Counting down to Season 2 of Netflix’s LGBTQ+ romantic dramedy Heartstopper, Swifties were abuzz with chatter that Tay Tay might have a song on the soundtrack. Now that all eight episodes are out, so is the truth: Taylor Swift does indeed provide a little bit of music to our ears. During a pivotal moment in the finale for girlfriends Tara and Darcy, the Grammy winner’s “Seven” from her 2020 Folklore album is cued up — and to lovely effect, we might add.
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Per the streamer, series creator Alice Oseman thought that the ballad would be perfect to underscore the culmination of the sweethearts’ sophomore-season storyline. So executive producer Patrick Walters wrote to Team T-Swizzle to describe the big scene and the track’s significance to it. Swift’s camp, Netflix says, happily jumped on board and cleared not only the song for use but a Folklore poster that you may have spotted in Tara’s bedroom in Episode 7.
Though Tay is certainly the biggest name on the Season 2 soundtrack, hers is not the one that appears most often. That distinction goes to Baby Queen, whose hella-catchy “Want Me” was the first bop ever heard on Heartstopper. The South African-born singer/songwriter has half a dozen numbers on the Season 2 soundtrack, including a reprise of love theme “Colours of You” and a cover of The Cure’s 1987 hit “Just Like Heaven” that was commissioned by the show. (That’s BQ herself performing it at the Truham-Higgs prom in the finale.)