Lana Del Rey says she wrote James Bond song but it was rejected

Lana Del Rey wrote a music she hoped would function the James Bond theme in 2015, however says it was rejected by the movie franchise’s producers.

The singer, 38, was talking backstage on the Ivors in London, the place she was recognised for her profession and songwriting affect with a particular award.

Requested if she would take into account writing a Bond theme, she responded: “I imply, how has that not occurred?”

The BBC stories that the “Summertime Disappointment” artist then sang the refrain of her music “24”, from her 2015 album Honeymoon.

“I wrote that for them,” she mentioned.

The observe’s launch date would recommend that Del Rey hoped to function in Spectre, which marked actor Daniel Craig’s fourth flip because the suave spy.

Spectre’s theme was in the end carried out by Sam Smith, who received the Academy Award for Finest Unique Music with “Writing’s On the Wall”.

Del Rey mentioned Smith did a “fantastic job” and joked that she would proceed to do “my little Nancy Sinatra factor from time to time and simply faux it’s the title observe.”

In the meantime, British pop star RAYE, who took residence the most important prize of the night time (Songwriter of the 12 months), mentioned she was shocked that Del Rey’s providing had been rejected: “She simply has the right vitality for it.”

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

Elsewhere on the 2024 ceremony, Sir Paul McCartney introduced rock star Bruce Springsteen with the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and made positive to throw in just a few pleasant jabs for good measure.

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He started by joking that, “in contrast to Bruce’s concert events”, he would “maintain this temporary”.

He then mentioned that he “couldn’t consider a extra becoming” recipient of the 2024 fellowship… “besides possibly Bob Dylan”.

“Or Paul Simon, or Billy Joel, or Beyoncé, or Taylor Swift,” he added. “The record goes on.”

Springsteen is the primary worldwide songwriter to be inducted into the Ivors Fellowship, which is the awards’ highest honour.

Earlier recipients of the fellowship have included Sir Elton John, Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading and Sir Paul himself, who was the primary artist to obtain the honour after it was established in 2000.

Sir Paul joked that Springsteen was “often known as the American working man, however he admits he’s by no means labored a day in his life”.

McCartney and Springsteen are agency buddies, with the “Born to Run” star making a shock visitor look through the Beatles legend’s Glastonbury set in 2022.

You could find the total record of Ivors winners right here.