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Dua Lipa: At Your Service

Elton John

Dua Lipa: At Your Service

BBC

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Dua Lipa’s friendship with Elton John needs no explanation – look only to the charts to see how the whole world has embraced their hit 2021 single, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” – but listeners of this week’s At Your Service will now get a coveted seat at the table while the pair talk shop. From tales of wild nights at Studio 54, to how some of his most memorable songs and moments came about because he’d been in the “right place at the right time,” Elton has some of the most unmissable stories at his fingertips, and he’s sharing them with all of you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to my podcast series where I sit down with some of the world's brightest

0:19.0

creative minds for conversations you won't want to miss.

0:28.7

And when I say brightest creative minds that only barely covers the star of the episode,

0:33.7

you've just begun listening to.

0:35.9

What can I even begin to say about today's guest that doesn't simply scratch the surface

0:39.7

of his iconic life and career?

0:42.0

So Elton John is one of pop culture's preeminent figures, a man whose voice, talent and kindness

0:47.4

has transcended time and space.

0:49.5

He's a mogul, a maverick, a music legend, and a multi-talented man who is one of the best

0:55.1

selling artists of all time who I'm very, very lucky to call my friend.

1:03.8

Last fall Elton released the lockdown sessions which featured artists such as Nicki Minaj,

1:08.6

Charlie Puth, Reena Sawayama, Lil Nas X, Yo Yo Ma, Stevie Nix, and yes, yours truly,

1:16.6

seeing alongside our hero.

1:18.9

Just recently he re-embarked on his farewell yellow brick road tour, a hit packed on

1:23.8

a voyage that will take him across the world for what he's calling his final bow.

1:28.3

Though I'm positive, we haven't seen or heard the last of what he has to offer us.

1:36.4

I could truly go on and on about this bright light in my life and yours, but I think it

1:40.9

might be best to just say without further ado that today's very, very special at your

1:46.0

service guest is the one and only, the incomparable, the singular Elton John, who's 75th birthday

1:53.0

is today, the day this episode comes out.

1:56.3

I hope you enjoy the conversation and make sure to send in some love on Instagram.

2:04.1

Muah.

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