The famous person pop duo don't seem within the Tanu Muino-directed clip.
A month after Elton John and Britney Spears teamed as much as unveil their pop collaboration, “Maintain Me Nearer,” the duo dropped the accompanying music video for the observe Tuesday.
Whereas John and Spears don't seem within the clip, the Tanu Muino-directed video options numerous dancers portraying emotional and heartfelt choreography towards the colourful, colourful backdrop of Mexico Metropolis.
“This was an emotional one for me as I grew up with Britney. After seeing ‘Slave For You,’ I made a decision that I wished to grow to be a video director. Elton John is an icon that I and the world grew up listening to,” Muino mentioned in a press assertion. “Going into this video, I knew there can be a whole lot of emotional expectations the viewers and followers would have. With this accountability, I needed to do one thing totally different and surprising. The visuals needed to be totally different. The dance needed to be forward-thinking to boost eyebrows and make Elton and Britney proud.”
The director continued, “To seize this magic, we shot round all my favourite architectural areas in Mexico Metropolis and introduced on choreographer Jacob Jonas who does the very best modern choreography in the present day. Getting the very best dancers, crew and entry to among the most personal areas on this planet was easy as everybody wished to work with Elton John and be a part of his legacy.”
Upon launch, the “Rocket Man” star shared a snippet of the video to his Instagram, writing within the caption, “Try the beautiful dance video for ‘Maintain Me Nearer’, shot in Mexico Metropolis by the award-winning director @tanumuino fantastically capturing an immeasurable feeling of intimacy so lacking from the world by means of the turmoil and chaos of current occasions.”
Along with the music video, it was introduced that three collectible, restricted version CD singles of “Maintain Me Nearer” at the moment are out there for pre-order right here, and set for launch in November, simply in time for the vacations. Every of the three distinctive discs will characteristic totally different paintings — one with the unique single paintings and the opposite two with fan-voted artwork. Every CD may also have a special observe checklist. Whereas all the CDs may have the unique “Maintain Me Nearer,” the second observe may have a various prolonged model: a Joel Corry Remix, or a Purple Disco Machine Remix of the one on the remaining two.
Watch the “Maintain Me Nearer” music video under.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.