
The collection spans her solo releases, rarities and classics from her first two albums with her former collaborator Lee Hazlewood, the songwriter who changed her future. She lost her second husband, Hugh Lambert, to cancer when he was 55, and their daughters, Amanda and AJ, now gently compel their mother to work – her new archival release Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin’ 1965-1976 is their project alongside the US independent label Light in the Attic. “It’s a long time to be alone,” she says. Her family celebrated her 80th birthday in June, but outside, adhering to social distancing. Due to Covid-19, she has been isolated since March 2020. Sinatra is widowed, lives by herself and admits to feeling depressed “about everything”. “I’ll never forgive the people that voted for him, ever. “I couldn’t believe that this great nation had sunk so low,” she says. It crossed my mind to move to another country.” The last four years, though, have taken a toll on her mental health. I don’t know what I would have done if Biden had lost. Throughout his presidential term, Sinatra has advocated for progress on climate change, women’s rights and healthcare, and believes that Biden will change the US for the better.

Trump blasted out My Way again this month as he boarded Air Force One for the last time. Photograph: Amanda Erlinger/Courtesy of Boots Enterprises Inc ‘I hope we can get back to the freedoms we enjoy’ … at home in Palm Springs, Jan 2021.
