Fresh off his Mercury Prize win, Sam Fender has shared a new song, “Talk to You,” which features Elton John on piano. The Marcus Dravs-produced track comes off on the forthcoming deluxe edition of Fender’s LP, People Watching , which is set to be released on Dec. 5 via Capitol Records.

“‘Talk To You’ was written during the People Watching sessions at British Grove,” Fender said in a statement. “It’s a song about the end of a long relationship — about the regret, the mistakes and the lessons that come with it. It’s that feeling of losing your best friend and coming to terms with that. I was playing around with the riff and thought what I need is a really good pianist and then hmmm, I wonder who I can call? And of course, who better than Elton John.”

John added, “Sam was writing

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