Barbra Streisand, the acclaimed Jewish singer and actress, is releasing a new song inspired by the global rise in antisemitism, streaming service Peacock announced Wednesday.
The song, “Love Will Survive,” will be used for the closing credits of the upcoming series “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” produced by Peacock and Sky Original, and will be released April 25.
The first single Streisand has recorded for television, it was composed by two-time Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer, Emmy nominee Kara Talve and Grammy winner Walter Afanasieff, and the lyrics were written by Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Charlie Midnight.
“The Tattooist of Auschwitz” is based on the 2018 novel by Heather Morris and inspired by the true story of Holocaust survivor Lali Sokolov. The series follows the story of a Slovakian Jew who was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp and became a tattooist charged with inking identification numbers on the arms of prisoners. There, he meets another prisoner and the two fall in love, despite their horrific surroundings.
“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 six million souls who were lost less than 80 years ago,” Streisand said. “And also to say that even in the darkest of times, the power of love can triumph and endure.”