SPECTRE Theme - In The Running... Lorde

Another artist rumoured to be performing the infamous Bond song is 18 year old Lorde. Out of nowhere she stormed the charts around the world with her number one single 'Royals' (listen to that below).

From that point on her life became on huge success story, winning the Brit award in 2014 for 'International Female Solo Artist' (Lorde was born in New Zealand) beating off the likes of Katy Perry, Lady GaGa and P!nk to win the award, previously won by the likes of Rihanna, Lana Del Rey, Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Bjork.

Her song 'Royals' taken from her first studio album 'Pure Heroine' also won numerous award around the world including the 2014 Grammy Award for 'Song Of The Year', the Billboard Music Award for 'Top Rock Song', the New Zealand Music Awards award for 'Single Of The Year' (2013) and 'Highest Selling New Zealand Single' (2014) and many more. Her hit song 'Royals' is a soft laid back track with her powerful voice excelling throughout, with a slow beat throughout.

However is this what a Bond song should be? The James Bond franchise is known as being fast paced and elaborate with the songs following these themes - a perfect example would be 1973's Live And Let Die performed by Sir Paul McCartney - an area that Lorde hasn't really entered yet (one of her more upbeat songs however is 'Yellow Flicker Beat', listen to that below), so would a Bond song really suit her at this stage in her career? 

Another issue with Lorde performing the James Bond song is that she is currently attached to another film franchise - The Hunger Games - having curated and contributed to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1, one of the most popular songs from that being 'Yellow Flicker Beat' performed by Lorde; but in a recent interview she said she had no plans to work on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2; but it all depends on contracts and whether or not she'd be allowed to work on the soundtrack to another film, for so many years.

Below is her song 'Yellow Flicker Beat' for the film The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1, and below that is her number one song 'Royals':






What do you think at the prospect of Lorde performing the SPECTRE theme song? Who else do you think would be right in their element performing the song? Let us know in the comments section below.