Olivia Rodrigo has released a new song for the Hunger Games prequel.

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The 20-year-old singer and actress released the single "Can't Catch Me Now" for the film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes on Friday.

Rodrigo celebrated the song's release on Instagram, writing, "yayayayyyy!!!!"

The star had announced the single Wednesday.

"soooo beyond excited that I got the opportunity to write a song for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," she said at the time.

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"Can't Catch Me Now" will appear on the Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack, which debuts Nov. 17. The album also features "The Hanging Tree," performed by the film's star Rachel Zegler.

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is based on the Suzanne Collins novel of the same name. The book is a prequel to Collins' Hunger Games book series, which was previously adapted as a series of films starring Jennifer Lawrence.

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes follows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blythe), who bonds with tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler) as he mentors her during the 10th Hunger Games.

The film opens in theaters Nov. 17.


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Rodrigo released her second album, Guts, in September and will launch a new world tour in February.