On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Playlist

20 tracks

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Sep 30, 2026

This playlist is built to mirror Little Dog’s letter-like unfolding—tender family memory, Vietnam-rooted history, and the complicated love between a mother and son. The instrumental half keeps a quiet, cinematic sense of distance and return, while the vocal half leans into intimacy, grief, and luminous resolve.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Mountains

Hans Zimmer · Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition]

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2

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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3

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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4

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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5

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Hopes And Fears

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6

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

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7

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

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8

Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Human (Deluxe)

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9

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

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10

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

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12

Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118, No. 2

Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi

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13

Clair de lune

Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters

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14

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Classic

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15

Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Aram Khachaturian · Khachaturian Orchestral Music

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16

The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan

Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

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17

Thaïs, Act II: Méditation

Jules Massenet · Poème

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18

The Great Gig in the Sky

Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon

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19

Weightless - 253 Edit

Marconi Union · Weightless (253 Edit)

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20

On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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