Stevie Nicks Re-Records “Gypsy” For New Netflix TV Series

Writer Lisa Rubin first came up with the idea for the new series after she heard the 1982 Fleetwood Mac hit in a coffee shop while she was working on a new project. Immediately, the song resonated with the writer as she felt it fit the show and wrote the show around the song.

“I didn’t know the song ‘Gypsy’ so when it came on, the tone felt so right. I looked up the lyrics and what it meant and it resonated, all of that longing and feel, it felt fitting for the show, so it became part of the fabric. It suggests this idea of grounding yourself in who you used to be and the different versons of yourself. There’s melancholy in it, but something that also feels romantic… It feels bare and haunting. It’s still the same song, but there’s a darker element… Tonally there’s both an eeriness and something bar that speaks to the ideas of identity and everything that’s going on at Jean’s core”, executive producer Liza Chasin said.

Once the script was completed Liza Chasin approached Stevie Nicks and asked the singer to record a stripped back version of her hit with music producer Greg Kurstin.

“I’m very excited for the world to hear ‘Gypsy’ more like I wrote it — on piano. I am very proud of this version”, the Fleetwood Mac singer said.

Gypsy is a ten-part psychological thriller about Jean Holloway, a therapist with a seemingly perfect life, played by Naomi Watts, who begins to pursue intimate and illicit relationships with people close to her patients. The borders of her professional and personal life become blurred and complicated and both of her worlds are at odds.

Other actors and actresses starring in the show include Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Lucy Boynton and Karl Glusman. The eagerly-anticipated series will be launched on Netflix this Friday.

Check out the trailer for "Gypsy here: