Sam Smith has unveiled the new video for his James Bond song Writing’s On The Wall – but desperately apologised to fans after it arrived online over two hours late.
The video was meant to appear at 00:07 and Sam took to Twitter to build up tension, but it was past 2am when it finally appeared.
“Better late than never,” he wrote before he posted the four minute 45 second video, which featured Sam interspersed with clips from Spectre.
The video was unveiled on Global James Bond Day, the 53rd anniversary of the first 007 film, Dr No.
Sam made history on Friday when his song became the first Bond theme song to reach number one.
Here’s what we learned from the video:
1. Bond’s back to his usual self.
Although we barely saw any material that hadn’t already been released in the film’s trailers, we did see Bond getting it on with two ladies. Bond can be seen unzipping Lucia’s (Monica Bellucci) dress before the pair get hot and heavy with a kissing (and maybe more) session.
The second half of the vid switches to new Bond girl Lea Seydoux with some serious sexual tension.
2. Someone’s been watching Taylor Swift.
Eagle-eyed Taylor Swift fans noticed that the keyhole shaped rock at 3:32 is the same one in Taylor’s Style video. Who knew Bond was a closet Swiftie?
3. Rome has some great architecture.
Sam shot the video in Rome on the same locations as Spectre is filmed. If it’s a glimpse of what we can expect, Spectre is going to have some stunning backdrops.
A mountain lair, desert and beach also feature in the vid, directed by Sam’s friend and long-time collaborator Luke Monaghan.
4. Is there a Batman crossover?
There’s a surprisingly large number of lingering, gloomy shots of the clouds. If you stare long enough and squint a bit just above the really dark cloud in the picture below, it kind of looks like Batman’s symbol in the sky – maybe there’s a secret crossover?
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