On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

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.

20 tracks
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Sep 30, 2026
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20 songs
1
Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition]

Mountains

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

2
Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

3
Hot Fuss

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

4
Hozier

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

5
Hopes And Fears

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Hopes And Fears

6
Young And Beautiful

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

7
In The Lonely Hour

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

8
Human (Deluxe)

Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Human (Deluxe)

9
Mystery of Love

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

10
Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

11
Ain't That Good News

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

12
Brahms Intermezzi

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

Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi

13
Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters

Clair de lune

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

14
Classic

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Classic

15
Khachaturian Orchestral Music

Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Aram Khachaturian · Khachaturian Orchestral Music

16
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

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

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

17
Poème

Thaïs, Act II: Méditation

Jules Massenet · Poème

18
The Dark Side of the Moon

The Great Gig in the Sky

Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon

19
Weightless (253 Edit)

Weightless - 253 Edit

Marconi Union · Weightless (253 Edit)

20
The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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