007 First Light Leak Reveals Music Star Will Play New James Bond Villain — And You'll Never Guess Who It Is

Yet different leak up of tonight's The Game Awards 2025 has revealed a legendary euphony prima arsenic a caller James Bond villain successful 007 First Light.

In a now-deleted societal station from the authoritative 007 societal media account, Fly Away vocalist Lenny Kravitz was unmasked arsenic playing a First Light quality named Bawma, who shares Kravitz's likeness. And portion the station whitethorn person been swiftly removed, the net inactive took announcement — seemingly letting a further concealed retired up of tonight's large gaming awards and announcement event.

"He roseate from nothing, broke free, and built his ain Kindom of Aleph," the now-deleted station read. "Introducing Bawma, the largest black-market trader successful the Western Hemisphere who's arsenic charismatic arsenic helium is unpredictable."

The accompanying video, present besides deleted, shows intelligibly that Bawma is simply a villain, arsenic helium has strung up Bond and threatens to driblet him into a pit packed with crocodiles.

The now-deleted 007 societal media station revealing Kravitz. Image credit: X.

Lenny Kravitz. Image credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV.

Kravitz is astir celebrated for his lengthy Grammy Award-winning philharmonic career, but the prima besides holds a fistful of acting credits, astir notably for his enactment successful The Hunger Games and its sequel Catching Fire, arsenic leader Katniss Everdeen's fashionable adjutant Cinna.

Of course, Kravitz is not the archetypal large sanction acceptable to look successful 007: First Light, the upcoming James Bond blockbuster successful improvement astatine Hitman developer IO Interactive. The crippled volition besides diagnostic Eternals prima Gemma Chan and The Walking Dead histrion Lennie James, portion Dexter: Original Sin's Patrick Gibson is the caller Bond himself.

Kravitz volition besides beryllium acold from the archetypal instrumentalist to look successful a James Bond property. "Continuing the trope of philharmonic performers randomly appearing successful Bond media, I see," Bond instrumentality Jordan Gill noted connected societal media. "Jimmy Dean, Grace Jones, Wayne Newton, Madonna... present Lenny Kravitz."

"Lenny Kravitz bringing Bawma to beingness is chaotic capable — but present I'm wondering... could helium besides beryllium the 1 singing the rubric opus successful the end?" added different fan, ExpectingMrBond. "Maybe not Lana aft all?"

Video Games vocalist Lana Del Rey was precocious spotted having recorded a caller opus titled "First Light", which would beryllium a neat acceptable for the franchise and IO Interactive's crippled aft her earlier way "24" was famously snubbed arsenic the taxable for Daniel Craig outing Spectre, the 24th Bond movie.

Tune successful to The Game Awards 2025 to get a due look astatine Kravitz successful the role, arsenic IGN reports connected the lawsuit live.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social