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A snippet of the duet with, entitled Hold Me Closer – a reworking of Sir Elton’s 1971 smash hit Tiny Dancer – was shared across social media on Thursday night. It is Britney’s first new music for six years and, crucially, her first since she broke free from her conservatorship last November.Although the reaction to the brief clip was overwhelmingly positive many other fans are raging about the ‘disrespectful’ leak, which they say is wrecking its official release.
Another added: ‘All of you sharing the leak right now suck. Britney has fought so hard for this moment. We need to be her biggest supporters right now and that means PROTECTING HER AND HER MUSIC.’The duet was recorded in secret in July and was announced by Sir Elton, whose idea the collaboration was, on 8 August.