Music to watch girls to

A seductive blend of synth-pop, minimal wave, and dark disco. A playlist that’s retro-futuristic and emotionally cold, pulsing with analog synths, icy vocals, and a stylish sense of detachment. Forgoing the sweet romance of longing for an avoidant yet all consuming lust.

Inspired by movies like Love Lies Bleeding, Bound, Kamikaze Hearts, Desert Hearts, Mulholland Drive, and Araki films.

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Nice Mover

GINA X PERFORMANCE
Mechanical, seductive, and robotic with a healthy dose of icy detachment. Featured in Rose Glass’s 2024 romance thriller Love Lies Bleeding
CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD

DESIRE & GUY GERBER
A Kylie Minogue cover that dials the original down into a colder, more haunted obsession
ISLAND SONG

U.S. GIRLS
Feminine lamenting wrapped in warped pop textures, pulsing like a love confession on the brink of escape
BLACK LEATHER GLOVES - 7" RELEASE

COSMETICS
Sexy and threatening, comes together through power dynamics
MUTANT MAN

PATRICK COWLEY
Synth-soaked sci-fi from one of disco’s most important gay pioneers
STRICT MACHINE

GOLDFRAPP
Cyborg lust?
LOVE CABOOSE

GENEVA JACUZZI
Camp, chaos, and absurdity
UNDER YOUR SPELL

DESIRE
A dreamy, synthetic ache of obsession and surrender
PILLOW TALK

COSMETICS
A moody synth wave track that captures the tension between desire and emotional distance
LOST

BOY HARSHER
It’s all tension and no release - the act of chasing intimacy while simultaneously pushing it away
DISCOTRAXX

LADYTRON
Deadpan vocals coupled with a synthy, electronic swagger
MY WHOLE WORLD'S COMING APART

JOHN MAUS
A synth-punk meltdown leading to a soft emotional spiral
CRUEL SUMMER

BLACK MARBLE
Frosty and distant, hums with the emotional static of a summer you spent quietly pining for an unrequited love
LOVE BUZZ

ANIKA
Lust filtered through minimalism, a mildly unsettling take on obsession
SKIN

MADONNA
Lustful, intense, and gripping - increases it’s momentum like a car speeding up
YOU MAKE ME WANNA DIE

FARRAH
Incredibly whiny, incredibly glamorous
A CHANT FOR U

COSMETICS
Breathy and elusive, the all too familiar cross section between detachment and intimacy
COUNTRY GIRL

BOY HARSHER
Dirty synths and lust
BE A BOY

GINA X PERFORMANCE
Razor-sharp and gender-subverting.
INVITATION

SAADA BONAIRE
A smoky, slow burn seduction wrapped in a cold disco.
ADVENTURES IN SUCCESS

WILL POWERS
An outlier for this list that also makes perfect sense. Self-help gone uncanny, idolization gone excessive.