Convenience Store Woman

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Convenience Store Woman Playlist

by 村田沙耶香, Nancy Wu, Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon, Albert Nolla Cabellos, Marina Bornas Montaña

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 9, 2026

These tracks move between the store’s orderly routines and Keiko’s private sense of estrangement, with measured instrumentals suggesting fluorescent-lit repetition and more pointed songs reflecting social pressure, work, and the struggle to define a life on one’s own terms. The vocal selections also trace the people around Keiko—from the expectations of family and coworkers to Shiraha’s disruptive presence—without treating her difference as something that needs to be corrected.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Abandon Window - Remaster 2023

Jon Hopkins · Immunity

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2

Kerala

Bonobo · Migration

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3

Two Thousand and Seventeen

Four Tet · New Energy

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4

Halving The Compass

Helios · Eingya

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5

Safe in the Steep Cliffs

Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs

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Settler

Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent

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7

God Moving Over the Face of the Waters

Moby · Everything Is Wrong

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8

Everloving

Moby · Play

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9

Only The Winds

Ólafur Arnalds · Music For Mindfulness

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10

Opening (from "Far From the Madding Crowd")

Craig Armstrong · Imitation Games Vol.2

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9 to 5

Dolly Parton · 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs

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12

Work

Rihanna · ANTI (Deluxe)

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13

Common People

Pulp · The Gambler (Music From The Motion Picture)

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14

People Are Strange

The Doors · Strange Days

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15

I'm Not Like Everybody Else

The Kinks · The Journey - Pt. 1

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16

Paper Planes

M.I.A. · Kala

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17

People Are People

Depeche Mode · Some Great Reward (Deluxe)

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18

Ordinary World

Duran Duran · Duran Duran

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19

Unpretty

TLC · Fanmail

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20

This Is the Day

The The · Soul Mining

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