Billie Eilish has recalled the initial mixed reaction among James Bond fans to the announcement that she would be singing the theme song for No Time To Die, describing it as “a rough period”.
The producers of the upcoming film, which is now set for release in April 2021 following a number of coronavirus-enforced delays, confirmed back in January that Eilish had been selected to record its official song.
Eilish, who is the youngest artist in the spy movie franchise’s history to record a Bond song, has now recalled the reaction which greeted the announcement that she would be recording ‘No Time To Die’ (which was made before the song itself was officially released on February 13) in a new interview.
Her brother Finneas, who co-wrote the song, told Variety that the timing of the announcement was, in his opinion, “double-risky, because then [the public are] only judging their preconceptions about an artist as opposed to actually judging the work at hand. So…”
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