Another day, another new track from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 soundtrack hits the web (via Consequence Of Sound). This time it is the soft and soothing Charli XCX and Simon Le Bon collaboration titled "Kingdom" that you can now hear 4 days before the soundtrack hits stores. UK pop princess Charli XCX who is known for her in your face, edgy pop vocals, shows off her more emotional singing talents on "Kingdom," accompanied by Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon, who adds his own melancholic verse.
Haunting and beautiful, "Kingdom" shows the softer side of Charli XCX's artistry. It blends in to the theme of the film and captures the theatric nature of the drama evoked from the movie. Her vocals float over a soft instrumental with fluttering strings and crisp percussion.
The rest of the Mockingjay soundtrack has already revealed some huge collaborations. Ariana Grande and Major Lazer created the simplistic and danceable "All My Love", The Chemical Brothers joined forces with Lorde and Miguel, plus lorde joining Pusha T, Q-Tip, Stromae and HAIM for a massive five-performer collaboration "Meltdown" that hit the internet yesterday.
The rest of the album features artists like CHVRCHES, Kanye West on remix duties for "Flicker Beat" from Lorde, Tinashe, Tove Lo and more.
Lorde, who is curating the soundtrack spoke to Billboard about how time consuming the entire process has been, commenting "It's been my entire life." She also knows she has to create an album that would be a body of work Hunger Games fans would enjoy.
"It would've been selfish for me to make ambient house music," she noted. "With a film like that, everyone likes it, not just people like me."
The soundtrack will be available for purchase on Nov. 17 and the movie will hit theaters next Friday in a week's time on Nov. 21.
