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Lana Del Rey has revealed her song was rejected for the James Bond theme for 'Spectre'. The 'Video Games' hitmaker has revealed she penned her track '24' from her 2015 LP 'Honeymoon' for the Daniel Craig flick, but they ultimately went with Sam Smith's 'Writing's On The Wall'. Asked by the BBC at The Ivors 2024 in London on Thursday (23.

05.24) why she hasn't done a Bond theme yet, she spilled: “I mean, how has that not happened?” Speaking of the song she offered, she simply said: “I wrote that for them." Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.



The 'Cinnamon Girl' singer joked that she often does “my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it’s the title track.” Lana was bestowed with the Special International Award prize at the star-studded ceremony. Reacting to the snub, RAYE - who won Songwriter of the Year with Amazon Music – said of Lana: “She just has the perfect energy for it.

“I feel like she would eat that up – and I feel like that should happen in the future." During the ceremony in London, Bruce Springsteen was honoured with the Academy Fellowship, the first American artist to receive the accolade. The Boss, 74, was introduced by Sir Paul McCartney, who affectionately mocked the award-winning star.

McCartney, 81, said that he "couldn't think of a more fitting" recipient "except maybe Bob Dylan". He added: "Or Paul Simon, or Billy Joel, or Beyonce, or Taylor Swift ..

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