Lana Del Rey says she wrote a Bond theme, but it was turned down

Lana Del Rey says she wrote a James Bond theme in 2015, solely to have it rejected by producers.

The Video Video games star was talking backstage on the Ivor Novello Awards in London, the place she had simply gained a particular prize celebrating her profession and affect.

Requested if she would ever contemplate writing a Bond theme, she replied: “I imply, how has that not occurred?”

She then broke into the refrain of her tune 24, from the album Honeymoon, earlier than revealing: “I wrote that for them.”

Given its launch date, the tune would have been in rivalry for Daniel Craig’s fourth outing as 007, Spectre.

The theme was ultimately recorded by Sam Smith, who gained an Oscar for his or her tune Writing’s On The Wall.

“Sam, you probably did a beautiful job,” laughed Del Rey, who stated she nonetheless hoped to get one other shot on the franchise.

“Someday, perhaps…

“However I’ll proceed to do my little Nancy Sinatra factor now and again and simply faux it is the title monitor.”

Pop star Raye, who gained songwriter of the yr at Thursday’s ceremony, was shocked by Del Rey’s revelation.

“I am unable to imagine she would have been rejected by them, as a result of she simply has the proper power for it,” Raye stated.

“I really feel like she would eat that up – and I really feel like that ought to occur sooner or later.”

The London-born singer added that she would leap on the probability to create a Bond theme of her personal.

“In the event that they ever approached me, I might roll over backwards, clearly.

“I do not understand how these issues occur, however it could be my absolute pleasure.”

Del Rey is in good firm, nonetheless.

Different stars who’ve had Bond themes rejected embrace Pulp, Blondie, Johnny Money, Pet Store Boys and KD Lang.

Producers usually fee a number of options, and solely determine which to make use of as soon as the movie is full.

Radiohead even recorded a 3rd potential theme for Spectre – which they ultimately launched on Christmas Day 2015.

Here’s a checklist of the identified “misplaced” Bond songs.

• Johnny Money – Thunderball
• Dionne Warwick – Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Thunderball)
• Shirley Bassey – Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Thunderball)
• Julie Rogers – You Solely Dwell Twice
• Lorraine Chandler – You Solely Dwell Twice
• Alice Cooper – The Man with the Golden Gun
• Blondie – For Your Eyes Solely
• Phyllis Hyman – By no means Say By no means Once more
• Pet Store Boys – The Residing Daylights
• Ace of Base – GoldenEye
• Pulp – Tomorrow By no means Lies (Tomorrow By no means Dies)
• Saint Etienne – Tomorrow By no means Dies
• Swan Lee – Tomorrow By no means Dies
• KD Lang – Give up (Tomorrow By no means Dies)
• Straw – The World Is Not Sufficient
• Shirley Bassey – No Good About Goodbye (Quantum of Solace)
• Muse – Supremacy (Skyfall)
• Radiohead – Spectre
• Lana Del Rey – 24 (Spectre)
• Skylar Gray – I’m A Soldier (No Time To Die)

Del Rey was in a chatty temper on the Ivor Novellos.

She additionally revealed that she had turned down the provide of a world tour that was pitched after her headline set on the Coachella music competition this April.

“I made a decision to not do a stadium tour this yr, as a result of I need to go to McCreary County and Kentucky,” she stated.

“I need to go meet with the folks, and say hello and have breakfast with them.

“It isn’t at all times about simply going to each island and choosing up cash on the stadium.”

And she or he additionally talked concerning the genesis of her Grammy-nominated 2023 album Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Underneath Ocean Blvd – which was largely written throughout impromptu jam classes together with her then-boyfriend Mike Hermosa.

“It is humorous, each time a producer would not have time for me, somebody I am relationship occurs to be a prodigious guitar participant,” she informed BBC Information backstage.

“After which, as they’re noodling round on Sundays, I believe: ‘Might I’ve that sequence of chords?’ They usually say, ‘Properly yeah, if you’d like them’.

“And that is how Tunnel happened with Mike Hermosa. It was all executed with him on Sundays in his two bed room house in Genesee (California).

“Every thing was simply simple and I assumed, right here comes one other document.”

However she added: “I used to be seeking to get married, to not have one other document!”