Matthew Morrison has joked Elton John is a “jerk” for announcing they had recorded a duet together.

The star is releasing his debut album in May 2011 and can’t wait to see how it is received by fans. Matthew is known for portraying teacher Will Schuester on American show Glee, which is renowned for covering songs by high-profile artists. He thinks people will be surprised when they hear his record and doesn’t want to speak about it too much so some of the surprises on it remain in store.

One of those was supposed to be a duet with Elton, but Elton was so excited about working with Matthew he immediately announced what he’d been doing when their recording session ended. “He let slip, I know… what a jerk!” Matthew teased. “There are only three duets on the album and I wanted to keep them very secretive until the album was ready to go. Elton, of course, went, ‘I just did a song with Matthew!’ But it was great. I mean it was such an amazing, amazing day in the studio.”

Matthew has been laying down tracks for his LP while working on Glee, which is about a group of students who bond over their love of singing. The process has been tiring as he hasn’t had much free time, but the 32-year-old is adamant it’s been worth it. “I’ve been sitting on this material for a while. I recorded a lot of it during the first hiatus on Glee about a year ago. It’s been a process… now that Glee has started back up again I do all my recording every single weekend, so I’m actually dying to go to sleep,” he told UK television show Lorraine.

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