Singer was honored with the Glenn Gould Prize in Toronto over the weekend Elton John , who has released over 30 studio albums, said his next one was written unlike any other he’s created before. He described the new LP as being “so happy” at a gala event over the weekend, where he was honored with the Glenn Gould Prize in Toronto. John said the vision loss he suffered from an eye infection in 2024 made it necessary that he approach songwriting differently after all these decades. “I’ve had eye trouble recently and I always make records by looking at lyrics and writing to lyrics, and so I’m kind of fucked at the moment,” the 79-year-old singer-pianist said on Saturday at the Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort in Toronto, where he accepted the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize.…