Elton John and Britney Spears teams up on her first song since her conservatorship battle

Britney Spears' collaboration with Elton John on her musical comeback has been announced.

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Hold Me Closer will be a new rendition of Sir Elton's classic 1971 hit Tiny Dancer,

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and will be Spears' first new release since 2016 studio album "Glory."

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The release date of the song is not yet known.

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Sir Elton posted a picture of a rose and rocket emoji to Twitter along with hashtag "hold me closer.”

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and with a link for fans to pre-save the song.

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Paris Hilton revealed that she had heard the song and called it "iconic."

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The collaboration was recorded at Beverly Hills in producer Andrew Watt's basement studio.

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