Billie Eilish’s No Time to Die Theme Helped Perfectly End Craig's Bond
Billie Eilish's Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning title track for No Time to Die, unlike most James Bond title songs that came before it, had the unique opportunity to conclude a Bond actor's tenure musically. In many regards, Eilish succeeded at that task. While the song initially functions as a reflection of Madeleine Swann's feelings over Bond's abandonment of her due to a supposed betrayal from SPECTRE, it grows to represent far more, including the death of Bond himself.
From the moment Eilish's title song begins, the seeds of Bond and Madeleine's difficulties of trusting one another are put on full display, with many of the song's lyrics going both ways in terms of their own perspectives. From the opening line to the pre-chorus, the song speaks of whether their relationship could have ever worked. Perhaps it may be, as is implied in both the film and song, that it never could have lasted. However, as the song and the film progress, things begin to slowly and subtly change.
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The faces from Bond and Madeleine's past returning might refer to the film's lead villain Safin, Bond's former love Vesper and villainous SPECTRE head Blofeld — people whose effects on their lives they can never fully let go of. Letting something burn probably refers to the secrets the two burned on sheets of paper in Matera before everything went horribly wrong. Finally, whether someone is "death or paradise" just might refer to Bond's effects on Madeleine and her and Bond's child, Mathilde, and whether or not it might lead to her demise. No longer is Eilish referring to the events in Matera, rather, she is referring to their evolving relationship as a whole. Eventually,
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