Elton John And Brandi Carlile Share Duet ‘Never Too Late’: Watch
Elton John and Brandi Carlile have shared their new duet, Never Too Late, which is both the end title song and inspiration for the title of an upcoming documentary about John. Watch the video below.
The official music video includes unseen footage from the documentary, along with Elton and Brandi recording the track in the studio. After watching an early cut of the work-in-progress documentary, Brandi was inspired to write an original song, taking influence and guidance from Bernie Taupin’s style. Brandi brought the lyrics and concept to Elton to continue co-writing together, with Andrew Watt adding additional writing and production.
John told Billboard that Carlile’s song “just summed up the whole of the documentary perfectly. “What she saw she wrote down in a very concise way and summed up the whole of that hour and 40 minutes of time in a lyric, which was incredible.”
“I was moved by what I was watching. I especially loved some of that historical footage, and it just sent me back throughout my childhood,” Carlile said. “I felt like my life admiring Elton just sort of flashed before my eyes. And I came to this conclusion that I had something to say about him and that I wanted him to say it,” she says.
“I love that Elton doesn’t like to self-reflect,” Carlile continues. “He’s too forward thinking. He’s too forward moving. And I’m so inspired by that ruggedness. I don’t think ruggedness is a word that gets associated with Elton John quite enough. He’s really f–king tough and he’s overcome a lot. And I just wanted to sort of take pause and slow it down and write a lyric about that for him to sing because he doesn’t like to say nice stuff about himself.
“He’s given me so many things, but the thing that he’s given me that’s most pertinent to this film is that he’s given me an energy to move forward in my life. To ask, ‘What’s now and what’s next’ and to not dwell in the past.”
Elton John: Never Too Late is available in selected theatres Friday (15 November) and streams on Disney+ starting Dec. 13.