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Jun 13

My WIP Chaotic Hayffie Playlist for Hayffie Week 2026

Hey Hayffie Nation, the last few weeks have been chaos so I haven't been able to contribute much to @hayffie-week but here is my equally chaotic WIP playlist of songs that remind me of Hayffie, I didn't split them into vibes so its a bit of a rollercoaster, but then again isn't that pretty on brand for these two? Would love feedback in the comments!

Explanations under cut!

Haymitch @ Effie

Wicked Game - Chris Isaac (Yearning! Angst!)

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you It's strange what desire will make foolish people do I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart)

2. No Children - The Mountain Goats (Peak Hayffie song tbh, they're toxic but also each other's antidotes)

Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises We're pretty sure they're all wrong

I hope it stays dark forever I hope the worst isn't over And I hope you blink before I do I hope I never get sober

And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can't find one good thing to say And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out You'd stay the hell out of my way

I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand

3. Dial Drunk - Noah Kahan (Young Haymitch gets into trouble in the Capitol)

I ain't proud of all the punches that I've thrown In the name of someone I no longer know For the shame of being young, drunk, and alone Traffic lights and a transmitter radio I don't like that when they threw me in the car I gave your name as my emergency phone call Honey, it rang and rang, even the cops thought you were wrong for hangin' up I dial drunk, I'll die a drunk, I'll die for you

I'm untethering from the parts of me you'd recognize From charming to alarming in seconds I'll be bedridden, I'll let the pain metastasize

4. Friends in Low Places - Brooks Jefferson/ Garth Brooks (Haymitch's go to Karaoke song I fear, Chaff is cheering, Effie is trying to grab the mic)

'Cause I've got friends in low places Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away And I'll be OK Yeah, I'm not big on social graces Think I'll slip on down to the oasis Oh, I've got friends in low places

Well, I guess I was wrong, I just don't belong But then I've been there before Everything's all right, I'll just say good night And I'll show myself to the door Hey, I didn't mean to cause a big scene Just give me an hour and then Well, I'll be as high as that ivory tower That you're living in

5. Lover, you should have come over - Jeff Buckley (Haymitch is back in D12 and pining hard)

Sometimes a man gets carried away When he feels like should be having his fun Much too blind to see the damage he's done Sometimes a man must awake to find that Really he has no one

So I'll wait for you, love And I'll burn Will I ever see your sweet return? Oh, will I ever learn? Oh-oh, lover, you should've come over 'Cause it's not too late

6. The Great Divide - Noah Kahan (Haymitch dealing with a post Capitol-torture Effie)

You know I think about you all the time And my deep misunderstanding of your life And how bad it must have been for you back then And how hard it was to keep it all inside

I hope you settlе down, I hope you marry rich I hope you're scarеd of only ordinary shit

7. Last Night on Earth - Green Day (Haymitch leaves Effie in D13 to go to the front lines, not sure if he'll return)

My beating heart belongs to you

I walked for miles 'til I found you I'm here to honour you If I lose everything in the fire I'm sending all my love to you

With every breath that I am worth Here on Earth I'm sending all my love to you

8. As the world caves in - Matt Maltese (District 13 bombing)

My feet are aching And your back is pretty tired And we've drunk a couple bottles, babe And set our grief aside The papers say it's doomsday The button has been pressed We're gonna nuke each other up, boys 'Til old Satan stands impressed

And here it is, our final night alive And as the earth burns to the ground

Oh, girl, it's you that I lie with As the atom bomb locks in

9. Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby - Cigarettes after Sex (Secret relationship vibes)

Whispered something in your ear It was a perverted thing to say But I said it anyway Made you smile and look away

Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby As long as you're with me, you'll be just fine Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby Nothing's gonna take you from my side

10. Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton (Wedding song amiright?)

