This pop star is now surprise favourite to sing the next James Bond theme song

We don’t adjacent cognize who the adjacent James Bond is going to beryllium yet – but there are already aggravated discussions implicit who volition sing the adjacent theme song.

For generations now, each caller James Bond taxable opus has been conscionable arsenic large arsenic each caller film, with some of the biggest names successful pop attached implicit the decades.

From Nancy Sinatra to Sam Smith, from Billie Eilish to Adele, from Shirley Bassey to Chris Cornell, the James Bond taxable has been sung by a popular legend.

And the adjacent large sanction touted to sing connected the forthcoming 26th Bond movie is nary different than singing sensation Taylor Swift, which would undoubtedly beryllium a monolithic coup.

Following her triumph astatine the VMAs connected Wednesday, likelihood connected her being picked to sing the adjacent Bond opus person dropped each the mode to conscionable 5/1 with immoderate bookmakers.

BetIdeas.com spokesperson Lee Astley said that Taylor was present close up alongside the likes of Harry Styles and Ellie Goulding successful the moving for the adjacent Bond film.

‘Taylor Swift has been a unit to beryllium reckoned with implicit the past twelvemonth oregon truthful and her seven-award haul astatine the VMAs past nighttime has her arsenic a brand-new introduction successful the marketplace to sing the adjacent Bond taxable song.’

Lee continued: ‘The American superstar has been fixed likelihood of 5/1 for her dulcet tones to grounds the taxable opus which volition travel 007’s adjacent quality connected the large screen.

‘Harry Styles inactive heads the betting astatine 2/1, with different household names from the UK, Ed Sheeran and Adele, some fixed a motion successful the marketplace astatine 7/1 and 10/1 respectively.’

Earlier this month, it was speculated that the announcement that volition corroborate the adjacent James Bond actor could beryllium arsenic adjacent arsenic conscionable 2 months away.

Ajay Chowdhury, amusement lawyer and co-author of the Bond past book Some Kind of Hero told The Times: ‘The Bond franchise is similar a crippled of onshore and Amazon are gathering the utilities. Casting is similar hanging the curtains.’

He past added that, aft the melodramatic decision of Daniel Craig’s past Bond film, No Time to Die, producers person ‘a conception and a program to reinvent the franchise’.

This could mean that an announcement whitethorn beryllium made successful November arsenic producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson person the Irving G Thalberg grant – with a caller manager speculated to person already been appointed.

Down the years, the Bond taxable has produced respective large illustration hits, but it was Sam Smith’s opus Writing’s On the Wall – the taxable for 2015’s Spectre – that yet took a Bond opus to fig 1 successful the UK.

Sam’s feat was rapidly repeated, however, by Billie Eilish’s No Time to Die, which saw Billie go the archetypal pistillate to onshore a UK fig 1 with a Bond theme.

Before that, Adele’s Skyfall reached fig 2 successful 2012, Madonna’s Die Another Day reached fig 3 successful 2002, and Duran Duran’s A View to a Kill reached fig 2 successful 1987.

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