♪ I get a little bit breathless. ♪ ♪ I shouldn't want it, ♪ ♪ but it's, you-u-u ♪ Yeah ♪ Head in the clouds ♪ ♪ Come on, head on my shoulder ♪ Hey, I'm Hozier and I'm
gonna play Song Association with Elle. I think I've, a fairly broad catalog of songs in my head that I can draw from. (hums scales) Something like, like that, you know. Pull. (clock ticking)
Before those hands pulled me ♪ Before those hands ♪ ♪ Pulled me ♪ (bell dings)
♪ From the earth ♪ is a, a lyric I wrote, which I,
it's just, maybe it's great. You know, solipsism about me here that I, I can only recall my own. That is from my debut
album, which is self-titled. So just Hozier. Yeah. Sweet. (clock ticks) ♪ With sweet ♪ (bell dings)
♪ Love and devotion ♪ ♪ Deeply touching my emotions ♪ ♪ I wanna stop and thank you baby ♪ ♪ I wanna stop and thank you baby ♪ ♪ How sweet it is to be in love by you ♪ Something like that. Celebrate. (clock ticking)
♪ We've come a long, ♪ ♪ Long way together ♪ ♪ Through the hard times and the good ♪ ♪ I have to celebrate you, ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ Baby ♪ ♪ I have to praise you like I should ♪ Stars. What comes to mind is a song from Ireland by a band called The Frames. So written by Glenn Hansard. (bell chimes)
♪ Star, star ♪ ♪ Teach me how to shine ♪ ♪ Teach me so I know what's
going on in your mind ♪ It's a really lovely song for The Frames. - [Producer] Elle has deemed this summer Hot Irish Guy Summer. - Hot Irish Guy Summer. Is there such a thing as, is, as a hot Irish Guy Summer.
Who else is on the list? Paul Mescal in there? Or, Pierce Brosnan is perpetually hot. He is perennially,
perpetually, eternally hot. I have to say that man,
is, looks fine as wine. Cillian Murphy. Okay. Yeah, I'm in good
company like Cillian Murphy. Those eyes will cut right
through you, you know? Absolutely gorgeous man. Think. (clock ticking) Yeah. ♪ You better think ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Bout what you trying to do to me ♪ ♪ Yeah, think, think, think ♪ Aretha Franklin. Think. When you hear a voice like that, the way that Aretha attacks a note, to hear a human voice attack, attack a phrase the way Aretha can attack and release a phrase is just insane. Even still, when I, I hear recordings I haven't heard before her music has definitely
left a mark on me. Yeah. Sorry. (clock ticking) ♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ I'm sorry ♪ ♪ That I made you cry ♪ ♪ I didn't wanna hurt you ♪ ♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪ Yeah, John Lennon's Jealous Guy. But Donny Hathaway's
version of that is I think, far and away, it's one of my favorite
recordings of all time. Dog. Yeah.
(clock ticking) ♪ I'll worship like a dog ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ At the shrine of your life ♪ ♪ I'll tell you my sins ♪ ♪ And you can sharpen your knife ♪ Et cetera. I've seen some beautiful covers of it. I think the, the highest honor
is when somebody else makes, plays your music. I think that really is, is a, you know talking about Live Lounge. I remember Ed Sheeran did a cover which I was very touched
by, very honored by. Demi Lovato. Incredible vocal performance
that she gave in, in covering that. So it's like if the medium of your work is then somebody else's body, is in their throat, that's something else. Like, that's a serious thing. Problem. (clock ticking)
♪ Even when I wake up ♪ (hums) ♪ I want you-u-u ♪ ♪ Then a-- nuh-nuh... ♪ ♪ I got one less, one less problem ♪ (bell dings) I'm trying to remember the lyrics. There's these nice little
couplets in the lyrics. ♪ I want you-u-u ♪ ♪ Every time you touch
me and say you love me ♪ ♪ I get a little bit breathless. ♪ ♪ I shouldn't want it, but it's you-u-u. ♪ Yeah. ♪ Head in the clouds ♪ ♪ Come out, head on my shoulder ♪ Yeah. Yeah. It's great. Name. (clock ticking)
I mean, I can think of mine. I think, um... ♪ Remember once I told you ♪ ♪ About how before I
heard it from your mouth ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ My name ♪ ♪ Would always hit my ears ♪ ♪ It's such an awful sound ♪ ♪ And the soul, if
that's what you call it ♪ ♪ Uneasy ally of the body ♪ ♪ Felt nameless as a river
undiscovered underground ♪ Et cetera, et cetera. Um, yeah. So, name. Cry. (clock ticking)
(humming Cry Me A River) ♪ If you can cry ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ me a river ♪ ♪ Cry me a river ♪ ♪ I have cried a river over you ♪ Cry Me A River. Julie London's version is
probably my favorite, I think. Matter. (clock ticking)
Um, Maren Morris. Yeah. Bones. ♪ If the bones are good ♪ ♪ The rest don't matter ♪
(bell chimes) ♪ The paint could peel ♪ ♪ The glass could shatter ♪ ♪ Let it rain ♪ ♪ 'Cause you and I remain the same ♪ It's a beautiful song. Maren Morris. Yeah. Bones. I have some wonderful memories
singing that with Maren. I was quite taken with just how, the beautiful
sentiment to that song. And it's a gorgeous melody to it. And I think Maren is an
artist of great respect and admiration for her kind
of moral courage as well too and I've great kinship
with much of her work. So it was, it felt really, really it felt good to sing with her on that. Side. (laughs)
(clock ticking) I went back to Ariana Grande again. (vocalizing) ♪ You got me ♪ ♪ Walking side to side ♪
(bell chimes) That's a vocal run. That's a challenge. And I'm not prepared to do
it here in, at full speed but that's what comes to mind right now. Yeah. I love her music. Yeah. I think she's a, I think she's an excellent
pop artist. I really do. I think she's incredibly talented. I think every time I
hear her sing, I'm, I'm I'm reminded of just how fucking talented, excuse my French, Ariana Grande is. Yeah. You know. Story. Um.
(clock ticking) What comes to mind is, is Brandi Carlisle. ♪ All of these lines across my face ♪ ♪ Tell you the story ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ Of who I am ♪ (humming the rest) That's just one of Brandy's masterpieces. That's a fucking masterpiece of a song. And melodically, it's
really like enchanting. That's a song you hear and you're like, oh that's why I'm a musician. You know? That's why, is in the hope that you can
make something as beautiful as what Brandy made in
that, in that recording. When we were, I was
writing Damage Gets Done, I, I knew I wanted to be two voices and kind of swing at these
notes that were reminiscent of like old power ballads
and there's very few voices like Brandy that can soar like that. And so she very kindly found time in her incredibly busy schedule
to record vocals for it. It's amazing. Talk. I, I have a song called Talk
but Strokes also come to mind. ♪ You talk way too much ♪
(bell chimes) ♪ You talk way too much ♪ ♪ It's only the end ♪ ♪ It's only the end as we know it ♪ Yeah. Kiss. Yeah.
(clock ticking) ♪ Give me a kiss ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ To build a dream on ♪ ♪ And my imagination will
thrive upon that kiss ♪ ♪ Sweetheart, I ask no more than this ♪ ♪ A kiss to build a dream on ♪ Louis Armstrong's Kiss
to Build a Dream On. I got 15 outta 15. I feel good. I feel like I need to know some of these songs better 'cause
I got some words wrong. But yeah, I feel good. It was fun. Thank you so much for watching me on Elle with Song Association. My new album Unreal Unearth is out now.
