Red, White & Royal Blue: The Private Correspondence

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Red, White & Royal Blue: The Private Correspondence Playlist

by Casey McQuiston

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 9, 2026

The instrumental half moves between intimate piano and spacious, measured electronics, evoking the quiet ritual of writing and the distance between Washington and Britain. The vocal half traces Alex and Henry’s teasing, devoted partnership: a love made public, sustained in private, and rediscovered through letters.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Sleeping Lotus

Joep Beving · Solipsism

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2

Changing Winds

Alexandra Streliski · INSCAPE

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3

Blurred

Kiasmos · Blurred

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4

As Much as Possible

Bing & Ruth · No Home of the Mind

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5

Melancholia I

William Basinski · Melancholia

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6

Intro

The xx · xx

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7

Halcyon (Beautiful Days)

MONO · Holy Ground: NYC Live with the Wordless Music Orchestra

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8

Nuvole Bianche

Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina

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9

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody

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10

Dress

Taylor Swift · reputation

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11

Pink Pony Club

Chappell Roan · The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

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12

Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk

Rufus Wainwright · Poses

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13

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

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14

You and Me On The Rock (feat. Lucius)

Brandi Carlile · In These Silent Days

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15

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

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16

I'm In Love With You

The 1975 · Being Funny In A Foreign Language

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17

Butterflies

Kacey Musgraves · Golden Hour

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18

The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side

The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs

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19

Dead of Night

Orville Peck · Pony

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20

Letter From Home

Pat Metheny Group · Letter from Home

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