“What The World Needs Now Is Love” (with music and lyrics by UMPG writers Burt Bacharach and Hal David) soundtracks the trailer to the upcoming Warner Bros film Joker: Folie à Deux. 

The warm and uplifting tones of the 1965 popular song provide a brilliantly effective contrast to the dark, manic mood of the trailer. 

Joker: Folie à Deux stars Joaquin Phoenix, reprising his role as Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comedian, whose descent into madness leads him to become the ‘Joker’. It co-stars Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, a fellow asylum inmate who forms a dangerous romantic relationship with him. 

The movie will preview in theaters October 4th.  Watch the teaser trailer below.