① Toadies - Possum Kingdom
The ultimate Jhin song, as far as I’m concerned.
I can promise you
You'll stay as beautiful
With dark hair
And soft skin...forever
Forever
② The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia, My Reflection
Go on, dance the ghost with him.
We look hard
We look through
We look hard to see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel. I don't feel. I don't feel.
③ Puscifer - Dozo [Guns for Hire Mix]
If there ever was a Jhin sex song, I’d think this would be it. I like to imagine the “she” references Whisper.
Go ahead 'n risk it, hop about-face, she'll
Show you the difference 'tween my gun 'n my pistol.
④ Innerpartysystem - Don’t Stop
Jhin anthem, right here. More about the entertainment industry in actuality, but hey, interpretation is interpretation.
This is entertainment
Lies are entertainment
You are down on your knees
Begging me for more
The road I walk is paved in gold
To glorify my platinum soul
I am the closest thing to God
So worship me and never stop
⑤ Tricky - Hell Is Round The Corner
I just love the aesthetic of this song when it comes to Jhin and the way the lyrics evolve to suit him.
Hell is 'round the corner where I shelter
Isms and schisms
We're living helter skelter
If you believe and deceive
Your common sense says you will receive
Let me take you down the corridors
⑥ Scala - The Beautiful People
I intended to include this song from the beginning, and the Scala version seems to be more suited to Jhin’s general aesthetic.
Hey you, what do ya see?
Something beautiful or something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
You live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
⑦ Deep Purple - Child In Time
My Jhin has a deep appreciation for jam bands and psychedelic rock for reasons I’ll eventually detail in my headcanons, so I thought I’d slide this little puppy in here.
If you've been bad
Oh Lord, I bet you have
And you've not been hit
Oh, by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes
Oh, bow your head
Wait for the ricochet
A callous anthem to every muse he’s ever fucked to manipulate who got emotionally attached.
How could it ever be just us two?
I'd never love you enough to trust you
We just met and I just fucked you
Jhin getting lost in the ecstasy of a performance, here ya go.
I calibrate you
Could get lost
Along the way
I confiscate you
While I find the meaning
⑩ Donna Burke - Sins of the Father
Drama, bullets, daddy issues. Also I’m MGS trash, and I’d die forever if I didn’t reference it somewhere in here.
In my heart I just know that there’s no way to light up the dark in his eyes.
⑪ Trevor Something - Into Your Heart
Jhin goin’ full on manipulation mode to seduce a vulnerable muse right to where he wants them.
I’m gonna use your body
I’m gonna make you love me from the start
I’m gonna put this bullet right into your heart
⑫ A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums
Yeah, I know this song has political meaning, but I take it to a place where Jhin’s elaborately isolating a muse in preparation for a performance. I think he’d get off on toying with someone like that, the whole counting bodies part being him anticipating adding them to his repertoire or collection of sorts. They’re more than sheep to him, but chalk it up to metaphor--perhaps something he reminisces upon to lull himself to sleep.
Don't fret precious, I'm here
Step away from the window
Go back to sleep
Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils,
See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do