Yellowface

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Yellowface Playlist

20 tracks

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Oct 13, 2026

A shifting soundtrack for June Hayward’s envy, stolen authorship, and the increasingly dangerous performance of being Juniper Song: spare piano and taut instrumentals give way to songs about image-making, ambition, and exposure. The sequence moves between wry confidence and unease, keeping the focus on the novel’s sharp satire of literary celebrity, appropriation, and the stories people claim as their own.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Biesy

Hania Rani · Esja

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2

Aerial Boundaries

Michael Hedges · Aerial Boundaries

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3

The Cradle

George Winston · Forest

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4

Nuvole Bianche

Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina

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5

Spiegel im spiegel

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait

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6

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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7

The Blue Danube

Johann Strauss II · Blue Danube Strauss Waltzes

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8

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

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9

Glassworks: Opening

Philip Glass · Valentina Lisitsa Plays Philip Glass

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10

On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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11

First Breath After Coma

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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12

Paper Bag

Fiona Apple · When The Pawn...

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13

The Fame

Lady Gaga · The Fame

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14

Celebrity Skin

Hole · Celebrity Skin

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15

Everybody's Fool

Evanescence · Fallen

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16

Writer In The Dark

Lorde · Melodrama

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17

COPYCAT

Billie Eilish · dont smile at me

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18

The Pretender

Foo Fighters · Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

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19

Bad Reputation

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts · Bad Reputation (Expanded Edition)

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20

You Oughta Know

Alanis Morissette · The Collection (Standard Edition)

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