Taylor Swift Offered Her Music To ‘Heartstopper’ TV Show
The music supervisor for Netflix’s Heartstopper has revealed Taylor Swift offered her music for use in the show.
Swift’s song ‘seven’, taken from her 2020 album ‘folklore’, is used in a pivotal scene featuring lesbian couple Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) in the last episode’s second season.
Now, the show’s music supervisor, Matt Biffa, has said Swift had given them special permission to use the song.
Biffa was responding on Twitter to a fan who thought the show had “big bucks” because they were able to use a Taylor Swift song.
“No, she just thought the scene was beautiful and we were then able to make it work,” he wrote.
so you mean THIS heartstopper scene with 'seven' by taylor swift in the background that highlights sapphic love and absolute queer joy, she was willing to get less money because she thought it was beautiful and her song would be perfect for it???? 🥹🥹🥹pic.twitter.com/DeH4fmIN1W https://t.co/hfEKCTZbPQ
— ira 🌼 maroon #1 stan (@glitchlor_) August 5, 2023
Another fan tweeted in response to this, saying: “so you mean THIS heartstopper scene with ‘seven’ by taylor swift in the background that highlights sapphic love and absolute queer joy, she was willing to get less money because she thought it was beautiful and her song would be perfect for it????”
Biffa also replied to them. “‘Sometimes art is more important than $$$ :)”
so you mean THIS heartstopper scene with 'seven' by taylor swift in the background that highlights sapphic love and absolute queer joy, she was willing to get less money because she thought it was beautiful and her song would be perfect for it???? 🥹🥹🥹pic.twitter.com/DeH4fmIN1W https://t.co/hfEKCTZbPQ
— ira 🌼 maroon #1 stan (@glitchlor_) August 5, 2023
The Heartstopper season 2 soundtrack also features songs by the likes of Baby Queen, Wolf Alice, Beebadoobee and The 1975.
Originally found on NME. Stay tuned to MusicOnTheRox.com for all your music news and reviews.