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The Girl
With the
Midas
To u c h
How Billie Eilish,
Finneas, and Hans Zimmer
rethought the James Bond
theme for a new generation.
By Amos Barshad
no time to die opens November 25.
billie eilish built a blockbuster in a
bedroom, so it makes sense she’d record a
Bond song on a tour bus. “We recorded
the vocals in a bunk in the dark on the bus
in a basement in Texas,” she recalls of the
creation of “No Time to Die,” her song for
the James Bond film of the same name,
set to be released later this year. “It was
pitch black. No movement. I was just, lit-
erally, holding a mic.”
This is nothing new for Eilish, 18, and
her older brother, Finneas, 22, who
recorded her 2019 debut, When We All
march 16–29, 2020 | new york 73
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The Girl
With the
Midas
To u c h
How Billie Eilish,
Finneas, and Hans Zimmer
rethought the James Bond
theme for a new generation.
By Amos Barshad
no time to die opens November 25.
billie eilish built a blockbuster in a
bedroom, so it makes sense she’d record a
Bond song on a tour bus. “We recorded
the vocals in a bunk in the dark on the bus
in a basement in Texas,” she recalls of the
creation of “No Time to Die,” her song for
the James Bond film of the same name,
set to be released later this year. “It was
pitch black. No movement. I was just, lit-
erally, holding a mic.”
This is nothing new for Eilish, 18, and
her older brother, Finneas, 22, who
recorded her 2019 debut, When We All
march 16–29, 2020 | new york 73