News about Joanna Newsom

The new Hulu special based on Sally Rooney's book of the same name "Conversations With Friends" was released on Sunday, May 15. Jemima Kirke, Joe Alwyn, Alison Oliver, and Sasha Lane all star in the series as four friends struggle with love, marriage, and complex attachments to each other. The soundtrack also favors songs about knotty, tangled romances as the show has plenty of complicated emotions. The performance, which takes place in Rooney's native Ireland as well as in Hvar, an island off the coast of Croatia, is full of idyllic landscapes and romantic vistas, and its mixture of dreamy, ethereal, and sultry music sets the tone. In comparison to alternative superstars like Joanna Newsom and pop sensations like The Weeknd to round things out, there are slew of indie newcomers on the soundtrack. Phoebe Bridgers, who played Paul Mescal on "Normal People," is also based on the Sally Rooney book of the same name. Despite Alwyn's appearance on the program, the soundtrack contains no Taylor Swift originals (though the singer has expressed her support for Alwyn and the book itself).