Orville Peck just revealed he enjoys being “around” Sir Elton John.
Speaking of how it’s like to work with the iconic musician who is “a really funny person to be around” the 36-year-old country star had a conversation with PEOPLE magazine during the taping of Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry.
After his collaboration on a rendition of the 77-year-old’s track, Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) for Peck’s album, Stampede, the Midnight Ride hitmaker said how Sir Elton is “super crass, so he is always telling funny, dirty jokes and stuff like that.”
The third studio album of Peck, that was released in August, features 18 different duets with other legendary music stars such as Willie Nelson and Kylie Minogue.
“I haven’t really done very many duets or features in the past, and so to do an album that has 18 artists on it was sort of very new for me,” Peck further admitted to the outlet.
He continued, “But I mean, it was with people I’ve idolized my whole life. I just couldn’t believe they wanted to work with me as well,” further admitting how particularly working with veteran country artist, Nelson was “beyond a dream” for him.
Further speaking on his belief on where country is headed towards, Orville Peck also mentioned that “it’s definitely moving in the right direction.”
“Country has historically always been a bit of a slow burn on things that are new and a little different. I think we just need to keep championing more new stories within country,” he told in outlet.
