Hi friends! :)
So I listen to a lot of music, and I know lots of other people do as well! I also am very particular about making playlists for my characters, and I wanted to put out a few examples here! What are three songs that best describe your character's vibe or je ne sais pas that you just can't pin down otherwise? Here are some of mine!
Farah: Born To Bleed - Red Hearse; The Great War - Taylor Swift; Joke's On You - Charlotte Lawrence
Saul: In The Stars - Benson Boone (about Farah); Better Days - Dermot Kennedy; Run Boy Run - Woodkid
Emaria: Prodigal Daughter - Lights; Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan; Wings - Birdy
Rosalind: Teach Me To Fight - YONAKA; Secret - The Pierces; The Red Means I Love You - Madds Buckley
Cleopatra: Touch In The Night - Battle Beast; Kingdom Fall - Claire Wyndham; Emperor’s New Clothes - Panic! At The Disco
O’Hara: Stilettos - Kelsea Ballerini; Looking At Me - Sabrina Carpenter; Woman - Kesha, The Dap-Kings Horns
Anna: Walked Through Hell - Anson Seabra; Voices Carry - ADONA, UNSECRET, Roary and The Colony; Ghost - Justin Bieber
Adalise: State of the Heart - Patrick Droney; Honey and Glass - Peyton Cardoza; Woman Up - Meghan Trainor
Fleur: Queen of Disaster - LULLANAS; Fashionista - Jimmy James; Someone You Like - The Girl and The Dreamcatcher
ohoho I have some!
Paisley: Control - Halsey, Bury A Friend - Billie Eilish, Snakes - MIYAVI and PVRIS
Abel: Idol - Hollywood Undead ft. GHOSTKID, Dead Bite - Hollywood Undead, This Is How I Disappear - My Chemical Romance
Rhyda: Pumped Up Kicks - Late Nite Reading, Another One Bites the Dust - Queen, Roadkill - Starcrawler
Shea: Party Poison - My Chemical Romance, Jenny - WALK THE MOON, Hysteria - MUSE
Grace: Lovely - Khalid and Billie Eilish, Heathens - Twenty One Pilots, I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
Felix: Phantom - NateWantsToBattle, I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters, Oops!…I Did It Again - Britney Spears
Drew: C'est la vie - Weathers, New Invention - IDKHOW, Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood
Bianca: Will of the People - MUSE, Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys, Cut the Cord - Shinedown
Cagney: Feeling Good - Michael Buble, Raise Hell - Dorothy, killer queen - Mad Tsai
(Following for later, lol)
God, I haven't touched my written characters in so long that I think I'll just do some of the TTRPG characters I've created and played as.
Buster Barfight: Hell to Pay – Miracle of Sound; Knights of Cydonia – Muse; Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe – Streetlight Manifesto
Xedrakk Domino: Armor-Clad Faith – NAOKI; Belgrade – Battle Tapes; Guerrilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine
Joseph Stankevich: Aces High – Iron Maiden; Sky Should be High – NAOKI; All I Want – The Offspring
Hell yeah I also listen to way too much music!!
Quill (main character and local asshole kid): "Black Hole" by Be Your Own Pet, "Seventeen (Age)" by Mike Krol, "Brother" by Gerard Way (about Dally), 「カゲロウデイズ」("Heat Haze Days") by Jin
Anthony (detective who is way in over his head): "Saintly Rows" by Dear and the Headlights, "The Gardener" by the Choir Vandals, "Cotard's Solution (Anatta, Dukkha, Anicca)" by Will Wood and the Tapeworms, "Mephisto's Waltz" by benches (about Dally)
Dally (bounty hunter grim reaper): "Ball of the Dead Rat" by The Teeth, "Blood" by My Chemical Romance, "MACHINEGUN POEM DOLL" by cosMo@Bousou-P, "White Gloves" by the Choir Vandals (about Anthony)
Felix (local TV host and major antagonist): "Pop Music" by Lilac Boy, "Channel 01 Clown" by Teddy Hyde, "…AND WHEN YOUR SUN GOES DOWN, YOU'LL KNOW" by Whitey
Jacques (I don't even know where to start with this guy): "BlackBoxWarrior - OKULTRA" and "Yes, to Err is Human, So Don't Be One." by Will Wood, "Lucifer Yellow" by the Choir Vandals
I've always loved making OC playlists! There really is something about music that helps describe characters in a way you could never otherwise, and finding a new song to fit an OC is always fun :-) (Also, you all have fantastic taste in music.)
Oh my god I love making character playlists and I love listening to music
Simon: Change - Djo, My Life - Billy Joel, Wrecking Ball - Mother Mother
Casper: Tomorrow - Set It Off, Since I Saw Vienna - Wilbur Soot, Rotary Phone - Moira Smiley
Logan: I DONT TRUST U ANYMORE - Left at London, Vanilla Curls - Teddy Hyde, Downhill - Lincoln
Dean: American Idiot - Green Day, Mama - My Chemical Romance, Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Henry: creature - half•alive, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John, Buttercup - Jack Stauber
Madeline: Gods & Monsters - Lana Del Rey, Maneater - Nelly Furtado, Choke - iDKHOW
Ava: Paranoid - Palaye Royale, Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe, Seventeen - MARINA
Peter: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi, Little Pistol - Mother Mother, This Is Love - Air Traffic Controller
James: Don't Stop Me Now - Queen, The Dark of the Matineé - Franz Ferdinand, Tear in My Heart - twenty-one pilots
Xavier: Verbatim - Mother Mother, Let's Kill Tonight - Panic At The Disco, Laplace's Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People!) - Will Wood
I will definitely add more, this stuff is my PASSION.
