Britney Spears Makes Her Official Return to Music with Elton John | PEOPLE

the princess of pop is back on friday

britney

spears

and

elton

john

revealed their new duet hold me closer that combines the chorus from

john

's 1972 smash tiny dancer and verses from their 1992 hit single the one with fresh dance pop production marks the first release of

spears

since the termination of her 13 year guardianship

Spears

tweeted about the composition of the song okie dokie my first song in six years it's great that I'm singing with one of the most classical men of our time she continued i'm a little overwhelmed it's a big problem for me i am meditating more and learning that my space is valuable and precious

john

told the guardian added song release that it was important to him to collaborate with

Spears

who had left

music

indefinitely before being released from her 13 year conservatorship he said

britney

was broken i was broken and it's horrible he added that i'm so excited to be able to do it with her because if it's a big hit and i think it can be seeing it, it will give her a lot more confidence than she already has and she will realize that

people

really love her and care about her and want her to be happy that is all anyone in their right mind would want after she passed for such a traumatic moment hold me closer marks

John

's second recent collaboration repurposing his previous hits after last year's Cold Heart remix the withdu alipa his duet with

Spears

is his first release since the 2020 reissue of Glory, a source told recently to

people

that

Spears

has been talking a lot about her career adding that she loves creating

music

and wants to give fans a new album it seems like she is focusing on one thing at a time