Tonight, Florence + the Machine’s version of the original Game of Thrones song “Jenny of Oldstones” debuted during the closing credits of this season’s second episode, following a rendition sung by Podrick Payne earlier in the episode. Listen to the song, produced by Thomas Bartlett, here and watch the lyric video below:
Florence, the only artist to be featured in the final season of the hit HBO series, recorded the song after being personally approached by the show’s creators, longtime Florence fans David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
“We’ve always been huge fans of Florence’s music, and the Season 2 trailer with her song ‘Seven Devils’ was possibly the most powerful we’ve ever had,” say Benioff and Weiss. “So the opportunity to hear her otherworldly voice on our show was always at the forefront of our minds. We’re still pleasantly shocked that she agreed to sing ‘Jenny of Oldstones,’ and we’re in love with the result.”
“When I first heard the song it sounded like a Celtic lullaby to me,” says Florence. “Celtic music has always been in my blood, so I felt like I could do something with it. The magic and ritual in ‘Game of Thrones,’ not to mention the costumes, have always appealed to me. I am honoured to be a part of the final season.”
“Jenny of Oldstones” was written by Ramin Djawadi, Dan Weiss, David Benioff and George R.R. Martin.
Florence, whose massively acclaimed fourth album High As Hope was released last year, will continue to tour the world over in 2019, headlining Governors Ball in New York and FORM in Arcosanti, AZ in addition to her own dates including London’s Hyde Park, Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater, Santa Barbara, Concord, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto,Montreal, Boston, D.C., Raleigh, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami and beyond. Visitflorenceandthemachine.net for more information.
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LIVE
May 10 Mayer, AZ
May 12 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
May 13 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
May 15 Concord, CA
May 12 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
May 13 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
May 15 Concord, CA
May 17 Las Vegas, NV
May 20 Denver, CO
May 23 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island‡
May 24 Detroit, MI
May 26 Toronto, ON
May 28 Montreal, QC
May 30 Boston, MA
June 1 New York, NY
June 3 Columbia, MD
June 5 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek§
June 6 Atlanta, GA
June 8 Orlando, FL
June 9 Miami, FL
*with Perfume Genius
†with Christine & the Queens
‡with Blood Orange
§with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
