Netflix comedy drama Beef is back for a second season, but what songs feature on the soundtrack? Find out below.
The first season was released in 2023 and revolved around two strangers, played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, who become entangled in each other’s lives following a road rage incident.
This time around, the drama has shifted to a new set of characters, led by Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton and Youn Yuh-jung. The latter two play an engaged couple who work at a club managed by Isaac’s character, who is in a heavily strained relationship with Mulligan’s character. The two couples become involved in a protracted war with each other.
All eight episodes of season two landed on Netflix on April 16, and you can watch the trailer here:
In a four-star review of season two, NME wrote: “While there are slightly needless pop culture nods to everything from Top Gun: Maverick to The Hunger Games and its star “J-Law”, it remains a compelling look at ambition and avarice gone awry. With enough memorable scenes to prompt another helping – not least Carey Mulligan doing something utterly grim in an airplane toilet cubicle – Beef season two serves up another deliciously savage hunk of drama for you to sink your teeth into.”
Every song on the Beef season two soundtrack
While season one of the show featured an original score from Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak, he has not returned for season two. In his place is Finneas, the renowned pop producer best known for his double Oscar-winning work with his sister Billie Eilish.
Speaking about joining the project, he has said: “Very grateful to Sonny for involving me, very grateful for the incredible performances from the entire cast; I probably watched every scene 100 times while I scored the show and I felt it every time. True fan of this show, very honored and proud to be a part of it.”
In addition, the show is chock-full of huge needle drops, from the likes of Daft Punk, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Justin Timberlake and Hot Chip.
EPISODE ONE
Disclosure – ‘You & Me (Flume Remix)’
EPISODE TWO
Jessie Ware – ‘Wildest Moments’
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) – ‘Get Lucky’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Heads Will Roll’
EPISODE THREE
M83 – ‘Midnight City’
Hot Chip – ‘Boy From School’
Zedd (ft. Foxes) – ‘Clarity’
Nero – ‘Doomsday’
EPISODE FOUR
Leona Lewis – ‘Bleeding Love’
La Roux – ‘In For The Kill’
EPISODE FIVE
Rex Orange County – ‘Loving Is Easy’
St. Lucia – ‘Love Somebody’
Father John Misty – ‘Real Love Baby’
EPISODE SIX
Kinsale – ‘The Swing’
The Rapture – ‘It Takes Time To Be A Man’
EPISODE SEVEN
Billie Eilish – ‘Bad Guy’
Classixx (ft. Nancy Whang) – ‘All You’re Waiting For’
EPISODE EIGHT
Justin Timberlake – ’What Goes Around…Comes Around’
Low Roar – ‘Nobody Loves Me Like You’
Finneas – ’Vicious Thoughts’
Phoenix – ‘Love Like A Sunset, Pt. I’