Tom Holland

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A dirge.

I think it's a legal requirement to say that it is a dirge.

I don't think it is a dirge, but there you go.

Well, I'm quite fond of it as well, I have to say.

But I would...

I mean, maybe you would disagree.

I don't think it has the kind of operatic power.

Strutting.

Bombastic.

So we've done two national anthems before this.

One was the previous one, the Star Spangled Banner.

Yeah.