Lana Del Rey has revealed that one of her most iconic songs was written specifically for Bond – but it was rejected in favour of another artist. The Video Games singer, 38, won a prize celebrating her career at the Ivor Novello Awards in London on Thursday and, while backstage at the event, she reflected on her career and plans for her music in the future. She was asked if she would consider making a Bond theme tune and revealed she had already written one.
‘I mean, how has that not happened?’ she said. Lana then sang part of her song 24, which was released in her 2015 album, Honeymoon. ‘I wrote that for them,’ the star then revealed to the BBC .
As 24 was released in 2015, it’s clear that the tune was written for the 2015 Bond movie Spectre, which featured Sam Smith’s song Writing’s On the Wall . Sam’s theme tune was met with mixed reviews but won the Oscar for best original song at the 88th Academy Awards making it the second consecutive win of this award for a Bond song following Skyfall by Adele in 2012. ‘Sam, you did a wonderful job,’ said Lana humbly, as she admitted she isn’t giving up on singing a Bond theme tune sometime in the future.
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‘But I’m going to continue to do my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it’s the title track.’ 24 does have a haunting quality that’s on brand for a James Bond theme tune, and the lyrics discuss murder, lying and diamonds, all themes that are common in Bo.
