{"id":181238,"date":"2023-11-02T05:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T05:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181238"},"modified":"2023-11-02T05:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T05:26:55","slug":"olivia-rodrigos-new-song-to-feature-on-the-hunger-games-prequel-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/music\/olivia-rodrigos-new-song-to-feature-on-the-hunger-games-prequel-soundtrack\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo’s new song to feature on The Hunger Games prequel soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olivia Rodrigo is “beyond excited” to have penned a new song for The Hunger Games prequel.<\/p>\n

The track, titled Can’t Catch Me Now, will feature on The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, which is set for release on November 17. Set a number of years before the existing films, it stars Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth as as Lucy Gray Baird and the young Coriolanus Snow respectively.<\/p>\n

They will star alongside Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage and Oscar winner Viola Davis. Rodrigo, 20, will release her new song on November 3.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the song, which will be released on November 3, Drivers License singer Rodrigo said: \u201cSoooo beyond excited that I got the opportunity to write a song for The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Hunger Games prequel, directed by Francis Lawrence, follows 18-year-old Snow (Blyth) years before he becomes the \u201ctyrannical president of Panem\u201d.<\/p>\n

With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, he is assigned to mentor Baird (Zegler), an impoverished girl from District 12 \u2013 the area where Katniss Everdeen grows up years later. But after Baird commands all of Panem\u2019s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in his favour.<\/p>\n

On Instagram, Zegler said that \u201cmaking this movie was hands-down one of the best experiences of my life thus far\u201d.<\/p>\n

She also thanked entertainment company Lionsgate and US actors union Sag-Aftra for \u201cworking so hard throughout this strike to come to an agreement allowing us to participate in press and promotion for our film\u201d.<\/p>\n