Songs that feel like The Lobster (2015)
A deadpan, absurdist nightmare of romantic conformity where finding a partner is a matter of life, death, and literal metamorphosis.
- The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields: It treats the mechanics of romance with a dry, matter-of-fact irony that matches the film's clinical absurdity.
- Not Allowed by TV Girl: Its breezy yet cynical detachment captures the awkward, transactional nature of looking for love under threat of punishment.
- Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division: The ultimate anthem for forced or failing partnerships where staying together or splitting up are equally doomed choices.
- Born To Die by Lana Del Rey: It evokes the tragic, fatalistic pressure of staking your entire existence on finding the right person.
- Animal Nitrate by Suede: Its edgy, clinical glam-punk mirrors the desperate, chemical rush of forced intimacy in an antiseptic environment.
- Stranger in Moscow by Michael Jackson: Captures the profound isolation of being trapped alone inside a collective system where individuality is outlawed.
- THE LONELIEST by Måneskin: A dramatic exploration of absolute solitude and the fear of ending up alone in a hostile world.
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Saint Etienne: Its detached, breezy delivery undercuts a lyric about the high stakes and emotional violence of romantic attachment.
- Run Rabbit Run by Flanagan And Allen: A jaunty, unsettling vintage tune that serves as a dark reminder of what happens when you fail to couple up.
