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  • Jennifer Lawrence Lands On UK Top 40 With Song From Hunger Games

    Besides being an Academy Award-winning actress, Jennifer Lawrence can now add two more feathers to her cap: singer and chart-topper. Jennifer landed on the UK Top 40 this week at number 29 with a song she had to sing in her latest film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.

    Jennifer bagged the 29th stop on the Top 40 chart in the United Kingdom with the emotive song, “The Hanging Tree,” which was arranged by James Newton and folk-rock band The Lumineers. Lyrics of “The Hanging Tree” were written by the author of The Hunger Games books, Suzanne Collins.

    The 24-year-old actor was required to sing the song on set as an important part of a particular scene. Despite her usual confidence in taking up acting tasks, however, Jennifer was reportedly dreading having to sing in front of other people.

    “There are very few times when Jen gets nervous about stuff she has to do on set, and the singing was that kind of a thing … I didn’t have to talk her into it, she was going to do it, she knew it was her job, but she just wasn’t happy about it. ‘Oh man, I’ve got to actually sing! In front of 150 people!’” said Mockingjay director Francis Lawrence in an interview with Vulture.

    It turned out that her natural vocal tones made Jennifer perfect for the task of singing “The Hanging Tree,” since the director said her singing shouldn’t sound like that of a professional. “It should sound like a real girl singing. So she did it. She did it all day. And she has a really cool sound to her voice,” he added. “There’s kind of a raspy texture to it. So it was not terrible in the slightest.”

    Jennifer was reportedly terrified on the day she had to do it. “She was horrified to sing, she cried a little bit in the morning before she had to sing,” the director told Radio Times.

  • Jennifer Lawrence ‘Hunger Games’ Song Hits Top 40

    For her new film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, actress Jennifer Lawrence recorded a song for the soundtrack, which hit the Top 40 music chart in the United Kingdom.

    The song, entitled “The Hanging Tree,” features Lawrence’s vocals, and has charted at #14, according to the BBC. It will be revealed on Wednesday if the track breaks the U.S. Top 40 Hot 100 chart.

    Mockingjay, Part 1 director Francis Lawrence claims that the Oscar-winning actress, 24, was reluctant to sing the song herself. The director commented, “I knew she didn’t love the idea of singing, but I didn’t realize how nervous she was until when we started the first take, and she was in tears. Not totally broken down, but she was unhappy. She would have much rather we used somebody else’s voice. I think she said she wanted Lorde (who sings the movie’s theme song) to do it!”

    Here is “The Hanging Tree”:

    Commenting on how Lawrence’s vocals sound similar to her speaking voice, the director added, “It shouldn’t sound like a professional. It should sound like a real girl singing. So she did it. She did it all day. And she has a really cool sound to her voice. There’s kind of a raspy texture to it. So it was not terrible in the slightest.”

    Here is the trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1:

    According to studio estimates, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 raked in roughly $83 million during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday and $57 million for the three-day weekend. Since opening last weekend, Mockingjay has earned about $480 million worldwide.

    Fans take to Twitter to discuss Lawrence’s new track:

    Regarding Jennifer Lawrence and Twitter, the actress recently opened up on her views regarding social media.

    “I will never get Twitter. I’m not very good on phone or technology. I cannot really keep up with emails so the idea of Twitter is so unthinkable to me. I don’t really understand what it is. It’s like this weird enigma that people talk about. It’s fine. I respect that,” Lawrence remarked.

  • Jennifer Lawrence: ‘Hunger Games’ Song Climbs Pop Chart

    Jennifer Lawrence isn’t just a film star. The Hunger Games heroine is now a pop star, too. Lawrence lent her vocals to a song in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, and it is fast climbing the pop charts in the UK.

    ‘The Hanging Tree’ is the name of the song that People magazine describes as a ‘haunting tune.’ It has reached the Top 40 chart in the UK, presently holding the number 29 position.

    Francis Lawrence directed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. He says Jennifer Lawrence was a wreck while singing the song on set for an important scene in the film.

    “I knew she didn’t love the idea of singing, but I didn’t realize how nervous she was until when we started the first take, and she was in tears. Not totally broken down, but she was unhappy,” he said. “She would have much rather we used somebody else’s voice. I think she said she wanted Lorde [who sings the movie’s theme song] to do it!”

    Jennifer Lawrence sings much the same way she speaks. No one was looking for a pitch perfect vocal performance, but rather a real girl singing a song.

    “It shouldn’t sound like a professional,” Francis Lawrence adds. “It should sound like a real girl singing. So she did it. She did it all day. And she has a really cool sound to her voice. There’s kind of a raspy texture to it. So it was not terrible in the slightest.”

    Have you seen The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 yet? What’s your take on Jennifer Lawrence as she sings in her role as Katniss Everdeen?