Anne Hathaway gets lost in the beat on the bubbling dance pop tune “My Mouth Is Lonely For You” from the soundtrack to director David Lowery’s upcoming film Mother Mary. On the song performed by the movie’s titular pop icon, Hathaway breathily sings about bad conversations, cigarettes, empty threats, chewing gum and feeling empty over a burbling beat provided by the song’s writer, FKA Twigs; Koreless, Xquisite Korpse, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Jeff Bhasker are also credited as songwriters on the tune.
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The Oscar-winning actress is no stranger to singing on soundtracks, including on three songs from the 2004 rom-com Ella Enchanted, as well as in her Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning role as Fantine in the 2012 screen adaptation of Les Misérables.
But on “My Mouth” she takes on a fresh task, slipping into the role of a dark dance club diva as she sighs about feeling “so empty” over the song’s insistent, electronic beat and bouncy, new wave keyboards.
The tune will appear on the soundtrack to the A24 film, Mother Mary: Greatest Hits, which features more original gothy, glitchy electronic anthems written and produced by Jack Antonoff and Charli xcx. It follows up Hathaway’s previous song from the collection, the equally dark and dance-y “Burial,” which was written by Antonoff, George Daniel, Charli xcx and Hathaway and produced by Antonoff, Daniel and Charli xcx.
The trailer for the psychosexual pop opera shows Hathaway’s Mother Mary getting entangled with former best friend and fashion designer Sam Anselm (I May Destroy You‘s Michaela Coel) as they collaborate on a dress for the singer’s tour. In addition to Hathaway and Coel, the film also features Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber and FKA Twigs. The film will open in select theaters on April 17 and open wide on April 24.
Listen to Hathaway sing “My Mouth Is Lonely For You” and watch the seven-song soundtrack trailer below.
