Songs that feel like The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Gothic teen melodrama where eternal love, guilt and bloodlust collide in a moody small town, all aching longing and dangerous devotion.
- Running Up That Hill by Placebo: A brooding, desperate cover about wanting to swap places and fix a love gone wrong.
- Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol: The swelling, devoted slow-burn that scores the show's big heartbreak moments.
- Bloodstream by Stateless: Dark, pulsing and sensual, it captures the show's bloodlust and addiction.
- Haunted by Poe: Gothic and wounded, it echoes Damon's ghost-ridden devotion.
- Wicked Game by Chris Isaak: Dangerous, hypnotic desire for someone you shouldn't love.
- Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine: Epic, romantic and gothic, about love that outlasts the dark.
- Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine: Cathartic, galloping release matching the show's high-stakes emotional peaks.
- Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National: Weary, brooding Americana about small-town ties you can't escape.