After celebrating her 80th birthday in February, Yoko Ono has another reason

After celebrating her 80th birthday in February, Yoko Ono has another reason to break out the champagne: her 10th Number One dance hit. On “Hold Me,” recorded with L.A. DJ Dave Audé, Ono sings about lost love over a sleek, stomping house beat.

“With John [Lennon], we did something to break out from the usual rock,” Ono tells Rolling Stone. “But I didn’t know I was going to break into dance. It’s incredible. They do a festival, and 50,000 people come!” Ono also discussed her upcoming Meltdown Festival (happening in London June 14th-23rd), her battle against fracking and her relationship with Paul McCartney. “It was very difficult for me to not have that support for those 40 years,” she said. “We understand each other so well, in many ways.”

You’ve been making dance music for a long time. What is it like to see it get so huge again in the last couple years?
It’s really good. First – did I do jazz or something? – then rock. And with John, we did something really to break out from the usual rock. But I didn’t know that I was going to break out into dance because it’s a very, very different musical situation. It’s a musical format that is not being recognized so much now as an important format. But the format is so different from rock or from classical, anything. It’s incredible. I’m just very happy that I’m part of it. They do a festival or something, and 50,000 people come! It’s just big, it’s very different.

I know you’re friends with Lady Gaga. Have you thought about recording a dance track with her sometime?
It would be great if we could do it, but she doesn’t need any help. She’s just a shooting star. Way up there all by herself. And I just don’t feel like saying, “Hey, shall we do it?” Because she doesn’t need it. I’m too proud to say something like that.

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