Elton John ganha seu segundo Oscar por música de "Rocketman"

A música também tem vez na maior premiação do cinema. Elton John venceu seu segundo Oscar pela canção original "I'm Gonna Love Me Again", composta por ele e por seu fiel escudeiro Bernie Taupin para a trilha de sua cinebiografia, "Rocketman". A faixa tem os vocais de Elton e de seu intérprete, o ator Taron Egerton.

Elton ainda se apresentou na cerimônia de premiação, realizada no Dolby Theatre, em Los Angeles. Ele cantou a música sozinho com seu inseparável piano, mas sem Taron. O ator fez sua última aparição para divulgar o filme no Bafta, no último dia 2.

O músico inglês, que já havia ganhado o Oscar em 1995 por "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", trilha do filme "O Rei Leão". No mesmo ano, e pela mesma animação, Elton concorreu com as músias "Circle of Life" e "Hakuna Matata".

Leia a letra de 'I'm Gonna Love Me Again'

Oh, the joke was never hard to tell
Threw my spare change in the wishing well
The dream alone is always in your hands
If that don't fill the boy and build the man
A heart has many secrets, so I'm told
Through the years, a theory can grow cold
I'm up to be the king, it's gotten clear
The voice inside my head is the one I hear

Singing, I'm gonna love me again
Check in on my very best friend
Find the wind to fill my sails
Rise above the broken rails
Unbound by any ties that break or bend
I'm free, and don't you know?
No clown to claim he used to know me then
I'm free, and don't you know?
And oh-oh-oh, I'm gonna love me again

The golden age was somehow bittersweet
But now the past lies sleepin' in the deep
The peaceful days that followed hollow nights
A kiss or touch could feel like Kryptonite
Praise the Saints that hung up on my wall
For trust is left in lovers after all
A whispered word emergin' from a tale
My wake-up call to claim the cursed spell

Well, I'm gonna love me again (love me again)
Check in on my very best friend
Find the wind to fill my sails
Rise above the broken rails
Unbound by any ties that break or bend
I'm free, and don't you know?
No clown to claim he used to know me then
I'm free, and don't you know?
And oh-oh-oh, I'm gonna love me again

Sing, I'm gonna love me again
Check in on my very best friend
Find the wind to fill my sails
Rise above the broken rails
Unbound by any ties that break or bend
I'm free, and don't you know?
No clown to claim he used to know me then
I'm free, don't you know?
And oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, I'm gonna love me again

I'm gonna love me again
I'm gonna love me again