Elton John is offering up some Christmas cheer with the release of a new video for his classic holiday track “Step Into Christmas.”
The new video features model/actress Cara Delevingne as Elton and reimagines the behind-the-scenes action during the making of the original ’70s video as his team attempts to make the clip “Christmassy enough.”
Elton says the idea to work with Cara came after he saw her at Glastonbury last summer.
“She’s hilarious to spend time with; we both have quite a self-deprecating sense of humor,” Elton shares. “When someone suggested the idea of her playing me in a riff on the 1973 ‘Step Into Christmas’ video, I just thought it was the perfect opportunity. Thank God Cara thought the same because it came out great.”
Cara adds that being asked to play Elton “was a dream that I didn’t know I had until it happened,” noting, “Honestly, I wish I could pretend to be Elton every day. I hope that Elton may one day return the favor and agree to play me in my not-yet-developed, written, pitched, or funded biopic. Fingers crossed.”
Released in November 1973, “Step Into Christmas” hit #1 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart and has subsequently spent 44 weeks on the Billboard Holiday Airplay chart.
In other Elton news … “Never Too Late,” the song featured in his Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late, has been nominated for a 2025 SCL Award, handed out by the Society of Composers & Lyricists. The song, written by Elton, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and producer Andrew Watt, is nominated in the Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production category.
Winners will be announced at the SCL’s sixth annual awards ceremony Feb. 12 in Los Angeles.
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