Lana Del Rey Addresses a Big Rumor About 1 of Her Songs, Talks Writing for 'James Bond' Movie

Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey are opening up about their careers and personal lives.

One of the biggest-budget Czech drama series to date is getting a second run, with the focus on another real-life rescue mission.

Reading & Leeds 2024 have been revealed – check them out below now.As is tradition, the twin festivals will take place over the upcoming August bank holiday (23-25) and will return to the usual sites of Richfield Avenue (Reading) and Bramham Park (Leeds). They will both be headlined by Fred Again.., Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Blink-182 and Gerry Cinnamon.

Lana Del Rey has spoken about the success Taylor Swift has achieved throughout the years.While appearing in a new BBC feature story which explores Swift’s massive success, Del Rey opened up and shared her thoughts about the pop star has been able to keep going and keep one-upping herself throughout her career.“She wants it,” the ‘Ride’ singer told the publication. “She’s told me so many times that she wants it more than anyone.

Lana Del Rey has spoken out following her “fight” with “stalkers” in Paris.The singer was recently spotted having a heated exchange in the French capital city, where she claimed someone was “following” her and her family. It is unknown whether the person following Del Rey was a photographer or a fan.TMZ published a video of the singer responding to the person after they claimed Del Rey “came to me”, to which she said: “You followed me! With my family! Get away from me.

Lana Del Rey opened up about what sets Taylor Swift apart as a pop star.

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has joined Bleachers to cover Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Margaret’ – watch the moment below.Bleachers performed in Chicago on Saturday (May 25), where they unveiled a special guest to perform with them. That’s when Tweedy arrived on stage, where he and the band sang a cover of Del Rey’s ‘Margaret’.‘Margaret’ was written as a tribute to frontman Jack Antonoff and his wife, actress Margaret Qualley.

Lana Del Rey celebrated female expression in music and changing attitudes towards domestic violence in her Ivor Novellos acceptance speech this week.The singer was speaking from the stage of the Ivor Novello Awards in London on May 23, where she picked up the Special International Award.She took the chance to address how perceptions of artists like her have changed since she emerged in the early 2010s.“When I started, I think a lot of things were written about how the songs were sort of naval-gazing just about my experience with challenging relationships,” she said.“Now, what we’ve seen is that those songs were not written about a small microcosm of people and women; we’re seeing an acute amount of things written about difficult relationships. Even when COVID began, the second epidemic in the United States was interpersonal relationship violence – it increased by 300 per cent.“I think it’s amazing that female singer-songwriters have the freedom to write about absolutely whatever they want,” she continued.

Lana Del Rey was asked by the BBC if she’d write a title track for a James Bond movie.

Lana Del Rey has revealed that she wrote a song for the James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected by the franchise’s producers.The singer was speaking backstage at the Ivor Novello Awards in London this week (May 23), where she picked up the Special International Award.As the BBC reports, she was asked about the prospect of recording a Bond theme, to which she said she had already given it a shot, before beginning to sing her song ‘24’, from her fourth album ‘Honeymoon’, released the same year as the film.“I wrote that for them,” Lana said. Listen to the song below:The eventual theme for that film, ‘Writing’s on the Wall’, was recorded by Sam Smith and became the first Bond theme to reach Number One on the UK Singles Chart.“Sam, you did a wonderful job,” Del Rey quipped, before saying she had not given up hope at making a song for the film series.“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,” she added.It was not the only time that Bond producers turned away a stellar music name for the choice of Spectre’s signature song.

Mark Sutherland As he picked up his Ivor Novello Award in London Thursday, Bruce Springsteen told a story about the first time he came to the U.K.’s capitol city. In 1975, Springsteen and his band arrived at Heathrow Airport famished, and went in search of a cheeseburger — only to find that such exotic cuisine had yet to make it to that side of the pond, with only fish ‘n’ chips available.

Lana Del Rey has spoken to NME about the “music business going country”, what to expect from her new album ‘Lasso’, and feeling “playful” rather than “vindicated” after proving naysayers wrong. Watch our interview above.Speaking to NME in the winners’ room of the Ivor Novellos yesterday (Thursday May 23) after picking up the Special International Award, the ‘Video Games’ icon was in a jubilant mood as she reflected on her career.“Because I met my managers 15 years ago, they spoke about this award since the minute I met them,” Del Rey told NME.