i have more :)
Frog: Island Song (Come Along with Me) - Adventure Time, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles, Orpheus Under the Influence - The Buttertones
Dick: Fool for You - Ace of Hearts, Somethin' Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra, Cruisin' for a Bruisin' - Teen Beach Movie
Juniper: The Room is Filled With People That Love You - Foresight, Garden of Eden - Rob Cantor, Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY (Bones) - Will Wood & the Tapeworms
Shiloh: Love Shack - The B-52's, Tongue Tied - Grouplove, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
Vanessa: Brainwashed - Between Thorns, Heart Of Glass - Blondie, Let The Flames Begin - Paramore
Alex: Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz" - Cojum Dip, Lost in Bonerland - Nero's Day At Disneyland, Brass Goggles - Steam Powered Giraffe
Beck: Kill the Sun - Motherfolk, 4am - girl in red, Get Used to It - Ricky Montgomery
Adam: Kids - Current Joys, parachute - second thoughts, Meet Me At Our Spot - THE ANXIETY
Thea: White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane, Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac, Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
Kylie: Talk Too Much - COIN, Dance With Me - Sir, Please, Too Late - The Happy Fits
Bella: Oh No! - MARINA, Blueberry Pancakes - Feelrs, 18 - Anarbor
Crystal: Molly - Mindless Self Indulgence, Teenagers - My Chemical Romance, Lilith - Ellise
Malcolm: The Main Character - Will Wood, fan behavior - Isaac Dunbar, Puppet Boy - DEVO
Melody: Two Birds - Regina Spektor, Come With Me - Chxrlotte, Strawberry Mentos - Leanna Firestone
I've never really thought of this so this is just what I think from the top of my head
Hector: Devil Town- Cavetown/ Dreams where you're murdered- X Lovers/ Ghost- Nico Collins
Kenzo: Daddy Issues- The Neighborhood/ They're coming to take me away- ???/ It's nice to have a friend- Taylor Swift
Silvia: The red means I love you- Madds Buckley/ Tag You're it- Melanie Martinez/ Bleed- Rustage
Ignore the fact that almost all of them have Kate Bush and St. Vincent in them.. Feel free to judge my music taste though!
Bront- Linger - The Cranberries/ Die Young Stay Pretty - Blondie/ Pills - St. Vincent
Kelly- I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry/ The Melting of the Sun - St. Vincent/ Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj
Fleur- Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin/ I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers/ And Dream of Sheep - Kate Bush
Drew- Severed Crossed Fingers - St. Vincent/ Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana/ Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
James- Brain Damage - Pink Floyd/ James and the Cold Gun - Kate Bush/ Psychopath - St. Vincent
Richie- Seven - David Bowie/ Now, Now - St. Vincent/ Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Ben- Suspended in Gaffa - Kate Bush/ Strange Mercy - St. Vincent/ Young Americans - David Bowie
Jimmy- My Baby Wants A Baby - St. Vincent
Chaya: Welcome Home, Son - Radical Face / Garden Song - Phoebe Bridgers / Weird - Lizzy McAlpine
Aviva: Ribs - The Crane Wives / Wolf - First Aid Kit / Drinking Song - Haley Heynderickx
Isaac: The View Between Villages - Noah Kahan / Allies or Enemies - The Crane Wives / Too Young To Burn - Sonny & The Sunsets
Josef (I associate him with instrumentals): What Happened to the Menorah? - TOLEDO / Rile Me Up - Kajillionare soundtrack / Merry-Go-Round of Life - Howl's Moving Castle soundtrack
Chaya & Aviva: seven - Taylor Swift / Bitter Water - the Oh Hellos / Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
I LOVE THIS QUESTION!!! reading through this thread is super interesting. here are mine :)
(the first song on each one is going to be by ludo, because these characters are literally based on every song from a ludo album)
also this may not be too good because it's off the top of my head </3
titus - too tired to wink - ludo / dead! - my chemical romance / 2econd 2ight 2eer (that was fun, goodbye.) - will wood
cyrille - cyborgs vs robots - ludo / puppet boy - devo / pepper - the butthole surfers
wade - whipped cream - ludo / pink triangle - weezer / stalker's tango - autoheart
annie - anything for you - ludo / the anthem of mr. dark - the arcadian wild / cake - melanie martinez
manta - manta rays - ludo / good in me - jon bellion / ancient dreams in a modern land - marina
skelley - skeletons on parade - ludo / memento mori: the most important thing in the world - will wood / necromancin' dancin' - bear ghost
ian - i'll never be lonely again - ludo / you - tally hall / warm regards - penelope scott
tex - all the stars in texas - ludo / hell's comin' with me - poor man's poison / hang 'em high - my chemical romance
rooney - rotten town - ludo / i'm gonna win - rob cantor / wrecking ball - mother mother
odessa - overdone - ludo / dead girls - penelope scott / early sunsets over monroeville - my chemical romance
benny - battle cry - ludo / fine - lemon demon / joyriding - frank iero
salem - safe in the dark - ludo / camisado - panic! at the disco / teeth on a string - stick and poke
Delilah: Do you believe in Magic - BBMAK, Landslide - Fleetwood Mac, How - LISA LOEB, Highway to Hell -AC/DC, Shoot to thrill -AC/DC, Back in Black -AC/DC, Slow Ride -FOGHAT King of Anything - SARA BAREILLES, Mine - TAYLOR SWIFT
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