KT Tunstall Reveals Her Song for 'Devil Wears Prada 2' Was Cut: 'They Said Nah'
KT Tunstall's song for Devil Wears Prada 2 was nixed, the singer told a festival crowd this past weekend.
"Do you want to know a wee secret? I did write a song for the second one," she told the crowd of the film at UK festival State Fayre. "I went for a meeting with them and they were like, 'What's your idea?'
The singer, whose 2005 hit "Suddenly I See" became synonymous with the original film as it opened the movie, explained how she was confirmed to write a song for the sequel and how it ultimately didn't make it in.
"I was like, 'Yeah, it's just 20 years later, and I might steal some of the lyrics from the original song, because no one's gonna sue me for using them, and I'll just do something rocket about it being 20 years later,' and they're like, 'Brilliant!' And I recorded, and they were like, 'Nah.' So, in a parallel better universe, this is the song [for] Devil Wears Prada 2.
The song, entitled "Look at Me Now," elicited cheers from festival goers and delighted commenters of MagicFM's post, which captured the footage of the singer giving the song's backstory, with many requesting she release the track anyway.
"If you don’t hear @kttunstall when someone says The Devil Wears Prada, we can’t be friends," one said. "'Nah' back at them."
"Please release it!" said another. "The original opening was iconic. Major loss for them that they went another way. This song fits so much better!"
"When I left the movie I said they should have brought you back too!" a third said.
Upon the sequel's release, Tunstall reflected on the success of "Suddenly I See" thanks to the film that also starred Meryl Streepand Stanley Tucci.
“It’s just a thrill,” she told Elle Magazine in May. “All of a sudden, one of your songs gets chosen to be elevated into Hollywood. And not only that, but it’s the opening of now a complete cult classic.”