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This playlist follows the pull between Johnny’s public confidence and private vulnerability and Shannon’s instinct to hide, with songs about trust, endurance, and the possibility of being seen without being harmed. Its shifting mix of intimate indie, pop-rock, and emotionally direct ballads also reflects the contrast between school life, rugby ambitions, and the characters’ quieter struggles.
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40 songs
1
All I Want
Kodaline · In A Perfect World (Expanded Edition)
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2
Somewhere Only We Know
Keane · Hopes And Fears
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3
She Will Be Loved
Maroon 5 · Songs About Jane
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4
The Scientist
Coldplay · A Rush of Blood to the Head
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5
Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol · Eyes Open
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6
Run
Snow Patrol · Final Straw
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7
Breakeven
The Script · The Script
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8
Nothing
The Script · Science & Faith
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9
Iris
The Goo Goo Dolls · Dizzy up the Girl
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10
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
John Mayer · Continuum
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11
Liability
Lorde · Melodrama
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12
Royals
Lorde · Pure Heroine
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13
The A Team
Ed Sheeran · +
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14
Photograph
Ed Sheeran · x (Wembley Edition)
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15
Skinny Love
Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago
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16
Holocene
Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver
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17
Smother
Daughter · If You Leave
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18
Medicine
Daughter · The Wild Youth EP
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19
To Build A Home
The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur
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20
Sweet Disposition
The Temper Trap · Conditions
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21
Fix You
Coldplay · Fix You
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22
Sparks
Coldplay · Parachutes
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23
The Only Exception
Paramore · Brand New Eyes
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24
Decode
Paramore · Decode
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25
Big Girls Cry
Sia · 1000 Forms Of Fear
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26
Unsteady
X Ambassadors · VHS
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27
5AM
Amber Run · 5AM (Expanded Edition)
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28
Ends of the Earth
Lord Huron · Lonesome Dreams (Bonus Track Version)
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29
Home
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below
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30
Rivers and Roads
The Head And The Heart · The Head And The Heart (15th Anniversary Edition)
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31
Ophelia
The Lumineers · Cleopatra
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Angela
The Lumineers · Cleopatra
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33
Ho Hey
The Lumineers · The Lumineers
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34
How to Save a Life
The Fray · How To Save A Life
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35
You Found Me
The Fray · The Fray
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36
The Power of Love
Gabrielle Aplin · English Rain
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37
Please Don't Say You Love Me
Gabrielle Aplin · English Rain
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38
Strong
London Grammar · If You Wait (Deluxe Version)
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Wasting My Young Years
London Grammar · If You Wait (Deluxe Version)
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