{"id":119236,"date":"2025-02-07T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/07\/elton-john-brandi-carlile-are-pinball-wizards-in-video-for-who-believes-in-angels\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T18:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:01:22","slug":"elton-john-brandi-carlile-are-pinball-wizards-in-video-for-who-believes-in-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/07\/elton-john-brandi-carlile-are-pinball-wizards-in-video-for-who-believes-in-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John & Brandi Carlile are pinball wizards in video for ‘Who Believes in Angels?’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peggy Sirota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elton John<\/strong> and Brandi Carlile<\/strong> have released <\/span>the video<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for their duet “Who Believes in Angels?,” the title track from their upcoming collaborative album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Directed by Elton’s longtime collaborator David LaChapelle<\/strong>, the clip starts with a young girl who unveils an Elton John “Captain Fantastic” pinball machine — a <\/span>real thing that existed in the ’70s<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — plugs it in and begin to play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut to Brandi and Elton<\/span> inside<\/span><\/em> the pinball machine playing the song; Elton’s on piano that has a giant wing on top, while Brandi is playing a wing-shaped guitar.\u00a0 Various figures — including two representing Tina Turner<\/strong> and Little Richard<\/strong> — dance around them, possibly because one of the songs on the new album is called “Little Richard’s Diary.”\u00a0 As for Tina, well, Elton played the <\/span>Pinball Wizard<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the movie <\/span>Tommy,<\/span><\/em> which <\/span>co-starred<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Tina Turner, so maybe that’s the connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the song ends, the little girl jumps up and down, celebrating how well she did playing the machine. In a statement, LaChappelle says, “<\/span>We made a magical world that reminds us of where we\u2019ve been as kids – that dreams do come true – and creating together with your heroes can be a sublime experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While this song is somewhat upbeat, Elton revealed in an interview with BBC Radio 2<\/strong><\/a> that there was one song on the album — “When This Old World Is Done With Me” — that made him “sob” for 45 minutes after he read the lyrics, penned by Bernie Taupin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“It was about my death, it’s about mortality,” said Elton, 77. “And when you get to the late seventies, you think about mortality… you think, ‘Well I hope I’ve got a few more years left.'”<\/p>\n

The album Who Believes in Angels?<\/em> is out April 4.<\/p>\n