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Is Lana Del Rey's "First Light" the best Bond song in years?

Boing Boing·Grant St. Clair·about 1 month ago
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Any game that promises to be the full James Bond experience, like IO Interactive's upcoming 007: First Light , has a few obvious boxes to check. They've already got the bombastic villain, and while the jury is still out on the gunbarrel shot, another essential component has been revealed: the absolutely bangin' title song. Luckily, IOI has had the restraint not to release the badass title sequence that no doubt accompanies the song, but Lana Del Rey's "First Light" is great even without that. It's the most James Bond-ass James Bond song I've heard in a long time, and feels totally worthy of being attached to a mainline movie. The hardcore Lana fans among you may remember that Del Rey actually submitted a song for Spectre but was passed over in favor of Sam Smith, so this feels a bit like cosmic justice. It's better than Billie Eilish's "No Time to Die," but worse than Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name." Still an incredibly strong showing, though!…

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