Panic! at the Disco honors Frank Sinatra with 'Death of a Bachelor'

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Brian Anthony Hernandez
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Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie is tipping his hat to "Fly Me to the Moon" crooner Frank Sinatra with Tuesday's release of tribute song "Death of a Bachelor."

The musical tribute, Urie wrote on Instagram, "expresses the bittersweet (but mostly sweet) end of an era. A look back at a part of my life now deceased. An 'It’s A Wonderful Life'-esque look into a possibly different future. But mostly an appreciation for the present."

This year marks 100 years since Sinatra was born.

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"I attach his music to so many memories: Opening presents on Christmas day, my grandparents teaching the rest of the family to swing dance, watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit with my siblings (Sinatra makes a cameo in the form of a cartoon sword singing 'Witchcraft')," Urie added. "His music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it's only right that I return the favor and/or pay it forward.

Sinatra influenced Urie's writing on an upcoming album, which will tentatively be released either as a solo project or under the Panic! at the Disco moniker.

[img src="http://admin.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/panic-at-the-disco-frank-sinatra.jpg" caption=""Happily ever after, how could I ask for more. A lifetime of laughter, at the expense of the death of a bachelor."" credit="Associated Press" alt="panic-at-the-disco-frank-sinatra"]

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