Will Lana Del Rey sing the next bond song? The evidence certainly says so. The filmmakers of the James Bond series have a tendency to turn to the current flavor of the month for their lead song and acts don’t come much hotter than Lana Del Rey right now. The
American songstress with the dreamy vocals and enormous pout burst onto
the music scene with Video Games in late 2011 and has been the talk of
the industry ever since. A throwback to the torch singers of the 1960s,
Del Rey’s brand of sexy melancholy is seemingly tailor made for Bond.
Lana’s becoming more and more successful by the minute, her
album (ultraviolence) is the best selling album by a female artist of
the year so far and “an early contender for album of the year,” her
previous album (Born to Die) is the fourth best selling major label
debut album by a female in a decade in the US. Ms. Del Rey is no
stranger to singing theme songs, she sang songs for both The Great Gatsby and Maleficent so let’s just say Lana “gets theme songs.”
Rumor has it she might be singing the theme song for
Mockingjay part 1 (alongside Lorde) and Lana recently said the following
about film offers “I have received some interesting suggestions and I’m
really tempted to say yes!” Who knows maybe the director for “Bond 24,”
saw Lana’s shades of cool video and already decided to ask her. After
all a critic said “Miss Del Rey can rest assured she has the gig to the
next song if she chooses so.” He won’t be the only one thinking that;
Stereo gum, Slate, Digital Spy, Style caster, Neprospects and Lana
herself all think that Shades of Cool is very “Bond-esque.”
Soon after its release it was dubbed as “the next bond song never.”She
has many songs like put me in a movie(and don’t forget she’s dating film
star James Franco).
Still don’t believe Lana should sing the next Bond song go watch her Shades of Cool music video. Speaking of which, “Lana is the kind of person who can sing for and act in a James Bond movie,”
and you can’t disagree with that. I mean come on she’s a singer and a
has a model contract- the perfect Bond girl. I know I’m not the only one
obsessed about how Lana HAS to sing the next Bond song, Huffington Post, IGN,
Letter boxd and the MI6 community all feel the same. Rest assured the
MI6 community are Bond experts and know a Bond girl when they see her.
Like I mentioned earlier the filmmakers always pick the
hottest singer and by the time of the release of the next Bond film Lana
will have won many more awards, sung many more theme songs maybe even
acted in a bunch of movies but most importantly will have released an
“addition” to ultra violence which is rumored to be called Music to
Watch Boys To (can’t wait to see how that turns out). Furthermore, she
loves books, hence the Lolita and Clockwork Orange inspired songs.
Even her favorite movie (the Godfather) is based on the
bestselling novel of the same name and I’m sure she would love to be
part of a franchise based on the bestselling series by Ian Fleming.
Besides, anything Nancy Sinatra has done Lana Del Rey can do too. She
doesn’t call herself a “Gangsta Nancy Sinatra,” for nothing. Basically
the next Bond theme will be a beautiful throwback with lots of
references to the franchise history and it will be the completion of her
trifecta.