What Actress Tessa Thompson Is Listening to Right Now
pitchfork.comOn HBO’s Westworld, Tessa Thompson plays Charlotte Hale, a cutthroat executive who oversees a dystopic Wild West amusement park populated by lifelike robots.
Turns out, even violent androids need Spotify: as Thompson explains by phone, she makes private playlists to explore the show’s world and characters each season. (Notable recent picks: Talk Talk’s “I Believe in You,” the Zombies’ “This Will Be Our Year,” Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer,” and Fiona Apple’s “Extraordinary Machine.”) Several of her suggestions, like Death Grips’ “Bubbles Buried in This Jungle” and an orchestral version of Moses Sumney’s “Doomed,” have made their way onscreen as part of the show’s soundtrack. “I think three or four songs made it, which is major because music.
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