Amy Lee has gone all-in with the John Wick franchise. Just a few weeks on from the release of her and Halsey’s collaborative “Hand That Feeds” song for the Ballerina soundtrack, Lee and Evanescence have now unveiled another original tune for the action flick: “Fight Like a Girl.”
The single was written by Lee, singer-rapper K.Flay, Dylan Eiland and Ballerina film composer Tyler Bates. A press release describes “Fight Like a Girl” as an energetic piece that taps into the film’s themes of “vengeance, resilience, and female empowerment.” Lee and K.Flay entwine on the cut to conjure actor Ana de Armas’ titular assassin (“You leave me no choice…I’m going in for the kill”).
“Tyler calling me up to create this song for Ballerina couldn’t have come at a more perfect time, I know I’m not the only girl out there ready to dig my heels in and show the world what we’re made of,” Lee said in a statement, adding of her second Ballerina team-up, “I really wanted this song to be a collab, and K.Flay is one of my favorite artists. It is literally a dream come true to do this together!”
“Amy sent me the demo and I was immediately so energized, so inspired,” K.Flay added. “I was on tour at the time, and I wrote my verse backstage after a show, when my adrenaline was still super high. For me, the film and the song are both about how we channel our pain and how we choose to define ourselves. What separates the hero from the villain?”
You can hear Evanescence and K.Flay dance through their darkened nu-dustrial Ballerina collab up above. The single is streaming now, and Ballerina likewise popped up in movie theaters today (June 6th).