While James Bond fans anxiously await the last time Daniel Craig will portray the spy on the big screen in No Time to Die, the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards praised the film's theme song.
Billie Eilish's "No Time to Die" won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media, beating out songs from Harriet ("Stand Up"), Frozen 2 ("Into the Unknown"), Onward ("Carried Me With You") and Cats ("Beautiful Ghosts"). The Bond theme song was considered a rare win, as No Time to Die has yet to be released in theaters.
"No Time to Die" was co-written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas Baird O'Connell. Previously, Craig praised the theme song during an interview with Jimmy Fallon, revealing that he'd "sneak away from his office" to listen to the song in one of his "fancy cars" on repeat 10-15 times to amp himself up for filming his last feature film as James Bond.
Eilish is also nominated for three additional 2021 Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Solo Performance. At the time of this writing, these additional award categories are still pending.
The MGM film has faced several delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Although No Time to Die was originally slated to debut in theaters in November 2019, it was confirmed in January that the Bond film is now slated to arrive in theatres on Oct. 8.
The official synopsis for the last Craig-led Bond film reads,
In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Directed and co-written by Cary Fukunaga, No Time to Die stars Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek. The film arrives in theaters Oct 8.
Source: The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards