Aerosmith’s 1998 observe “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” seems within the newest trailer for Fortnite.
The trailer is selling the launch of Fortnite OG Season 3 on March 25. Within the YouTube description, the corporate explains that avid gamers are going to have the ability to “go back to the moment that started it all” and promising “the meteor is back, along with Lucky Landing, a loaded loot pool, and a new OG Pass.”
Fortnite, in fact, has lengthy ties with musicians. Late final yr, the sport set collaborations with Ice Spice, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem, who had beforehand led their digital “Big Bang” live performance occasion in 2023. Earlier than that, Fortnite had collaborated with Travis Scott and J Balvin, and landed a significant occasion when it teamed with Ariana Grande in 2021, when she “performed” songs like “7 Rings,” “Positions,” and “The Way” within the sport.
Written by 16-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren, “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” was notably included within the soundtrack for the 1998 catastrophe movie Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler’s daughter Liv Tyler. The observe was an enormous smash, not solely topping the Billboard Sizzling 100—changing into the Boston band’s first chart-topping single in a decades-long profession—but additionally receiving a nomination for Finest Unique Track on the 71st Academy Awards. Although Warren initially imagined the tune sung by a lady like Celine Dion, the observe is unimaginable now to separate from Aerosmith. “It’s so much cooler to hear someone like Steven Tyler – this gruff, macho rock star, this amazing tough guy… it just brought a whole other dimension to it,” Warren advised Shortlist in 2016.
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