‘Superman’ Director James Gunn Created Spotify Playlists for Clark Kent, Lex Luthor and More

‘Superman’ Director James Gunn Created Spotify Playlists for Clark Kent, Lex Luthor and More | Audio

Ahead of the movie’s launch subsequent week, DC Studios Co-Chief James Gunn reveals what music his “Superman” characters take heed to, partnering with Spotify to create personalised playlists for every character within the upcoming film.

The curated playlists reveal what Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Eve Teschmacher, Metamorpho, and The Engineer would take heed to, with every choice hand-picked by Gunn himself. He additionally recorded commentary explaining his decisions for each observe.

“I’m obsessive about music so I’m excited to have partnered with Spotify and created a personality playlist: What the characters from Superman take heed to,” Gunn stated. “I in all probability had extra enjoyable doing this than the rest I’ve finished prior to now couple of years… I needed to actually take into consideration who they had been as individuals and picture what sort of music they’d be into.”

.@Spotify requested me to create playlists for lots of the characters in #Superman, imagining the music every of them listened to. I have not had extra enjoyable this yr.https://t.co/uVvS4TIUxv pic.twitter.com/C3gXnCUiRE

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 3, 2025

Clark Kent’s playlist has songs like “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey, “The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World, and “Shake It Out” by Florence + The Machine. Lex Luthor’s playlist contains “Fame” by David Bowie, “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us” by Sparks, and “Controversy” by Prince.

Eve’s playlist has “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, and “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears. Metamorpho’s playlist has songs like “Digging Your Scene” by The Blow Monkeys, “I Was Never a Normal Boy” by Nightmare of You, and “Rise” by Public Image Ltd. The Engineer’s playlist contains “La Mer” by Nine Inch Nails, “Archangel” by Burial, and “Feral Love” by Chelsea Wolfe.

The playlists of the movie’s different characters, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen drop on July 8, adopted by Mister Terrific, Hawkgirl, and Green Lantern on July 11.

“Superman” lands in theaters per week from right this moment. Listen to the total playlist under: