Charli xcx has mentioned the potential of recording a James Bond theme, saying she doesn’t assume she is “constructed” for it.
The ‘Brat’ star has recorded the soundtrack album for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie. That album arrives on February 13 and it’s out there to pre-order right here.
She can be transferring to grow to be extra energetic as an actor, with plenty of initiatives lined up over the subsequent 12 months, and now the prospect has been raised of her presumably recording a theme track for a Bond film.
The historical past of signature songs within the Bond franchise is wealthy, with names like Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Paul McCartney recording classic entries, whereas extra lately it has fallen to the likes of Adele, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish.
Throughout an look on The Julia Cunningham Present, she stated: “I bought to say, I don’t assume that I’m constructed for that. I feel I in all probability sing with an excessive amount of AutoTune to do a James Bond.”
“By no means say by no means,” she continued. “I’m open to it in the event that they wish to name me, which they gained’t however, yeah. I feel it may not be a match, however that’s, nicely, yeah. It’s not going to occur now, is it? So wonderful. I don’t know.”
One other large homegrown identify being linked with the subsequent Bond theme is Oasis, with Noel Gallagher lately saying he would have an interest, describing it as “an absolute honour” and saying “these form of issues ought to be accomplished by Brits not Yanks”.
Amazon MGM took over inventive management of the Bond franchise final 12 months, and Dune‘s Denis Villeneuve has since been confirmed because the director of the subsequent movie, with Peaky Blinders‘ Steven Knight set to be overseeing the screenplay.
The brand new producers are stated to be in search of a “recent face” to tackle the lead function, after Daniel Craig bowed out after 2021’s No Time To Die. No actor has been introduced but, however Callum Turner grew to become the bookies favorite final month.
Charli’s Wuthering Heights soundtrack comes after she revealed that she was “presently feeling extra impressed by movie than by music” after being left “caught, empty and barren” after her breakthrough album ‘Brat‘.
In Might 2025, she then hinted that she was anticipating her subsequent, non-Wuthering Heights album to go in a totally totally different course than ‘Brat’, explaining: “You’ll be able to by no means actually do the identical factor twice and my subsequent document will in all probability be a flop, which I’m down for to be trustworthy.”
She additionally has a mockumentary on the best way known as The Second, which is set to hit UK cinemas on February 20.
