The Rocket Hour
I am Digital Producer of Elton John’s Rocket Hour, a show that represents, showcases and co-signs new and emerging artists across multiple genres. The show allows Elton to use his huge global platform to promote these artists to a wider mainstream audience.
Each week, Elton lovingly hand curates the show’s playlist. The show is an eclectic mix of new music he loves and hits from across the decades. The playlist is not based on specific genres or trends - just Elton’s passion for great music.
Elton is often one of the first hosts on the network to play and interview many of these artists. The now famous ‘phone-call from Elton’ to an artist telling them how much he admires their music has become a music-industry badge of honour, and these special moments are often captured on FaceTime interviews.
Joni Mitchell, Raye, Billie Eilish, Empire of the Sun, Ed Sheeran….
400 episodes and going
For Elton’s recent 400 episode celebration, we’d noticed a trend of emerging artists he’d played on the show uploading videos of them reacting to the airplay. Cutting a compilation together showed the impact of the show on these new musician’s career at a scale previously unseen.