Beyoncé & Kendrick Lamar’s Collab Soundtracks Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Trailer

Beyoncé’s Lemonade standout “Freedom,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, fuels the soundtrack for the thrilling trailer — which arrived on Thursday (July 24) — to Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming One Battle After Another.

Bey’s roaring anthem provides the score behind the action-packed scenes of the Vineland-inspired film, which is slated to hit theaters on Sept. 26.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor star in the roles of ex-revolutionary vigilantes who are on the run from a white supremacist police officer played by Sean Penn. Chase Infiniti stars as DiCaprio’s daughter as she looks to revive the French 75. Other leading members of the cast include Benicio del Toro and Regina Hall. Essentially, the F75 group is looking to get the band back together as a former nemesis resurfaces.

Both Bey and Kendrick’s roaring vocals are included in the thrilling trailer for the film that serves as Paul Thomas Anderson’s first since 2021’s Licorice Pizza.

Appearing at CinemaCon in April, DiCaprio described the flick as “an incredibly epic movie [that] has such scope and scale. A lot of writer-directors are incredibly rigid, but [Anderson’s] ability to work with actors is so unique.”

Johnny Greenwood is on board as the film’s composer. The movie was shot in California with 35mm VistaVision cameras during the first half of 2024.

Produced by Just Blaze, the inspirational “Freedom” landed on Beyoncé’s 2016 Lemonade album and is her first collaboration with Lamar. The gospel rock-tinged track was also nominated for a Grammy Award and peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Watch the One Battle After Another trailer below.