From “ballad of a homeschooled girl” to Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Lionsgate shared the big news during a takeover of Times Square in New York City on Wednesday evening.
Listen to a snippet of Rodrigo’s ballad, titled “Can’t Catch Me Now,” below.
Olivia Rodrigo.Matthew Baker/Redferns
The full song drops Nov. 3.
PreviousHunger Gamesartists have includedTaylor Swift(“Safe & Sound” feat.
The prequel follows a teenage Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) years before his turn as tyrannical president of Panem.
Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth star as Lucy Gray Baird and young Coriolanus Snow in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’.Murray Close/Lionsgate
“You go through an experience together and feel more understood by that person than anybody else.
It’s the same here.”
With Coriolanus and Lucy Gray, “there’s this mutual need,” he adds.
“He needs her to win and survive sohewins.
She needs him to help her win and survive soshesurvives.”
But also, it’s complicated.
“There’s manipulation on both sides.”
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeshits theaters Nov. 17.
Check out a snippet of Rodrigo’s song above.
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