James Gunn Releases Official Spotify Playlist for Each Superman Character
Even if that was the case, Gunn has teamed up with Spotify to come up with custom playlists for characters like Superman, Lex Luthor, Eve Teschmacher, Metamorpho, and the Engineer. Check out his announcement here:
.@Spotify asked me to create playlists for many of the characters in #Superman, imagining the music each of them listened to. I haven't had more fun this year.https://t.co/uVvS4TIUxv pic.twitter.com/C3gXnCUiRE
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 3, 2025
Though he only came up with songs for five characters, Gunn does say that he thought up playlists for Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen; with Lois being the one with the most refined taste out of everyone in the film; and Jimmy just having a mishmash of songs that he likes that isn't supposed to make sense.
As for the characters that did get mix tapes, Superman has all these feel-good tracks and Lex Luthor's music is supposed to clue the audience in on his narcissism. Gunn also says that he loved putting together Eve's playlist since it's full of a lot of girl pop including Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and of course, Taylor Swift.
I mean, it's not the film, but this should get some fans pumped up for Superman next week since these were also the songs that Gunn put together when he was working on the characters. It's the closest thing we have to Awesome Mix Vol. 4.
Watch out for Superman when he flies into theaters on July 11.
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