NICK & EVIE’S FINITE PLAYLIST
The songs that scored the storms, silences, and sideways glances.
They didn’t mean to build a soundtrack. But scene by scene, song by song, the music found them.
This is the playlist that plays through locker doors and dojo nights, through joyrides and meltdowns and moments that rewrote everything.
For the kids who overthink, overachieve, and daydream about a boy with a guitar—this one’s for you.
SECTION 1: THE CORE 10
Here are ten scenes where the music mattered most.
💥 1. “Los Angeles is Burning” – Bad Religion
Chapter 2 -
Nick strums his anthem of chaos—punk without apology. It’s the first time Evie realizes how much noise lives under his skin.
🖤 2. “Chicken Fried” – Zac Brown Band
Chapter 4 -
A moment of country twang, a moment of silence broken. The tension eases—just a little.
🥊 3. “Bottled Violence” – Minor Threat
Chapter 6 -
Evie punches until her knuckles scream. She doesn’t want finesse—just fury. Minor Threat gives it a voice.
📱 4. “Build Me Up, Buttercup” – The Foundations
Chapter 7 -
Her ringtone betrays her. Everyone hears. Mortification ensues. She wants to vanish.
💥 5. “Break Stuff” – Limp Bizkit
Chapter 11 -
Evie’s fight goes viral. Limp Bizkit plays over the meme. It’s funny. It’s horrifying. It’s her.
🎶 6. “I’m Not Okay” – My Chemical Romance
Chapter 15 -
Top down. Wind in their hair. Screaming the chorus like a prayer. It was just like old times. This is what it felt like to belong.
🔥 7. “Dancing in the Dark” – Imagine Dragons
Chapter 15 - They fall into each other—nervous, breathless, imperfect. The world hushes. This is not the first kiss. This is all of them.
💔 8. “In My Blood / Mercy” – Shawn Mendes
Chapter 18 - Evie unravels. These are her songs now—bleeding, raw, desperate. And she’s finally alone.
⚔️ 9. “Learn to Fly” – Foo Fighters
Chapter 23 - Evie throws herself into the fray. Hair wild, headset askew. “Big band!” she yells. But the universe answers with a battle cry and the Foo Fighters.
🕊️ 10. “Time After Time” – Cyndi Lauper (New Found Glory cover)
Chapter 23 - A pillar. A quiet moment. Heath sings. It feels good to feel. The world narrows to bass and breath and maybe—hope.
SECTION 2: THE FULL TRACKLIST
Chapter 2 - I Fought the Law/Anarchy in the UK/American Idiot/The Anthem - The Clash, et al.
Chapter 2 - Love Me Tender - Norah Jones
Chapter 3 - Personality Crisis/California Über Alles - New York Dolls/Dead Kennedys
Chapter 5 - It’s Tricky/Jump Around - Run D.M.C./House of Pain
Chapter 6 - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
Chapter 8 - Papercut - Linkin Park
Chapter 8 - Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) - Trans Siberian Orchestra
Chapter 11 - Down With the Sickness - Disturbed
Chapter 15 - I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! at the Disco
Chapter 18 - Aftertaste - Shawn Mendes
Chapter 21 - Come Together - The Beatles
Chapter 22 - Leaving On a Jet Plane - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Chapter 23 - Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
Chapter 23 - Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
Chapter 23 - Isn’t She Lovely - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Chapter 23 - Anything, Anything - Dramarama
Chapter 23 - This is Gospel - Panic! at the Disco
Interlude - Take Me Home, Country Roads/I Would Die 4 U - John Denver/Prince
End interlude - Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance