Listen To Iggy Pop’s Brand New Single, ‘James Bond’
The sparse new track is taken from the star’s upcoming solo album Free, which is due out on 6 September via Loma Vista.
Iggy Pop keeps it simple on his new single, ‘James Bond’, which you can hear below. The low-key, repetitive track centers on a minimal beat and thumping guitar line as the rock star croons, “She wants to be your James Bond/ Well, it’s not for a price/ And it’s not to be nice/ She wants to be your James Bond.” The single was written and produced by Leron Thomas, a jazz trumpeter and composer.
“I don’t know what she’s up to exactly, but the tables seem to be turning, and she’s taking over. Well, why not? I’ll try anything once”, Pop sayd of the track. “I’ve never had more fun singing a lyric. Faith’s reading is so loaded, and Leron’s production and trumpet along with the band swings like crazy.”
‘James Bond’ is taken from the star’s upcoming solo album, Free, which is due out on 6 September via Loma Vista. The musician previously revealed the album’s title track, an ambient number with a jazz vibe (also produced by Thomas) that sees Pop speaking only one lyric: “I wanna be free.” The release is a follow-up to Pop’s 2016 album, Post Pop Depression, which was produced by Josh Homme.
“This is an album in which other artists speak for me, but I lend my voice,” Pop said in a statement. “By the end of the tours following Post Pop Depression, I felt sure that I had rid myself of the problem of chronic insecurity that had dogged my life and career for too long. But I also felt drained. And I felt like I wanted to put on shades, turn my back, and walk away. I wanted to be free. I know that’s an illusion, and that freedom is only something you feel, but I have lived my life thus far in the belief that that feeling is all that is worth pursuing; all that you need—not happiness or love necessarily, but the feeling of being free. So this album just kind of happened to me, and I let it happen.”
As uDiscover Music previously reported, Iggy Pop will also release a new lyric book collection, ‘Til Wrong Feels Right, on 1 October via Penguin Random House. The tome will include lyrics, essays, photographs and artwork created by the musician throughout his career.
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