Little Simz released a remix of her single “Venom” that was originally out in 2019 as part of the soundtrack from the Netflix series ‘Top Boy‘. She has now reworked the track ready to be part of the “Venom” sequel that is out on 15th October.
Saw a familiar face in #Venom: Let There Be Carnage? Yes, that’s @LittleSimz performing her song “Venom” in the movie!
Listen to it now: https://t.co/k3uO2vgWpM pic.twitter.com/jg5Ezrbrlq— #Venom: Let There Be Carnage (@VenomMovie) October 2, 2021
News has been shared online with a caption: “Saw a familiar face in #Venom: Let There Be Carnage? Yes, that’s Little Simz performing her song “Venom” in the movie!“. Check out Little Simz’ new version of the song below.
Discussing the movie and a song choice, the director Andy Serkis told Uproxx that there was the idea for a scene in the movie where Venom goes to the carnival. However, it all changed when they (Hardy and Serkis) met Little Simz who also stars in the movie.
“She actually had made a song, unbeknownst to her, called ‘Venom’ that connected very much with the first movie. And so Tom got in touch with her and that song became sort of the focus. Well, Tom and [co-writer] Kelly [Marcel] were always about Venom coming out and going to a party that was a very sort of an LGBTQIA kind of festival, really, I’d call it, and so this is his coming out party basically. This is Venom’s coming-out party” he explained.
Last month Little Simz has released her new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert that received perfect critic notes. From a 5 star review from NME that called it “crafted a near-perfect album that will exist as a marker for future generations to try and attain; it’s not hyperbole to suggest that this canonises her work forever, elating her to be one of the greats“, to a 7.7 mark from Pitchfork that calls it “the sound of Simz reconciling with Simbi. And it sounds great. Cue the ovation“.
The artist starts her world tour this year by visiting 13 UK cities. The live shows start on 25th November in Birmingham and end in London on the 16th December. After a short break, she will head overseas and tour in the USA, starting in May in Portland and finish it in New York.
In the meantime, Little Simz teamed up with Adobe campaign ‘Love The Journey‘. The initiative previously showed artists from the UK who spoke about supporting and inspiring the next generation of talents.
“Adobe’s research reveals some of the barriers that may keep people from pursuing creative careers. Almost 70% of creative professionals feel a career in their industry is riskier because of the pandemic, while 92% were deterred from a creative career before they reached university. Meanwhile, 40% of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the creative industry said they were advised against their chosen careers on multiple occasions“.
Little Simz commented in a statement: “Pursuing a career in the industry can be daunting and, unfortunately, I know not everyone has the same support network. As an industry and society, greater representation of minority groups is needed to showcase the next generation of talent that they can make it, they can be who they aspire to be and love what they do every day“.
