Songs that feel like Succession (2018)
A razor-sharp, Shakespearean tragedy of modern wealth where hyper-articulate billionaires tear each other apart in echoey marble hallways.
- This Is the Day by The The: Captures the pathetic desperation of putting on a brave face while your entire internal world crumbles.
- New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down by LCD Soundsystem: Mirrors the glossy, cynical metropolis that swallows the Roys whole despite their immense power.
- Crying by Roy Orbison: Channels the deep, pathetic ache of desperate siblings begging for a shred of paternal affection.
- The Daily Planet by Love: Its uneasy, churning orchestration matches the constant low-level panic of a collapsing media empire.
- Nobody's Fault But Mine by Blind Willie Johnson: A stark, haunting testament to the inescapable doom of generational sins and hubris.
- Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels: Provides the relentless, swaggering hip-hop beat for high-stakes corporate backstabbing.
- Blood by The Middle East: Builds from quiet family tension into a chaotic, overwhelming crescendo of emotional wreckage.
- Money by The Flying Lizards: A cold, mechanical, deadpan dismantling of the very currency the family kills each other for.
- All Apologies by Nirvana: The ultimate anthem for hollow success and the exhaustion of performing for an audience.