“Swan Song” is a part of the Alita: Battle Angel original soundtrack. The song was written by Dua Lipa, Junkie XL, Justin Tranter, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson and Kennedi Lykken.

On “Swan Song,” Dua opens up about the fight for justice. She tweeted:

Alita fights for the lives of marginalised people. […] we mustn’t ever quit our battle against the injustices of the world. Even in the hardest moments we must speak up. Lyrically the song references the brilliant minds at ACT UP, a HIV and AIDS activist group from the 80s who’s motto was “Silence equals death” with the hopes that in our everyday life we put into action this deeper meaning so that silence never become us.

The song was first teased when Dua Lipa published promotional pictures for the song on her social medias. Later she posted a snippet of the song and announced the music video.