Imagine you just did something,Tayuan anything, heck, walked in a straight line, and Elton John was so impressed that he said, "I give up."
There's a 14-year-old singer in Australia brushing hefty amounts of dirt off his shoulder, after receiving that high praise and airplay from Rocket Man himself.
SEE ALSO: Zayn is unfortunately not bald in his new music video 'Dusk Till Dawn'Aussie songwriter Ruel's single 'Don't Tell Me', featuring his mentor M-Phazes, was played by Sir Elton on his Beats 1 show Rocket Houron Sept. 5, first spotted by news.com.au.
On air, John praised the track, saying “It’s astonishing someone so young can write something so good. I give up.”
I give up.
“Amazing record," he went on. "Wow. All I can say about that is, we’ll be playing more of him, I hope.”
Here's Ruel's tune below. Have a listen and see if John is on the money:
Ruel's single was released July 14, but there's nothing like a living legend giving you a public thumbs up to boost your reach.
Sir Elton is no stranger to helping emerging Australian artists get a leg up — he's mentored and produced Aussie duo Pnau for years. Plus, he played breakthrough Australian artist Amy Shark on the same show this week.
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We'll be keeping an eye on this youngster, especially when he casually smashes a Jack Garratt cover like this and makes us feel wildly unaccomplished:
We give up.
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