Listen to Arcade Fire's New "Hunger Games" Track
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Canada’s best export—the Arcade Fire—premiered their musical contribution to the upcoming dystopian sci-fi film The Hunger Games this morning. Based on a hot-selling young adult book series, the movie is about 24 kids who are sent into an arena of sorts and forced to fight until one person remains. (Yeah, it’s awesome.)
Régine Chassagne sings the haunting tune, which comes across like an eerie nursery rhyme sung over martial drumming. Arcade Fire definitely isn’t pandering to a crossover audience with this elegiac tune.
“Abraham’s Daughter” will play over the end credits, but it sounds like Win Butler put a lot of thought into writing the song for the film's audience. “I tried to put myself in the headspace of how excited I’d be if this film was coming out when I was 15,” he told Entertainment Weekly.
He also explains the Biblical bend of the track's title. “There’s something in the story of Abraham and Isaac that I think resonates with the themes in the film, like sacrificing children," Butler said. "So we made a weird, alternate-universe version of that, where it’s as if Abraham had a daughter."
Listen to it below while it's on YouTube or over at EW and tell us what you think.
46m
Listen and Learn
3m
Hunger and Flow: PnB Rock
24m
Drinking Games
1h 34m
Game Face
1h 38m
Game On
45m
Drinking Games
21m
Power Games
20m
Game On!
44m
Fire Hot Fitness
56s
Track Challenge: G-Thing
23m
NYC Winter Games
1m
More Rapid-Fire Questions
22m
Fire On The Floor
1h 22m
Keepers of the Game
24m
Video Games-Rated MA
21m
New York, New York
1m
The Cast Answers Rapid-Fire Questions
56s
New Generation
45m
New Blood
20m
New Beginnings
23m
SqueezeIt, Game Boy, Vine, Hannah Montana
44m
New York City
1h 39m
A New High
44m
New Cage King
22m
New Girl In Town
21m
New Boss of Bounce
21m
Ol' Kitty, New Tricks
1m
The New York City Hustle
22m
New York Skate Of Mind
42m
To Shave, or Not to Shave
23m
Friendster, New Coke, Total Request Live, Betamax
6m
LGBTQIA Community, What Is The New Norm?
43s
The Cadets and Their Spankin New Toys
1m
Big Freedia Hits New York City's Pride Parade
20m
Out With The Old, In With The New
46s
The DCI Struggles of Starting A New Summer
20m
Back to Business
Filmmakers To Watch
45m
Maid To Order
46m
Addicted to Love
1h 23m
Kayak to Klemtu
1h 43m
Toe to Toe
20m
Right To Twerk
46m
Two to Tango
23m
License to Breed
1h 16m
Care to Laugh
21m
Welcome To Hollywood
4m
G Fella Delivers More Grilling Tips and Talks New Music
2m
Letter To Myself: T
1m
Letter To Myself: Kain
1m
Letter to Myself: Azul
20m
Who Came To Win?
2m
Letter To Myself: Juan
1m
Letter To Myself: Fran
1h 21m
Sea to Shining Sea
20m
Welcome to The 212
1m
Letter To Myself: Ronnie
1m
Letter To Myself: Prism
41m
Whitney: Born to Sing
45m
Down to the Wire
22m
Hail To The King
46m
Welcome to the Jungle
1h 21m
Go Back to China
3m
The Exclusive Premiere of Big Freedia's New Music Video, "BigFoot"
1m
Letter To Myself: LaDon
20m
That Farm To Table Ish
20m
Time To Take 'Em Down
41m
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Rock
20m
How To Be A Disruptor
56m
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
2m
Got to Be in it To Win it: America's Obsession with the Lottery
10m
Jade Novah Does ASMR with Foam Beads, Talks Beyoncé Impersonations & New Music
1m
New York Rapper G Fella Pens Anthem for Playoff Knicks: G-Thing
1m
How to Make DaniLeigh's Pastelón
44s
How to Make Ally Brooke's Enchiladas
6m
King Keraun Attempts to Fly Board
8m
Women's Rights & Strengths Coming To Light
20m
The Best Is Yet To Come
1h 39m
The Legend of Baron To'a
We Need To Talk About America
6m
Comedians React to SHOCKING US Laws!
20m
That Back To The Future Ish
5m
Maggie Lindemann Does ASMR with Foam Beads, Talks "Pretty Girl" & Her New EP
3m
Jessenia Does A Self Cleansing ASMR, Talks Life After Tyra Banks Show & New EP
16m
Jessenia Does A Self Cleansing ASMR, Talks Life After Tyra Banks Show & New EP
21m
Suck It Up and Go to Mars
20m
It's Hard To Raise Yourself These Days
6m
King Keraun Attempts to Become A Ventriloquist
14m
Where Is It Illegal To Eat Frogs?!
41m
Wearing Your Shower Curtain to the Club
1m
What Not To Ask A Trans Woman
6m
King Keraun Goes "Back to the Future"
5m
Immigrants Are Starting To Take A Stand!
3m
How To Tie A Tie With Too Short
41m
The Dolly Parton Story: From Rags to Rhinestones
49s
How to make Dave East's Steak and Eggs
2m
Can Devon and Crystal Come to Some Resolution?
6m
King Keraun Attempts to Become An "Archery Master"
2m
The Chainsmokers Like To Keep Their Performances Fresh
20m
