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"All Tomorrow’s Parties" by The Velvet Underground and Nico
“And what costumes shall the poor girls wear / to all tomorrow’s parties?” What better way to open this novel — a story in which two women use costume, social media, and parties alike to bolster their uneven sense of identity — than with these words? Dark and mournful, this is the perfect theme song for this very dark book.
"A Marvelous Party" by Noel Coward
Louise’s first experience at the MacIntyre Hotel — her first New York party — is as beautiful and effervescent as this light comic Noel Coward patter song about all the delightful eccentric parties he’s been to over the years.
"She’s in Parties" by Bauhaus
Fun fact: the original working title of
Social Creature was
She’s in Parties, because of this song....