Used to spend my nights out in a barroom Liquor was the only love I'd known But you rescued me from reachin' for the bottom And brought me back from being too far gone

You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskey You're as sweet as strawberry wine You're as warm as a glass of brandy And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time

11. Sign of the Times - Harry Styles (Angst! Fleeing the Capitol to D13)

Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times Welcome to the final show Hope you're wearing your best clothes

12. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (Sorry, had to be done, another Karaoke number)

Uptown girl She's been living in her uptown world I bet she's never had a backstreet guy I bet her momma never told her why I'm gonna try for an Uptown girl

13. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths (Haymitch is depressed and pathetic and Effie wants to fuck him)

Haven't had a dream in a long time See, the life I've had Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life Let me get what I want Lord knows, it would be the first time

14. It ain't over till it's over - Lenny Kravitz (Hello Cinna! Another wedding song)

So much time wasted Playing games with love

So many tears I've cried So much pain inside But, baby, it ain't over 'til it's over So many years we've tried And kept our love alive But, baby, it ain't over 'til it's over

15. Creep - Radiohead (Haymitch is still depressed and pathetic and very oblivious that Effie still wants to fuck him)

When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so fucking special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here

16. The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future - Los Campesinos! (Okay this is a bit of a stretch but it fits with the fic I'm writing, Effie is also self destructive, who knew!)

I grabbed hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip I said, you've taken the diet too far, you've got to let it slip But she's not eating again, she's not eating again She's not eating again, she's not eating again

I ask her to speak French and then I need her to translate I get the feeling she makes the meaning more significant She was always far too pretty for me To believe in a single word she said, believe a word she said

At fourteen her mother died in a routine operation From allergic reaction to a general anesthetic Spent the rest of her teens experimenting with prescriptions In a futile attempt to know more than the doctors

17. Too Sweet - Hozier (Sexual Tension? In my playlist? It's more likely than you think)

You keep telling me to live right To go to bed before the daylight But then you wake up for the sunrise You know you don't gotta pretend, baby, now and then

Don't you just wanna wake up, dark as a lake? Smelling like a bonfire, lost in a haze? If you're drunk on life, babe, I think it's great But while in this world

I think I'll take my whiskey neat My coffee black and my bed at three You're too sweet for me

18. Northern Attitude - Noah Kahan (idk this feels D12 vs Capitol coded)

If I get too close And I'm not how you hoped Forgive my northern attitude Oh, I was raised out in the cold If the sun don't rise 'Til the summertime Forgive my northern attitude Oh, I was raised on little light

You bought some shit, you search online You're gettin' lost, you're gettin' high All alone, late in life Scared to live, scared to die

19. Ghosts That We Knew - Mumford and Sons (Angst! but also Hope! Alternatively, whoops Effie loves Haymitch despite everything, everyone knew this but him until right now)

You saw my pain, washed out in the rain And broken glass saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view And we'll live a long life

20. Lua - Bright Eyes (Pre-healing Hayffie, my beloved messes)

I got a flask inside my pocket we can share it on the train And if you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same Well, we might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain But what was normal in the evening by the morning seems insane And I'm not sure what the trouble was That started all of this The reasons all have run away But the feeling never did It's not something I would recommend But it is one way to live 'Cause what is simple in the moonlight By the morning never is

21. Best Years - Social Animals (Young self destructive Haymitch vibes)

I can't tell if I'm wasted Or just wasting all my best years

She said you look thinner Are you skipping dinner? Or are you skipping everything? Because even when you're here You're not really there

I said I'm always tired But I am never sleepin' It's like somebody creeps in And turns on the goddamn hallway light

22. Death of a Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco (Denial is a river in Egypt Haymitch, you love that frilly woman and she makes you a better man)

Do I look lonely? I see the shadows on my face People have told me I don't look the same Maybe I lost weight, I'm playing hooky with the best of the best Pull my heart out my chest, so that you can see it too I'm walking the long road, watching the sky fall The lace in your dress tangles my neck, how do I live?

23. In Case You Don't Live Forever - Ben Platt (whoops, back to angst)

I've waited way too long to say Everything you mean to me

In case you don't live forever, let me tell you now I love you more than you'll ever wrap your head around In case you don't live forever, let me tell you the truth I'm everything that I am because of you

24. Kiss You All Over - Exile (70s coded Hayffie is very important to me idk what else to say, Haymitch is a car mechanic, fixes Effie's pink Cadillac, cue torrid affair)

I don't what I'd do without you, babe Don't know where I'd be You're not just another lover No, you're everything to me

Everytime I'm with you, baby I can't believe it's true When you're layin' in my arms And you do the things you do

25. These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding (do I need to justify Otis in literally any playlist? No)

These arms of mine, they are wanting Wanting to hold you

And if you would let them hold you Oh, how grateful I will be

Come on, come on, baby Just be my little woman Just be my lover, oh

I need me somebody, somebody to treat me right, oh I need your arms, loving arms to hold me tight

Effie @ Haymitch

26. Silver Lining - Laufey (The ultimate Hayffie song in my opinion, its just so Effie)

Never been calm or collected, no one ever called me sweet What a miracle, I found a darling I met you at the worst time, fell in love on a whim Now we pirouette in fields of rosy sin

So I propose, it's long overdue When you go to hell, I'll go there with you too And when we're punished for being so cruel The silver lining's I'll be there with you

27: Promise - Laufey (Okay, you may sense a pattern here, young Effie catching feelings!)

I made a promise To distance myself Took a flight, through aurora skies Honestly, I didn't think about How we didn't say goodbye Just see you very soon

It hurts to be something It's worse to be nothing with you

28. Mad Woman- Laufey (Promise this is the last Laufey song, she's just so Effie coded I'm sorry)

Such a terrible idea, worst one I've had all this year But I can't ignore our obvious attraction I imagine how it ends, up in flames, we'll go again Seeking chaos, can't help giving in to passion But there's something so vexing about you It's like the gods above us don't approve We've been through this before, fell in and out, I said, "No more" But still I want you like a mad, mad woman

29. Still into You - Paramore (Yippee! Endgame Hayffie against the odds!)

I should be over all the butterflies But I'm into you (I'm into you) And, baby, even on our worst nights I'm into you (I'm into you) Let 'em wonder how we got this far 'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all Yeah, after all this time I'm still into you

30. Busy Woman - Sabrina Carpenter (Effie wants to fuck her District Mentor and she is Pissed about it)

I'm so mature, collected and sensible Except when I get hit with rejection To turn me down, well, that's just unethical I'll turn into someone you're scared to know

But if you need my love My clothes are off, I'm comin' over to your place And if you don't need my love I didn't want your little bitch-ass anyway Yeah, I'm a busy woman

31. Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (Effie when the relationship Hard-launch is imminent)

Please, please, please don't prove I'm right And please, please, please Don't bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker

32. Strawberry Blond- Mitski (Yearning Effie is one of my favourite types of Effie)

All I need, darling, is a life in your shape I picture it, soft and I ache Look at you, strawberry blond

Reach out the car window tryna hold the wind You tell me you love her, I give you a grin Oh, all I ever wanted was a life in your shape So I follow the white lines, follow the white lines Keep my eyes on the road as I ache

33. I Bet on Losing Dogs - Mitski (Angst! Effie standing by her man, despite everything, also her D12 tributes)

My baby, my baby You're my baby, say it to me Baby, my baby Tell your baby that I'm your baby

I bet on losing dogs I know they're losing, and I'll pay for my place by the ring Where I'll be looking in their eyes when they're down I'll be there on their side I'm losing by their side

34. Linger - The Cranberries (Whoops, more Yearning!Effie)

If you, if you could get by Trying not to lie Things wouldn't be so confused And I wouldn't feel so used But you always really knew I just wanna be with you

And I'm in so deep You know I'm such a fool for you You got me wrapped around your finger Do you have to let it linger?

35. At Last - Etta James (WeddingSongWeddingSongWeddingSong)

I found a dream that I could speak to A dream that I can call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill that I've never known You smiled, you smiled Oh, and then the spell was cast And here we are in Heaven For you are mine at last

36. I Know You All over Again - Trixie Mattel (Wish I knew how to quit you vibes)

And I don't smell you in my sheets And I don't hear you in the hall Without your cologne Your calls on the phone I don't know you at all And I'm growing older I know that we're over The way we'd always have been And then I see you... And I know you all over again

37. I Kissed Someone (It Wasn't You) - Dodie (Effie tries to get under someone to get over another certain someone, it doesn't work)

I kissed someone, it wasn't you Leaning in like I'm supposed to do I pulled away and I gasped for him I didn't feel a single thing

I kissed someone, it wasn't me Locked inside a slut this eve All worked up for something dead I think it's time to go to bed

38. Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (Angst! Effie has to watch someone she loves slowly killing themselves for 25 years! And I'm just supposed to go to work like normal!)

So, before you go Was there something I could've said To make your heart beat better? If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather So, before you go Was there something I could've said To make it all stop hurting? It kills me how your mind can make you feel so worthless So, before you go

Would we be better off by now If I'd let my walls come down? Maybe, I guess we'll never know

39. God Must Hate Me - Catie Turner (Effie sees natural beauty in everyone but herself and it hurts me personally)

Do you ever see someone and think "Wow, they got lucky" the craftsmanship of their bones, their brain, and their body When I look into the mirror for too long it hurts they don't track how many steps it takes to burn off dessert Do you ever see someone and think "Wow, they got lucky"

40. When You Sleep - Mary Lambert (More Yearning!Effie yippee)

I could make you happy I could make you love me I could disappear completely I could be your love song I could be long gone I could be a ghost in your eardrum When you sleep, will it be with me? When you sleep, will it be with me?

I swore I saw you in a dream All dressed in white and wide smile You politely asked to take a walk with me And I married you there underneath the trees

41. Like Real People Do - Hozier (Effie accepting Haymitch's baggage is a part of loving someone, woof)

I will not ask you where you came from I will not ask you, neither should you

Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips We should just kiss like real people do

I knew that look dear Eyes always seeking Was there in someone That dug long ago So I will not ask you Why you were creeping In some sad way I already know

42. Me and My Husband - Mitski (Another peak Hayffie tune, to be loved is to be known!)

But me and my husband We're doing better It's always been just him and me, together So I bet all I have on that Furrowed brow And at least in this lifetime We're sticking together Me and my husband We're sticking together

And I am the idiot with the painted face In the corner, taking up space But when he walks in, I am loved, I am loved

43. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Classic, had to be done I'm afraid)

Somewhere deep inside You must know I miss you But what can I say? Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide The likes of me abide Spectators of the show Always staying low

The game is on again A lover or a friend A big thing or a small The winner takes it all

44. TV - Billie Eilish (Depressed Effie in her Capitol apartment waiting until the next Games)

Don't know where you are right now Did you see me on TV? I'll try not to starve myself Just because you're mad at me And I'll be in denial for at least a little while What about the plans we made?

45. Million Reasons - Lady Gaga (Effie wanting to stand by her man even when he's making it incredibly difficult)

I bow down to pray I try to make the worst seem better Lord, show me the way To cut through all his worn out leather I've got a hundred million reasons to walk away But baby, I just need one good one to stay

46. Too Good at Goodbyes - Sam Smith (Effie Trinket, queen of the workplace situationship that should have been reported to HR)

I know you're thinking I'm heartless I know you're thinking I'm cold I'm just protecting my innocence I'm just protecting my soul

I'm never gonna let you close to me Even though you mean the most to me 'Cause every time I open up, it hurts So I'm never gonna get too close to you Even when I mean the most to you In case you go and leave me in the dirt

Duets/General

47. Stay - Rihanna, Mikky Ekko

Well, funny you're the broken one But I'm the only one who needed saving 'Cause when you never see the light It's hard to know which one of us is caving

48. A Lovely Night - La La Land

M: We've stumbled on a view That's tailor-made for two What a shame those two are you and me

Some other girl and guy Would love this swirling sky But there's only you and I And we've got no shot

F: You say there's nothing here? Well, let's make something clear I think I'll be the one to make that call

And though you looked so cute In your polyester suit

You're right, I'd never fall for you at all

49. I love you like an Alcoholic - The Taxpayers

Walked about 20 blocks talkin' about good bars and better towns than this one Kissed that first night, and then the rain opened up the sky to get

One last kiss I love you like an alcoholic One last kiss I love you like a statuette One last kiss I need you like I need a broken leg

50. We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

We didn't start the fire It was always burning since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

51. From Eden - Hozier

Honey, you're familiar like my mirror years ago Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on its sword Innocence died screaming, honey, ask me I should know I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door

Babe There's something wretched about this Something so precious about this Where to begin?

Babe There's something broken about this But I might be hoping about this Oh, what a sin

52. Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs wishing he could fly only to trip at the sound of good-bye

Wordlessly watching he waits by the window and wonders at the empty place inside

Heartlessly helping himself to her bad dreams he worries did he hear a good-bye or even hello

They are 1 person They are 2 alone They are 3 together They are 4 for each other

#this took so long omg #also should I oneshot a fic about Mechanic!Haymitch?#I fear I will have to do that #hayffie week 2026 #playlist #hayffie playlist #hayffie #Haymitch abernathy #Effie trinket #haymitch x effie #Spotify

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