Unlikely pop star now ‘favourite’ to sing next James Bond theme song

As speculation implicit what to expect from the adjacent James Bond installment ramps up, 1 US popular queen is an unexpected frontrunner successful the contention to sing the adjacent taxable song.

The James Bond franchise has an awesome bequest of featuring award-winning songs from immoderate of the world’s biggest singers.

Madonna’s Die Another Day successful 2002, Adele’s chart-soaring Skyfall and Billie Eilish’s Oscar-winning No Time To Die are conscionable a fistful of the iconic taxable tunes the enactment bid has produced implicit the years.

That’s not to notation Nancy Sinatra, Sam Smith, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Tom Jones.

And present lesbian popular icon Chappell Roan – who went done a stratospheric emergence to fame successful 2024 – could beryllium joining the esteemed mix.

Following her astonishment caller azygous connected SNL connected Saturday, it’s wide her popularity is present to stay. As specified she has crept to the apical of the leaderboard arsenic her likelihood were dropped to 2/1 by bookmakers.

BetIdeas.com spokesperson Lee Astley said the American superstar was present outpacing the likes of Lana Del Rey and Dua Lipa (who are pursuing blistery connected her heels astatine 5/2 each).

The Good Luck Babe hitmaker has ne'er expressed involvement successful helming the franchise taxable song, though a fewer fans person shared enthusiasm astatine the idea.

‘Never needed a pistillate James Bond earlier but possibly we merit 1 truthful Chappell Roan tin bash the taxable song… I consciousness similar it would rock,’ @eleanorbabwin wrote connected X.

And idiosyncratic @rynarichardkahn echoed: ‘Chappell Roan should bash the taxable for the adjacent James Bond.’

The HOT TO GO! singer, 26, has surely shown her range, debuting state anthems, nine hits and touching ballads successful her repertoire. Her euphony holds a peculiar prime that could play into creating a Bond hit.

But the award-winning euphony creator has pugnacious contention to onshore the coveted gig.

There’s besides been expanding likelihood implicit planetary popular star Taylor Swift picking up the mantle from Billie, with Lee sharing: ‘Taylor has been a unit to beryllium reckoned with implicit the past twelvemonth oregon truthful and her seven-award haul astatine the VMAs has her arsenic a brand-new introduction successful the marketplace to sing the adjacent Bond taxable song.’

And Lana has antecedently opened up astir however a opus she wrote for James Bond but was rejected successful favour of different artist (likely Sam Smith for the 2015 movie Spectre).

The Video Games vocalist revealed that it was her 2014 azygous 24, from her Honeymoon album, which was snubbed.

But the communicative could beryllium precise antithetic if she gives it different go.

Other imaginable picks see Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga and Harry Styles who person each enjoyed immense occurrence implicit the past mates of years. Sabrina herself has dominated the charts with hits specified arsenic Taste and Espresso.

Of course, the taxable opus is lone 1 constituent that remains a enigma astir the 26th Bond movie. The franchise is yet to astir the suave British cause is besides yet to denote the pb prima taking implicit from Daniel Craig, the manager oregon immoderate crippled details.

BetIdeas.com has pushed Barbie manager up the rankings arsenic the adjacent filmmaker astatine 5/2, beaten lone by Conclave’s Edward Berger.

As for the question connected everyone’s lips – who volition play the adjacent 007 – we are nary person to our answer.

Queer prima Daniel has made his stance connected the substance wide after brutally declaring: ‘I don’t care’ erstwhile asked who we would emotion to spot play the role.

In the meantime, Hollywood actors specified arsenic Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Callum Turner and Rege-Jean Page are high-up connected the database of desired stars.

And Blitz histrion Saoirse Ronan has adjacent enactment herself guardant to play a baddie successful the adjacent installment.

‘‘I would similar to bash thing large and shiny. ‘I’d emotion to bash that’,’ she told the LA Times.

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