{"id":676022,"date":"2026-11-05T19:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676022\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T19:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:30:17","slug":"were-kindred-spirits-in-so-many-ways-elton-john-announces-christmas-collaboration-with-cmat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676022\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We&#8217;re kindred spirits in so many ways&#8217;: Elton John announces Christmas collaboration with CMAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMAT AND ELTON John have collaborated on a special new rendition of his festive hit Step Into Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The Co Meath singer has an \u201cincredible personality and wicked sense of humour\u201d, according to the music legend.<\/p>\n<p>The song, which was released this morning, was announced by Elton John on his Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfWqmDvRUA5\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;mdxt=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In the post<\/a>, he said he and CMAT are \u201ckindred spirits\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve loved CMAT since I first heard her and saw her videos years ago,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can tell she has Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll and Country and Americana at the heart of what she does \u2013 we\u2019re kindred spirits in so many ways. And that\u2019s why I was so thrilled with the idea of us collaborating on Step Into Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s done an amazing job, and I can\u2019t wait for you all to hear it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song is only available to listen to on Amazon music.<\/p>\n<p>CMAT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfK4GoCM9Vs\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;psln=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dressed up as Elton John<\/a> for Halloween, which seemingly was a hint at the collaboration to come.<\/p>\n<p>Elton John yesterday posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfUGJRYxuLO\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video of his Christmas tree<\/a>, on top of which\u00a0was a CMAT doll, equipped with a glittery outfit and a mini guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborating with a music legend is CMAT\u2019s latest achievement in a career that just keeps growing.<\/p>\n<p>She has been all over the international stage this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/cmat-snl-uk-performance-7161337-Sep2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guest starring on SNL UK<\/a>, touring the US, and appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/cmat-makes-appearance-on-popular-npr-tiny-desk-concert-series-7206265-Oct2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CMAT AND ELTON John have collaborated on a special new rendition of his festive hit Step Into Christmas.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9484,893,16915,93,61,60,278,98824,286340],"class_list":["post-676022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-christmas","tag-cmat","tag-elton-john","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-step-into-christmas","tag-two-stepping-into-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}