If I am honest, picking a song of the week has been hard
this time around, because I have still been riding on the waves of Kylie’s new
song from last week. And January just doesn’t tend to be that great a time for
stellar new music releases. However, today I was very much intrigued to hear a
rendition of the Disney song ‘Once Upon a Dream’ by American singer Lana Del
Rey. Acting as a promotional tool for the upcoming film Maleficent, this new
rendition of the track has a much darker and haunting tone, sitting with this
new film’s focus on the legendary villain from the Disney animated classic
Sleeping Beauty. As a big fan of the Disney brand, I was very weary of the idea
of Del Rey tackling such a classic song, but upon hearing this rendition I am
really surprised and happy, and I kind of feel like the singer has somehow
managed to make her own spin on the track even better than the original. Originally
the track focused on the Sleeping Beauty character Aurora singing of love and
walking with her prince in her dreams, but here the lyrics are giving a much
more haunting and mysterious meaning, in no small part thanks to Del Rey’s
languid and airy vocals. Del Rey has that perfect tone of grandeur that makes
this new rendition dramatic and moody, and yet whilst it is a Disney classic,
the song also for me feels like it in some ways could have been made by Del
Rey. Keeping the production minimal is a strong point as the lyrics and vocals
can really work their magic on you, and so what this track does is get me both
excited for this new Maleficent film, and get me excited for when Del Rey
releases some proper new material of her own this year.
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