Listen to Beabadoobee’s blissed-out cover of ‘It’s Only A Paper Moon’ from Jack Antonoff’s ‘The New Look’ soundtrack
nme.comBeabadoobee has shared a blissful cover of ‘It’s Only A Paper Moon’, created for Jack Antonoff‘s soundtrack to The New Look series.
Check it out below.Shared today (March 6), the song was created for the series, which is available to stream now on Apple TV+ and focuses on renowned fashion designers like Coco Chanel as they navigated the horrors of the Second World War.Originally, the song was shared back in 1933 with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose.
However, the song is most commonly associated with its revival during the Second World War, with renditions being made by Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman and, most famously, Ella Fitzgerald.“Yes, it’s only a canvas sky/ Hanging over a muslin tree/ But it wouldn’t be make-believe/ If you believed in me,” Beabadoobee sings, putting a more dreamy spin on the classic track. “Without your love/ It’s a honky tonk parade/ Without your love/ It’s a melody played in a penny arcade.” Listen to the full track below.The soundtrack to the series is curated and produced by Antonoff, and features covers of popular early to mid-twentieth-century songs, performed by some of the biggest names in music.So far, releases have included the Vera Lynn classic ‘White Cliffs Of Dover’ performed by Florence + The Machine, Bing Crosby’s ‘Now Is The Hour’ by The 1975, Irving Berlin’s ‘Blue Skies’ by Lana Del Rey and Édith Piaf’s ‘La Vie En Rose’ by Nick Cave.The soundtrack will be the first release on Shadow Of The City, Antonoff’s new imprint at acclaimed independent label Dirty Hit.The 10-episode series made its global debut on February 14 and stars Emmy Award winner Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel.Others included in.
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