Normal People
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Normal People

by Sally Rooney

“Normal People” moves between concealment and emotional exposure—glimpses of tenderness, distance, and inevitability set against Trinity College and the everyday quiet of Dublin. This playlist pairs intimate, lyric-forward songs about private devotion and complicated closeness with instrumental tracks that feel like rooms you can’t quite leave—warm but unresolved.

21 tracks
balanced
Aug 28, 2026
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Track List

21 songs
1
Copycats Create Covers

Mogwai Fear Satan

Mystery Owl · Copycats Create Covers

2
Dropsonde

Dissolving Clouds

Biosphere · Dropsonde

3
"Bagatelle" - A Moment of Calm

La Valse d'Amélie

Yann Tiersen · "Bagatelle" - A Moment of Calm

4
XXX The Number of the Beat

Intro

Los Fastidios · XXX The Number of the Beat

5
The King Of Limbs

Morning Mr Magpie

Radiohead · The King Of Limbs

6
"La fille aux cheveux de lin" - Quiet Summer Hours

La fille aux cheveux de lin

Claude Debussy · "La fille aux cheveux de lin" - Quiet Summer Hours

7
Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye; Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19a

Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye; Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

8
The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Le Best Of Des Deux Géants Du Jazz ! - The Two Greatest Jazz Legends !

Naima

John Coltrane · The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Le Best Of Des Deux Géants Du Jazz ! - The Two Greatest Jazz Legends !

9
Singularity

Everything Connected

Jon Hopkins · Singularity

10
Teardrop (Bundle)

Teardrop

José González · Teardrop (Bundle)

11
Acoustic Throwback

Cannonball

Damien Rice · Acoustic Throwback

12
Be the Cowboy

Two Slow Dancers

Mitski · Be the Cowboy

13
Lullaby Versions of FKA Twigs

Cellophane

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of FKA Twigs

14
Coexist

Angels

The xx · Coexist

15
Southern Sun

Let It Happen

Tame Impala · Southern Sun

16
RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

Kyoto

Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

17
Fleet Foxes

White Winter Hymnal

Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes

18
AM

I Wanna Be Yours

Arctic Monkeys · AM

19
Impressions of Radiohead

All I Need

Jacob Anderskov · Impressions of Radiohead

20
anaesthesia

anaesthesia

NØCTRIS · anaesthesia

21
Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Champagne for the Ghosts

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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