This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr

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"This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr"
Single by Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp
from the album 18
Released9 June 2022
Genre Rock
Length4:30
Label Rhino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ben Findlay

"This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr" is a song by English rock guitarist Jeff Beck and American actor, producer and musician Johnny Depp released as the lead single from their collaborative studio album 18 (2022). The single was released on 9 June 2022 and was written by Depp and American musician Tommy Henriksen, who is a member of the supergroup Hollywood Vampires which was co-founded by Depp in 2012.

An accompanying music video for "This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr", was released on 9 June 2022. The song was performed by Beck and Depp during their 2022 European tour. [1]

Background

Beck and Depp first met in 2016 and quickly got along very well, forming a close friendship. They started recording music together in 2019 and released their first collaborative single, a cover version of John Lennon's "Isolation" on 11 April 2020. [2] On 9 June 2022, nine days after the verdict in Depp's highly publicised defamation trial against Amber Heard, the duo released the first official single from the album, the song "This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr", which has been described as an ode to Austrian-American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. [3] The lyrical content appears to be semi-autobiographical, resonating with Depp's own story and image in the years after his divorce from Amber Heard. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Willman, Chris (9 June 2022). "Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck Release Video From Joint Album for Depp-Written 'Hedy Lamarr' Song". Variety . Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. Blistein, Jon (12 May 2020). "Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck Tear Through John Lennon's 'Isolation' in New Video". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. Childers, Chad. "Who Is Hedy Lamarr, the Muse for Johnny Depp's New Song With Jeff Beck?". Loudwire . Retrieved 13 August 2022.