Elton John and Brandi Carlile drop Xavier Dolan-directed music video for ‘Swing For The Fences’

William Darby in the ‘Swing For The Fences’ music video (Image: EMI)

The hype machine for the upcoming joint album by Elton John and Brandi Carlile is in full swing, and the pair are delighting fans once again today with a brand new music video for their latest single.

‘Swing For The Fences’ was released just last week and today sees the release of its video, directed by none other than the award winning Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan.

“When Brandi and Elton reached out with their song, the brief mentioned it was written for ‘young queer kids’. I immediately saw this young lonely man dancing to himself,” Dolan commented. “It isn’t fortuitous that music and dancing have always been central to queer culture; it is an ultimate act of

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