Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

What this video is

Released on 13 August 2021, 'Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)' emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic as a landmark intergenerational collaboration between Elton John, a titan of 1970s–80s rock and pop, and Dua Lipa, the defining pop star of the early 2020s. The song is a PNAU-produced medley interpolating four Elton John classics — 'Rocket Man' (1972), 'Where's the Shoorah?' (1976), 'Kiss the Bride' (1983), and 'Sacrifice'…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the 2020s disco-pop revival, the track bridges five decades of British pop history by fusing PNAU's contemporary dance-pop production with Elton John's classic songbook and Dua Lipa's generation-defining vocal style. The all-animated music video format — itself an outgrowth…

The director

Raman Djafari is a Berlin-based (formerly Hamburg) illustrator, animator, and filmmaker working in both 2D and 3D. With a background in illustration and design, they expanded into animation, filmmaking, and music videos, and have served as a lecturer for…