David Byrne and Hayley Williams have shared their latest collaboration, 'Open The Door'. Check that out below.
The pair have formed close links in recent years, with Williams featuring on Byrne's new solo album, 'Who Is The Sky?', as well as covering 'Burning Down The House' for the 40th anniversary reissue of Stop Making Sense last year.
Meanwhile, Byrne also covered Paramore's 2017 hit, 'Hard Times' for Record Store Day last year, as well as a show in New York's Radio City Hall last Friday (October 10). Both performances also featured Williams.
Now, the pair have joined forces once again, having recorded together for the upcoming animated film of Roald Dahl's classic, The Twits. This is one of three tracks written by David Byrne and produced for this project, which is coming to Netflix.
“This was a fun project,” Byrne has said of the project. “Like other Roald Dahl books, this one has its share of dreadful characters. When I was approached to write some songs for this movie, I immediately said ‘Let me give it a try and see if you like what I come up with’. Phil [Johnston, writer, producer and director] was wonderfully clear what each song needed to express and what the character was feeling at that moment".
“I reached out to Hayley Williams to collaborate on the end credits song and we both agreed that it should serve to remind us that there is heart and connection in the story after all the unpleasantness depicted by Mr. and Mrs. Twit. Hayley was inspired by Beesha’s story and came up with some lyric ideas, and I set them to tune and boom".
Williams chimed in: “Being a part of this movie is like one pinch-me moment after another. My favourite Roald Dahl book growing up was The Twits. I’m drawn to learning about twisted characters like Mr. and Mrs. Twit and The Wormwoods from Matilda".
“It feels like a cautionary tale – and also a really lovely depiction of chosen family and community, which is one of my favourite topics. I owe David Byrne for pulling me into the music for this. It was so fun and so surreal starting a song from scratch with him".
Check it out below.
As for The Twits, Mr and Mrs Twit will be voiced by Johnny Vegas and Margo Martindale, as part of a cast which will also feature Emilia Clarke, Natalie Portman, Ryan Lopez, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Timothy Simons.
It will debut on Netflix this Friday (October 17.
See the trailer below.
Back in September, David Byrne shared his wedding playlist on Instagram ahead of his wedding. Check this out here.
