Villain Edit

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Villain Edit Playlist

20 tracks

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Nov 10, 2026

The instrumental half moves between nocturnal unease, theatrical polish, and moments of warmth, reflecting Gabriel’s precarious life among humans and Harper’s television-world poise. The vocal half turns toward desire, image-making, danger, and the unsettling pull of a love that could be more than a bit of television drama.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Villain

Stella Jang · STELLA I

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2

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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3

Weather Storm

Craig Armstrong · The Space Between Us

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4

Song Without Words in E Major, Op. 19, No. 1

Felix Mendelssohn · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters

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5

vampire

Olivia Rodrigo · GUTS

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6

Love Bites

Def Leppard · Hysteria

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7

Dark Red

Steve Lacy · Dark Red

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8

Criminal

Fiona Apple · Tidal

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9

Bad Things

Jace Everett · Jace Everett

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10

Red Right Hand

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Red Right Hand (Theme from 'Peaky Blinders')

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11

Your Best American Girl

Mitski · Puberty 2

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12

I Put a Spell On You

Screamin' Jay Hawkins · At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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13

Love Is a Bitch

Two Feet · Love Is a Bitch

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14

Baleen Morning

Balmorhea · Balmorhea

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15

Tennen

Hania Rani · Home

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16

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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17

Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 2

Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

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18

Flamenco Sketches

Miles Davis · Kind of Blue

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19

Strange Meadow Lark

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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20

A Walk In The Black Forest

Horst Jankowski · The Genius Of Jankowski!

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