The official Agent of Asgard playlist




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Did you know that Al Ewing, like many writers, created a series of playlists for Loki: Agent of Asgard? Here I will match some tracks to a particular scene or idea.

Act 1 (Issues 1-5)

The Wizard and I — Wicked cast


Run (I'm a Natural Disaster) — Gnarls Barkley



Hang With Me — Robyn

(lyrics excerpt)
And if you do me right, I'm gonna do right by you
And if you keep it tight, I'm gonna confide in you
I know what's on your mind, there will be time for that too
If you hang with me
Just don't fall recklessly, headlessly in love with me
'Cause it's gonna be all heartbreak, blissfully painful and insanity
If we agree, you can hang with me


Red Right Hand — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The entire third issue.

(lyrics excerpt)
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
He’ll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you’ve been a good boy
He’ll rekindle all those dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
He’ll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you’re never ever coming back
He’s a ghost, he’s a god, he’s a man, he’s a guru


Mr. Vain — Culture Beat

The theme for Sigurd's persona, essentially.


The Man Comes Around — Johnny Cash

If this were a tv show, this would be the song that leads into the end credits of the episode.

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Act 2 (Issues 6-11)

What Difference Does It Make — Versailles

The entire confession scene. I find it interesting that he picked a female cover for this one.

(lyrics excerpt)
All men have secrets, and here is mine
So let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you
[...]
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why?
Because you asked me to
But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you


Outlaw — Olive

This feels like Verity's response to the confession.

(lyrics excerpt)
Two faces
Playing with my trust in you
You cover all your traces
And watch me relax with you
[...]
Cruel, keeping this a secret
Fool, you surely are
It's so you, blind to all the damage done
You go too far
Couldn't you have told me before?
I would have loved you, so much more
Couldn't you have told me before?
Feeling like an outlaw
So you got some
You brought another person
Uncanny how he looks like you
Except there is too much he cannot do


Can't Help Thinking About Me — David Bowie

The theme for Loki's exile.

(lyrics excerpt)
Question time that says I brought dishonour
My head's bowed in shame
Seems that I've blackened the family name
My mother says that she can't stand the neighbours talking
I've gotta pack my bags, leave this home, start walking
I'm guilty, I wish that I was sorry this time
I wish that I could pay for my crime
[...]
It's too late now
I wish I was a child again
I wish I felt secure again



You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby — The Smiths


Talk Talk — Talk Talk

(lyrics excerpt)
If every sign that I see is complete
Then I'm a fool in your game
And all you want to do is tell me your lies
Won't show the other side, you're just wasting my time
All you do to me is talk, talk
Talk, talk, talk, talk
When every choice that I make is yours
Keep telling me what's right and what's wrong
Don't you ever stop to think about me

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Act 3 (Issues 12-17)

Forsaken Gardens — Peter Hammill

Technically in the previous playlist, but issue 12 (Time Alone Shall Murder All The Flowers) takes its title from this song


Hurt — Johnny Cash

(lyrics excerpt)
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away in the end
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
I will let you down, I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time the feelings disappear
You are someone else, I'm still right here




One More Time — Daft Punk

Loki's ringtone


The Mercy Seat — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(lyrics excerpt)
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I’m yearning
To be done with all this measuring of truth
And an eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I’m not afraid to die



Photoshop Handsome — Everything Everything

(lyrics excerpt)
Who did your Photoshop handsome?
Ready for reincarnation?
Gotta come back as something less frantic
Or banish that army of panic
Or come back as something organic




Tomorrow Never Knows — Monogroove (The Beatles cover)

The lyric "it is not dying" is repeated multiple times throughout the comic

(lyrics excerpt)
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
It is not dying, it is not dying
Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining, it is shining
That you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being

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