with the Rocket Man.

“I went to see [Elton John] perform on [Saturday Night Live] this weekend!!

WOW,” she wrote in the caption of a sweet image of the pair embracing.

Madonna arrives for the World premiere of “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years” at Odeon Leicester Square on September 15, 2016 in London, England; Elton John attends Valentino Pavillon des Folies Show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on September 29, 2024 in Paris, France

Madonna in 2016 and Elton John in 2024.Credit:Karwai Tang/WireImage; Victor Boyko/Getty

I didn’t understand it."

“It was an unforgettable performance that helped me understand the transformative power of music.

Seeing him perform when I was in high school changed the course of my life.

Elton John

Madonna and Elton John at Carnegie Hall in 1998.Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty

Madonna shared that “within minutes” of their encounter backstage atSNL"we were hugging.

Then he told me had written a song for me and he wanted to collaborate.

It was like everything came full circle!!”

Madonna at the The Forum in Inglewood, California on the Confessions tour

Anyone who lip-syncs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot."

But never on the same night and certainly never embracing in a pose of mutual forgiveness.

Elton John and Madonna do a duet at finale of the Rain Forest Concert at Carnegie Hall in 1998

Madonna and Elton John at Carnegie Hall in 1998.Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty