arcane [spotify]
live like legends - ruelle
where do you run - the score
runaway kids - harbour
good to be alive - pvris
what’s wrong - half alive
it’ll all work out - phoebe bridgers
die for you - valorant, grabbitz
first thing to go - hayley williams
chlorine - twenty one pilots
i see you - missio
arsonist's lullabye- hozier
bad guy - billie eilish
july - sir chloe
lost my mind - finneas
jekyll & hide - bishop briggs
monsters - seafret
life goes on - oliver tree
darling - halsey
halley’s comet - billie eilish
love and truth - mother mother
death of me - saint phnx
leave it alone - hayley williams
favorite crime - olivia rodrigo
goodbye, my danish sweetheart - mitski
conspiracy of silence - the swoons
in the embers - sleeping at last
write-ups for why each song, under read more
live like legends - ruelle
I actually really like this one, and I think it fits for every character so I wanted it as an opening
where do you run - the score
nice little found family song from pov of Vander
runaway kids - harbour
super happy song for the team, it’s a little too happy but I wanted it to be a noticeable decline from how when they were kids talking about life being to short and hating the town and how they could be reckless, to then knowing that they died because of all that and how quickly it all went down
good to be alive - pvris
this songs for Vi. I wanted this to be about how bitter she is about the state of things. How she’s always looking for a fight. This is for more when she’s a child and there’s just a lot of anger about what her life is like in the underground
what’s wrong - half alive
i wanted a song for jayce more at the beginning, where him and viktor are both so optimistic about what this can do. “It’s not qutie done, but it’s time to fix what’s wrong,” but the beginning really foreshadows how it goes with “started with the right intentions but left them on the shelf,” becuase intially that just refers to going behind the academy’s back to do this, but eventually it’s so much more serious
it’ll all work out - phoebe bridgers
for when Vi decides to turn herself in. I think a lot of it is because she clearly feels like she’s failed powder (”she had eyes so blue like the weather, when she needed me I wasn’t around”) and that she has to be the one to take the fall to protect her for it. And I think it also foreshadows how she is gonna fail her again once she’s in prison because she won’t be there for her
die for you - valorant, grabbitz
Vander when he’s fighting to save them right before he dies, to the point where he even uses shimmer to do it. I think this mindset got picked up by Vi too
first thing to go - hayley williams
this is a song from vis perspective, after having lost her father figure, and not even having powder or knowing what happened to her. Mostly for her in prison, she’s scared to lose powder. “Why do memories glow the way real moments don’t? My altar is full of loves delusions” “I’m scared to lose what’s left and I should forget but I love what’s left” showing that even once she starts to hear things negative about powder she still is rooting for her no matter what
chlorine - twenty one pilots
This is one of the more filler songs, but I wanted kind of an underground sounding song that touches on people struggling with shimmer. And some of the lyrics vaguely fit especially for vi
i see you - missio
I wanted one cute song for jayce and viktor. They fr both stopped the other from KOing themselves before so I think this applies
arsonist's lullabye- hozier
so this is mostly a silco song and then jinx. The lyrics apply to him, but I also think it shows how he connects so well to jinx and how he raised her. Also I think it’s clever that he’s her father figure, she’s an arsonist ykty, and even how he “keeps her on a leash” in the way he tells her not to tame her demons but to leash them
bad guy - billie eilish
jinx wants a fun song, this is really to introduce jinx from how we knew her as powder
july - sir chloe
i wanted this to be a song where different lyrics correspond to different people, mostly revolving around Vi’s experiences. “If I did it could u be the only one who understood? If I say sorry would you tell me I did everything I could?” Is how jinx tells vi that she’s changed and vi keeps assuring her that it’s okay, and that she did what she had to. but you also have soldier girl drama going on at the same time, so we switch to “you’re prettier than anything I’ve seen in my whole life” yet later its ‘you said goodbye” from soldier girl. “Evil secret you’re the precious thing I hide” is like how vi is still trying to protect jinx but keeps it secret from soldier girl. And the lyric “I’d be foolish if I trusted you after everything you’ve done” really applies to all of them
lost my mind - finneas
this for mostly jayce, mostly how he’s with Mel but he still be thinking about vik. Also mentions Mel with “there was a different face beside me but i sent her away because you’re not here’ for how he left her when vik got sick
jekyll & hide - bishop briggs
so I think normally using references like this is a little cringy but for this song I think the reference just parallels the jinx versus powder thing, and since this is from the perspective of jinx it would make sense that it’s a little off and weird
monsters - seafret
vik to jayce when he start going a lil off the deep end
life goes on - oliver tree
I wanted a jinx and ekko song where ekko is kind of like “I lost you and you’re bad now but I have to move on” because ultimately ekko is one of the only ones that really moves on to make something better with all the crappy stuff that happened to him. Also their fight scene is just so sick
darling - halsey
parallel to good to be alive when she says “only you have shown me how to love being alive.” This is a love song between vi and caitlyn, how vi “never had a stable home.” I also think this fits because vi kind of only had caitlyn as something good since she became an adult
halley’s comet - billie eilish
caitlyn to vi
love and truth - mother mother
jinx with her lil unhinged self and voices in the background. Reminds me of how she becomes obsessed with thinking people lied to her
death of me - saint phnx
vik when he’s at this point knowing he’s gonna die and he’s using shimmer and trying to stay alive. “Poison in my veins” “I’m a dreamer I’m a man, doing whatever I can to make the bad things go away”
leave it alone - hayley williams
I wanted a song that kind of shows an inside look at why vi leaves caitlyn. Another parallel to vi’s other songs “cause now that I want to live everyone around me is dying.” This song for me shows that she can’t let go of powder, no matter what, and she can’t risk Caityln getting hurt or distracting her from that. “The truths a killer but I can’t leave it alone” and “you don’t remember my name some days or that we are related” towards powder (the name thing need to be taken reverse because powder/jinx, and then that powder sometimes insists she’s no longer vi’s sister)
favorite crime - olivia rodrigo
this is for when vi leaves caitlyn, because she really did go out of her normal life and the rules mostly for herself but for Vi too. I don’t want it to seem like it’s too toxic, just that caitlyn feels left behind and even says “I’d do it all again” (also don’t take this one too seriously, caitlyn had her own motivations aside from vi but I still think it fits)
goodbye, my danish sweetheart - mitski
very clearly jinx, she just wack tbh not much else needs to be said
conspiracy of silence - the swoons
this is kind of vik and jayces finale song for this playlist. Jayce to viktor: are you sick to the bone? Because you reap what you sow. Viktor: will you fight for your life or take a fools paradise? ... I think it is just mostly about how the council is cooked and looking at whether or not they’ll make a deal with silco “will you weapon your skin, feed the monster within, or put up a fight”
in the embers - sleeping at last
hopefully a good finale song. Partially choses because “in the embers” is the title lolol and I see this as play8ing while the council building is being blown up. But it also just fits with this narrative of living and dying and the legacy you leave behind
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