Jack Antonoff has launched the official soundtrack to Ethan Coen’s newest movie Honey Don’t!, marking a uncommon artistic overlap between the 11-time Grammy-winning producer and his spouse, actor Margaret Qualley, who stars within the movie alongside Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans. The soundtrack, out now through Antonoff’s Shadow of the Metropolis label in partnership with Soiled Hit, blends unique compositions from celebrated composer Carter Burwell with new music produced by Antonoff.
The challenge represents the primary time Jack Antonoff has crafted music for a characteristic starring Qualley. In Honey Don’t!, Qualley performs Honey O’Donahue, a small-town non-public investigator entangled in a weird homicide case linked to a cult chief, portrayed by Evans. Plaza, Talia Ryder, and Charlie Day spherical out the ensemble solid in what Coen has described because the second entry in his “lesbian B-movie trilogy” following final yr’s Drive-Away Dolls.
The album weaves collectively Burwell’s darkly comedian rating with Antonoff’s curation of unique tracks. Among the many highlights: a blistering cowl of The Animals’ 1965 hit “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” recorded by Brittany Howard, inducted into the Grammy Corridor of Fame in 2011; a playful solid rendition of Carl Perkins’ rockabilly basic “Honey Don’t!”; and songs carried out underneath fictional personas “Lace Manhattan” and “Dixie Normus,” the in-film alter egos of Qualley and Ryder.
It’s not the primary time Antonoff and Qualley’s relationship has intersected with music. Lana Del Rey’s 2023 track “Margaret”—co-written and co-produced with Antonoff—was impressed by Qualley herself. However Honey Don’t! marks the couple’s most direct collaboration up to now, with Qualley each starring within the movie and lending her voice to a number of tracks.
Burwell’s presence additionally ties Honey Don’t! to a broader Coen custom of music taking part in a significant function in storytelling. His Oscar-nominated scores for Carol, Three Billboards Outdoors Ebbing, Missouri, and The Banshees of Inisherin are extensively considered fashionable classics. And within the Coen filmography, soundtracks have usually outlived the movies themselves: O Brother, The place Artwork Thou? topped the Billboard 200 and received a Grammy for Album of the 12 months, whereas The Ballad of Buster Scruggs yielded an Oscar-nominated track.
But the movie itself has divided critics since its premiere at Cannes. Whereas praised for its solid and absurdist aptitude, Honey Don’t! has struggled to win over reviewers, with Rotten Tomatoes at the moment itemizing it within the mid-40s. Some media shops praised Qualley’s efficiency and the eccentric supporting characters, whereas others criticized its uneven tone and lack of narrative cohesion.
Nonetheless, the music might show to be Honey Don’t!’s lasting legacy. Between Antonoff’s involvement, Howard’s powerhouse cowl, and Qualley stepping right into a musical highlight of her personal, the soundtrack presents greater than a companion piece—it gives the movie with a cultural foothold past its field workplace and demanding reception.
Honey Don’t! is now taking part in in theaters, with the soundtrack accessible on streaming platforms and bodily codecs.
Right here’s the total tracklist for the Honey Don’t! soundtrack, exhibiting songwriters in parentheses:
- “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil) – Brittany Howard
- “Tough Love” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “ODDWADD”(Jack Antonoff & Ethan Cohen)– Lace Manhattan (Margaret Qualley)
- “Heidi Ho” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “Did You See Heaven” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “Little Black Star” – Lace Manhattan (Margaret Qualley)
- “These Click on-Clacking Heels” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- The Incorrect Penis Transfer (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “Honey Don’t!” (Carl Perkins) – Forged Recording – Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Talia Ryder
- “You Will Not” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “Lady” (Jack Antonoff, Jack Manning, Talia Ryder, Margaret Qualley) – Lace Manhattan (Margaret Qualley) and Dixie Normus (Talia Ryder)
- “Honey and Cher” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “Future and Goals” (Carter Burwell) – Carter Burwell
- “Within the Solar She Lies” (Jack Antonoff & Ethan Cohen)– Lace Manhattan (Margaret Qualley)
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