KT Tunstall’s iconic song, Suddenly I See, is most recognisable song used in The Devil Wears Prada. The Scottish singer has now confirmed she recorded a new song for the second film that was cut
KT Tunstall fans say they were “robbed” after the star played the song she made for The Devil Wears Prada 2 film, but was ultimately cut. There is no song more recognisable to The Devil Wears Prada franchise than Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall.
The singer/songwriter, who was born in Edinburgh and grew up in the town of St Andrews, Fife, confirmed to a packed crowd at State Fayre Festival in Chelmsford that she was approached by the film creators to make a song for the highly anticipated sequel.
But after explaining her idea to the producers and sending over a pitch, the song was ultimately not chosen, with another song being put in its place.
KT Tunstall reveals cut song and behind-the-scenes secrets from The Devil Wears Prada 2
KT shared exactly what happened behind the scenes at the festival in Hylands Park before playing the original song. She admitted that she used some of the lyrics from Suddenly I See as “nobody would sue” her.
She said: “Do you want to know a wee secret? I did write a song for the second one [Devil Wears Prada 2]. I went for a meeting with them and they were like ‘what’s your idea?’
“And I was like, you know it’s just 20 years later and I might steal some of the lyrics from the original song because no one is going to sue me for using them.
“And I’ll just do something rocking about it being 20 years later. And they were like ‘brilliant’, and I recorded it and they were like ‘nah’.
“So in a parallel, better, universe, this is the song at the start of Devil Wears Prada 2. are you ready?”
KT then went on the play her song, Look at Me Now, to the packed festival audience. The song was mostly played on guitar and had a 2000s feel to it, which was very similar to Suddenly I See.
Fans react to unreleased Devil Wears Prada 2 track at State Fayre festival
Fans of the singer rushed to the comments of a video posted from the festival to say they were “robbed” and would have loved to hear the song in the new film.
One person said: “Wait this is so 2000’s, we were robbed.”
A second said: “Infinitely better than what we ended up with.”
A third added: “Yeah, this would’ve worked perfectly for the beginning of the movie.”
A fourth claimed: “I did love end of an era for the beginning but it would’ve been full circle to use this version! it does feel cohesive with the original.”
