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The James Bond franchise has a long history of getting pop stars to record its theme songs (perhaps most memorably with Live and Let Die<\/em><\/a>), and it looks like that tradition will now extend to video game adaptations about the fictional spy. IO Interactive has announced<\/a> that Lana Del Rey co-wrote and performed the theme for 007 First Light<\/em><\/a>, the developer’s playable James Bond origin story.<\/p>\n “First Light” is written and performed by Lana Del Rey and composer David Arnold, and like the moody and abstract opening credits<\/a> released alongside the song, could vaguely gesture at the themes of the game. IO Interactive has previously said that its game focuses on a young, inexperienced and more reckless Bond, before he developed his trademark cool. The developer is also integrating the stealth mechanics it perfected in Hitman <\/em>into the upcoming game.<\/p>\n Del Rey’s personal gaming experience may begin and end with her hit “Video Games,” which was apparently written<\/a> about a former boyfriend’s love of World of Warcraft<\/em>, but the artist does know how to write a song with Bond in mind. Lana Del Rey shared<\/a> in 2024 that her song “24”<\/a> from the album Honeymoon<\/em> was originally written for 2017’s Spectre<\/em>, one of several songs that were cast aside in favor of Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall.”<\/a><\/p>\n 007 First Light<\/em> is coming to Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 5 and PC on May 27, 2026. A Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game is now coming out this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n