#excuse the high percentage of mitski it was necessary. they all work so well how could I not use them??????

[red-moon-at-night]

Golden Apples — a Helen of Sparta themed playlist

Seeing people share songs that they associate with different greek mythological characters yesterday inspired me to curate some of the songs from a (very) long playlist of mine into this:

All the songs are intended to be from her perspective, and some relate to her relationships with different people (Menelaus, Paris, Hermione) and some relate to herself. There is an (attempted) chronological order going on here, starting from pre-trojan war and ending post-trojan war.

I hope you enjoy! 💜 (I'll put the tracklist + which characters each song relates to below the cut):

Wife by Mitski — (Helen and Menelaus)

Abbey by Mitski — (Helen)

Remember My Name by Mitski (yes there are 3 mitski songs in a row. no I am not sorry.) — (Helen)

King by Florence + The Machine — (Helen + a little bit of Menelaus and Hermione)

I'm Your Man by Mitski — (Helen and Menelaus)

I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams by Weezer — (Helen, Menelaus and Paris)

Sinner by The Last Dinner Party — (Helen and Paris)

Rose-Colored Boy by Paramore — (Helen and Paris)

the fear is not real by WILLOW — (Helen + a little bit of Nemesis)

How I'd Kill by Cowboy Malfoy — (Helen and Paris)

Butterfly Net (feat. Weyes Blood) by Caroline Polachek — (Helen and Paris)

Children of the Empire by Weyes Blood — (Helen, Menelaus and Hermione + basically everyone. This is a fallout/aftermath of the trojan war song to me... :[)

A Lot's Gonna Change by Weyes Blood — (Helen and Hermione)

Phantom by Rina Sawayama — (Helen + potentially a tiny weeny bit of Hermione too)

Maybe at some point later I'll explain some of these choices and why certain songs for certain relationships... but for now, hopefully you can have a listen and decide for yourself what you think!