My Way (Better Man)

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My Way closes Better Man with an unmistakable nod to the traditions of show business that shaped Robbie Williams’s career. Originally made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1969, the song is performed in the film’s final Royal Albert Hall sequence, where Williams reconciles with his father and reclaims the stage as his own. The version used on the soundtrack blends live big-band instrumentation with orchestral depth, mirroring the grandeur of classic swing while carrying the emotional weight of resolution.

The performance reaffirms Williams’s lifelong connection to the great crooners—Sinatra, Darin and Bennett—whose influence can be felt throughout his catalogue. The arrangement swells with brass and strings, balancing nostalgia and pride. It is less about triumph than acceptance, a fitting reflection of the film’s journey from self-destruction to peace. In this moment, Williams’s voice carries warmth and restraint, his delivery embodying both the bravado of the lyric and the humility of experience.

The scene’s staging at the Royal Albert Hall recalls Williams’s 2001 concert there, itself a turning point that redefined him as a classic entertainer. In Better Man, that same hall becomes a metaphor for reconciliation, as the singer performs with his father—fictionally and spiritually—beside him. The lyric “Regrets, I’ve had a few” resonates not as irony but as truth, the summation of a life lived openly and without disguise.

“That song is every performer’s curtain call. You can’t fake it—you have to mean every word.”Robbie Williams

Grand yet intimate, My Way serves as the perfect finale to Better Man. Its timeless melody and emotional honesty encapsulate the film’s central message—that survival and self-belief are themselves the ultimate performance.