Elton John & Dua Lipa, Cold Heart – PNAU Remix | Track Review 🎵

Elton John, Dua Lipa, and PNAU gives us the groovy dance-pop bop that we didn’t even know we needed with “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix.”

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emixes can be truly transformative.  Cutting straight to the chase, 🎙 PNAU – 🎛 Nicholas Littlemore, 🎛 Sam Littlemore, and 🎛 Peter Mayes – create a transformative remix with 🎵 “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”.  “Cold Heart” features the talents of beloved icon 🎙 Elton John and 🎙 Dua Lipa. Notably, “Cold Heart” samples the John classic, 🎵 “Sacrifice” and interpolates another classic, 🎵 “Rocket Man”, with the result being “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix.”  Folks, this is nothing short of a bop that you won’t be able to stop listening to!

From the onset, “Cold Heart” grooves hard – there’s no way you won’t move your body.  As to be expected from a remixed, dance-pop record, the production work is brilliant.  It can be characterized as colorful, picturesque, sleek to the nth degree.  As I alluded to earlier, PNAU outdoes themselves crafting this song, which is a mix of late 70s/80s and present – an awesome fusion! Elton John is the first voice heard, adorning the warm, groove production work with the lyrics from “Sacrifice” (🎼✍ Bernie Taupin, of course, penned those lyrics).  Following the verse and pre-chorus, Dua Lipa enters singing “Rocket Man” (!) which makes for a super cool effect.  As always, she sounds utterly sublime.  I like the way that Lipa’s vocals are layered as “Cold Heart” progresses.  Of course, Elton’s vocals also get into the mix too, creating a truly scintillating listening experience.

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Final Thoughts 💭 

Essentially, Elton John, Dua Lipa, and PNAU give us a song that we didn’t even know we needed! “Cold Heart” is everything – sweet, decadent ear candy.  What really stands out is the creativity.  I love it when musicians can make something brand-new and vibrant from something firmly established.  Put on your dancing shoes for this bop!

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🎙 Elton John, Dua Lipa, PNAU • 🎵 “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” • 🏷 Mercury • 🗓 8.13.21

[📷: Brent Faulkner, Mercury, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

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