Elton John reflected on his own mortality while making his new album with Brandi Carlile. In a recent interview on the SmartLess podcast, the music legend said he got deeply emotional thinking about the end of his life,

With Watt and Taupin, the pair wrote and recorded the album at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios over a three-week period, joined by a core band composed of Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Pino Palladino (Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan and David Gilmour) and Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck).