Billy Idol has released a new song.
“Dying to Live,” featuring composer J. Ralph, is featured at the end of his documentary, Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which will be out early next year.
He also released a video featuring photos and footage from throughout his life, including home movies, performance clips and more, augmented with animation.
Idol says, “It’s quite something watching a documentary about your own life. Seeing the landscape of my story all laid out inspired me to want to write a song for the end of the film that brings together what I saw in the film; all the strands of my life really.
“It was thrilling to work together with J. Ralph. Symphonic music has a unique cinematic authenticity, we felt this was essential to capturing the range of emotions the climactic moment of the film called for.”
Idol is down to the last three dates of his 2025 tour -- this Tuesday in Santiago, Chile; Saturday in Lima, Peru; and November 30th in Mexico.