Elton John: It will be honour to work with Burna Boy in the studio
Iconic British singer, Sir Elton John has expressed his desire to work with Grammy award-winning singer, Burna Boy.
In a recent episode of Rocket Hour, Elton made known his desire to work with Burna Boy in a sit-down session.
“I would love one day to catch up and do something in the studio with you. It would be an honor for me to do that,” Elton John told Burna Boy. “I’m on a world tour at the moment. But when things calm down, if you ever want to do a song with me, I’d be, You are the one artist that I really would love to do something with, because you really make me happy, and your music is just so fantastic. I’ve played eight tracks of you already on the Rocket Hour. So, we go back a long way on the Rocket Hour with you.”
The award-winning singer further said he ‘absolutely loves and cherishes Burna Boy’s music,’ while saying the 31-year-old singer is just one of the greatest artists ever to come out of Africa.
The pianist and composer also weighed in on African music saying, “African music is so well known now, it’s not just world music. All the music coming out of Africa is so interesting and so brilliant and Burna Boy is so loved.”