‘I won’t believe humans any more’: Johnny Depp releases self-penned ballad lamenting fame

New single This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr is a ballad about the difficulties of film stardom, taken from Depp's forthcoming album with Jeff Beck

Johnny Depp has released a new self-penned song performed with Jeff Beck, This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr, taken from the pair's forthcoming collaborative album, entitled 18.

A trudging rock ballad sung by Depp interspersed with solo vocals from Beck, it hymns the 1940s film star (and innovative electrical engineer) Hedy Lamarr, though this lament about fame will inevitably be read as a reaction to the high-profile, frequently ugly defamation case he recently brought against his ex-wife Amber Heard.