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Barbra Streisand has recorded her first new song in six years for Peacock's new drama series, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
The Hollywood legend, 81, who is from a Jewish family, decided to lend her iconic vocals to the song, Love Will Survive - due to the 'rise of antisemitism' in the world today.
The six-part series is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by New Zealand author Heather Morris and is inspired by the real-life love story between two people who met at a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
The series stars Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey, Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak and Jonas Nay and will premiere on May 2.
Streisand said in a statement: 'Because of the rise in antisemitism around the world today, I wanted to sing Love Will Survive in the context of this series, as a way of remembering the 6 million souls who were lost less than 80 years ago.
Barbra Streisand has recorded her first new song in six years for Peacock's new drama series, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The six-part series is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by New Zealand author Heather Morris and is inspired by the real-life love story between two people who met at a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Pictured: Jonah Hauer-King as Lali Sokolov and Anna Próchniak as Gita Furman
'And also to say that even in the darkest of times, the power of love can triumph and endure.'
The song will be released via Columbia Records on April 25.
She last released new material on album Walls, which dropped in 2018.
Love Will Survive reunites the star with Walls collaborator Walter Afanasieff who is a co-writer and producer on the new track, with Peter Asher co-producing.
The co-writers of the music with Afanasieff are Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve, and the lyrics were written by Charlie Midnight.
Zimmer and Talve are the co-composers for the limited series and Streisand is joined on the song by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Ross.
Streisand is an executive producer on the new song along with Jay Landers and Russell Emanuel.
Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films, an executive producer on the series, added: 'Barbra Streisand is one of the most renowned artists in the world, and we are deeply honored to be working with her.
The Hollywood legend, 81, who is from a Jewish family, decided to lend her iconic vocals to the song, Love Will Survive - due to the 'rise of antisemitism' in the world today
Harvey Keitel plays the older version of Lali Sokolov
'Barbra and her team have crafted the most beautiful song, based on Hans’ and Kara’s main theme for the show, and it sums up the key message of the series: love will survive.
'Recording the song with Barbra’s iconic vocals and William Ross conducting the LSO at Abbey Road Studios was an unforgettable moment and a memory I will treasure forever. We are thrilled to be able to honor the memory of Lali and Gita in this way, with this beautiful original piece of music.'
The Tattooist of Auschwitz follows Lali (Jonah Hauer-King), a Slovakian Jew deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942 where over a million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
Shortly after arriving, he's made one of the tattooists charged with inking identification numbers onto prisoners’ arms.
One day, he meets Gita (Anna Próchniak) and they experience love at first sight, and so begins their courageous, unforgettable story.
Under constant guard from a volatile Nazi SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lali and Gita became determined to keep each
