42 Songs You Heard in Dear White People's Brilliant Second Season

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The hit Netflix satire dramedy Dear White People is one of the rare shows that perfectly captures its mood and time period with its musical choices — and those choices number plenty. Season two alone has nearly four dozen songs over its 10 30-minute episodes, and what other show can go from Tyler, the Creator to Andy Williams and also throw in some classics like CeCe Peniston and Erykah Badu?

Every track is an excellent pick. In fact, music supervisor Morgan Rhodes told Variety back when season one was released that there are too many songs she wants to use to fit them all in. "I keep a running list of songs that I hope to use," Rhodes said. "I'm a little bit old-school because I write them down on Post-It notes and they're all over my office. I'm just completely geeked about digging for music."

She went on to say that her idea is for each major character to have his or her own playlist. "Characters and their perspectives are nuanced and varied, just like their experiences. And so, in turn, their music should be," Rhodes said.

Check out our musical gallery of the songs from Dear White People season two, and then add our playlist to your Spotify account pronto.

01

"The Bell Tower" by Kris Bowers

02

"Blimp" by Louis Cole

03

"Blowback" by Galimatias

04

"Bluff" by Kelela

05

"Can't Get Used to Losing You" by Andy Williams

06

"Changes" by DeJ Loaf

07

"Cool" by Zack Villere

08

"Cultural Imports" by Kris Bowers

09

"Daydream [Pasture Sessions]" by All Cows Eat Grass

10

"Decibels" by Jidenna

11

"Dolla Slice" by Dai Burger

12

"Dunk Contest (Magic Bird)" by Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed

13

"FACE" by Brockhampton

14

"Finally" by CeCe Peniston

15

"Flashback Troy and Sam" by Kris Bowers

16

"Forget Forgive" by Someone

17

"Frontline" by Gavin Turek

18

"FWM (Lie to Me)" by Leaf

19

"Get Out the Bowl" by The Cool Kids

20

"Goodie Bag" by Still Woozy

21

"Honey" by Kucka

22

"Hurtin'" by Toulouse

23

"I Ain't Got Time!" by Tyler, the Creator

24

"Ima Read" by Zebra Katz feat. Njena Reddd Foxxx

25

"Indian Hair" by BbyMutha

26

"It Just Us" by Kris Bowers

27

"It's Strange" by Louis the Child feat. K.Flay

28

"New Friends" by Kris Bowers

29

"On My Mind" by Jorja Smith X Preditah

30

"Plot Twist" by Marc E. Bassy feat. Kyle

31

"Quarrel" by Moses Sumney

32

"Shadows" by Ruth B

33

"So Bad" by Dune x Crayon

34

"Still Down" by H.E.R.

35

"Txt Me" by Tobi Lou

36

"Tyrone" by Erykah Badu

37

"Tyrone" by Ashley Blaine Featherson

38

"Vroom Vroom" by Namesake feat. Pinkcaravan! and Sam Stan

39

"Watch Me" by Jaden Smith

40

"What's Stopping Us" by Kris Bowers

41

"Where Does This Door Go" by Mayer Hawthorne

42

"Yours" by Leven Kali

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