Lana Del Rey picks up a special trophy while attending The Ivors 2024 at Grosvenor House on Thursday evening (May 23) in London, England.

Billie Eilish has responded to Lana Del Rey claiming that she is the “voice of our generation”.Eilish appeared as a special surprise guest during Del Rey’s headlining set of Coachella during weekend one of the Californian festival. The two performed a duet of Del Rey’s ‘Video Games’ and Eilish’s ‘Ocean Eyes’.Introducing the ‘Bad Guy’ singer to the stage, the ‘Born To Die’ singer said: “That’s the voice of our generation, the voice of your generation.

Billie Eilish has opened up about suffering for her art, and performed her song ‘Lunch‘ on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.The singer appeared on the late-night talk show last night (May 21) and spoke about the creation of the artwork for her album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft‘. The cover sees her sinking in water with an open white door above her.She revealed that in order to get the shot, she was fully dressed in layers of clothing with a weight strapped on to her to keep her down in a 10 foot tub of water.

Lana Del Rey brought out Jelly Roll during her headline set at Hangout Festival last night for a version of ‘Sweet Home Alabama’.The singer was headlining the first night of the festival at Gulf Shores, Alabama, and after singing alongside other guests Tommy Genesis, Benson Boone and Nessa Barrett, she opted to round out her 16-track set with a cover of the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic with Jelly Roll.Watch footage of the performance below:It is Lana’s second on-stage collaboration with a country star in recent weeks, after she sang a version of ‘Unchained Melody’ with Paul Cauthen at Stagecoach Festival in California in April.Jelly Roll, meanwhile, recently joined forces with Limp Bizkit at Welcome To Rockville to perform a version of The Who’s ‘Behind Blue Eyes’.Del Rey recently headlined both weekends of Coachella 2024, and was joined by guests Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, Jack Antonoff and Camila Cabello.On weekend one, Del Rey brought out Eilish to perform a duet of ‘Video Games’ and ‘Ocean Eyes’, as well as Batiste to perform ‘Candy Necklace’, and Antonoff to play piano for ‘Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have – But I Have It’. For weekend two, she turned to Cabello to perform the latter’s ‘I Luv It’.She subsequently revealed that she had only recovered from laryngitis “a few hours” before taking the stage for the first weekend, while also hitting out at her former tour manager, who she said had “quit for no reason” just over a month before the set.In a four-star review of the weekend one set, NME wrote: “Some festival-goers and critics have pointed to Del Rey as an “odd” choice of headliner – someone not exactly known for putting in energetic, flashy performances.

Back in March, reports emerged that Aaron Taylor Johnson had landed the coveted role of James Bond in the upcoming 007 movie.

Taylor Swift celebrated her 87th Eras Tour show with some of her celebrity friends in Paris. The fan-favorite singer performed for her fans at the Paris La Défense Arena, with her boyfriend Travis Kelce watching her from the audience.

As sci-fi fans around the world excitedly countdown the final few hours until Doctor Who returns to our screens, all eyes will be on Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa as he becomes the fifteenth iteration of the world renowned Time Lord. Joined by new companion Millie Gibson in the role of Ruby Sunday, the dynamic duo will be exploring the universe - both time and space - while coming face to face with some of their most formidable foes yet. But while Ncuti is new to the role, show runner Russell T Davies was so impressed by his performance he even revealed that he believes the star may be destined to join another global franchise in the coming years! In an interview to promote the new series, Russell opened up about what made him choose Gatwa for the role and where he thinks the star will end up.

Lana Del Rey is having a successful year. Just weeks after her performance at Coachella, where she surprised the audience by bringing Billie Eilish and Camila Cabello to the stage, the singer is sharing her excitement ahead of her birthday, as she already received the gift she wanted the most this year.Afterparty looks at the 2024 Met Gala: Shakira, Kendall Jenner, Bad Bunny Zendaya, and moreInside Bad Bunny and Kendall Jenner’s romantic reunion in NYC: Are they back together?Ice Spice praises Lana Del Rey’s discography: ‘I’m obsessed with her’During her recent appearance at the Met Gala, where she made headlines for her stunning look, referencing an archival Alexander McQueen design from the Fall 2006 collection, Lana was asked what she wanted the most for her birthday.