spears’ first recording in six years, Watt says she showed no apprehension; she arrived at the studio with her manager and husband and was ready to go. The only thing that threw her was the way Watt’s studio is one spacious room since she was accustomed to singing in dimly lit isolated vocal booths. “She was like, ‘OK, where do I go to record?'” he says. “I was like, ‘The mic’s right there in front of you.
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