The young American singer Billie Eilish, revelation of the Grammy Awards, unveiled Friday the official theme of the next installment of the adventures of James Bond, listened to almost 3.5 million times in a few hours on Instagram. Titled "No Time To Die" like the film, the title she wrote with her brother and main collaborator, Finneas O'Connell, is marked by the same grunge melancholy to which the singer owes her phenomenal rise.
A deep, haunting voice
The embodiment of cool with a haunting low voice and quirky punk-rock style, Billie Eilish, just 18, embodies a new genre of iconoclastic pop star. She achieved the Grand Slam at the Grammy Awards at the end of January, notably winning the awards for "album of the year", "song of the year" for "Bad Guy", "revelation of the year" and "recording of the year ", the youngest to have managed to win in these four major categories since the start of the competition.
She is also the youngest artist to record an official James Bond theme, joining big names like Adele, Madonna and Paul McCartney. She will perform it as a world premiere at the Brit Awards ceremony on Tuesday in London, according to her Facebook page.
James Bond release scheduled for April
The 25th installment of the James Bond saga is scheduled for release in April. This is the fifth - and a priori the last time that Daniel Craig, 51, plays the famous agent 007. The "villain" of the story is embodied by the American of Egyptian origin Rami Malek, 38, awarded by an Oscar for his interpretation of Freddie Mercury, emblematic singer of Queen.