{"id":588113,"date":"2026-04-16T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/588113\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:17:10","slug":"lana-del-rey-releases-james-bond-song-first-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/588113\/","title":{"rendered":"Lana Del Rey Releases James Bond Song &#8220;First Light&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her name is Del Rey. Lana Del Rey. Without any advanced notice, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/lana-del-rey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lana Del Rey<\/a> has released a new song called \u201cFirst Light,\u201d which serves as the theme to the new James Bond video game <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tPGZBJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">007 First Light<\/a>. Stream it below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst Light\u201d begins with a dramatic\u00a0piano and floating strings, before guitar riffs and percussion add to the bombast. With the game centering on the origin story of Bond, the lyrics focus on the potential consequences of the young spy embracing his fate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tPGZBJ\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pre-order 007 First Light<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour strength is your youth,\u201d Del Rey sings on the first verse. \u201cPromise you\u2019ll never change.\u201d She continues, \u201cPeople try and stop you, all the fates just watch you\/ Dying just to know whether you\u2019ll play your life like a game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Del Rey wrote and composed \u201cFirst Light\u201d with David Arnold, who worked on Bond films such as Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, and Quantum of Solace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bond theme is a unique storytelling moment; it has to capture scale, drama, and intrigue all at once. Having been part of that musical lineage, I understand how important it is to honor its heritage while allowing it to evolve,\u201d Arnold said in a statement. \u201cLana brought an elegance and atmosphere to the song that felt perfectly suited to continuing that tradition while introducing something fresh for a new era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release of \u201cFirst Light\u201d comes as fans still eagerly await Del Rey\u2019s long-gestating new album, Stove. Back in February, she shared the latest single, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/lana-del-rey-new-song-white-feather-hawk-tail-deer-hunter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cWhite Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>007 First Light is set for release on PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and Windows on May 27th. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tPGZBJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Pre-orders<\/a> are ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her name is Del Rey. Lana Del Rey. Without any advanced notice, Lana Del Rey has released a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-588113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}