Yeah.

And I think, you know, the trouble with being Batman, when you're not wearing your cape people think you can't fly.

So it's a really interesting situation, the way people behave when you're not glammed up, and they sort of...

I think a lot of people...

I think women understand transformation.

Drag queens understand how quickly you can go from boring to exciting, you know, with a, a lick of paint.

But most people, they don't understand it.

Yeah

Can you hear the difference? How do you feel about this new version of Karma Chameleon, this AI version?

I love it.

It has all the experience of everything that I've lived through, but with the sort of tone, you know, and the nuance of my voice at 22.

And so far, the reaction is that the new version is warmer, 'cause I had to go back in the studio and sing it almost like I was imitating myself.

What would you say to those skeptics?

We've been using a version of art- artificial intelligence for many, many years.

Drum machines are, to some extent, artificial.

Computers, dance music, but you still have to have a good idea.

How do you bridge that divide between what comes from your heart, which makes oftentimes a song great, and then something that technology has had something to do with?

Well, I think you mustn't lose your heart, number one.

And in my case, I always use human musicians once I play it live.

But it's a sort of new type of freedom for somebody like me who is basically a top-line writer, like Bernie Taupin.

So I get sent the track, or I'll come in with the melody and the chorus.

And this, in a way, allows you to write a song at four in the morning when you can't sleep.

And I think the people I play to who are the most nervous are musicians.

You feel in some respects is now from here forward, now that this is dropped, when you perform live, your own voice is going to have to match up to what you feel you're

I

can't live with regret of what I did.

You know, I've written about a lot of that stuff in the new music I'm doing.

I...

I think that, you know, this practice has really helped me as the lyricist, plus AI, because you're not working with anyone else, right? So you don't have to worry for two seconds what they think.

Yeah, no judgment.

I'm a top line writer, so I write top lines and melodies.

I didn't sleep a wink.