You Relax Your Way & I'll Relax Mine

It’s so nice, thinking about the soundtrack for this season of Loki. Thinking of how throughout the season, and especially near the end, there are those distant voices of a choir, building from a quiet murmur to booming with song in the finale. Thinking about how the voices of the choir whisper so faintly you can barely hear them as Loki cries over the loss of his friends, hearing Mobius’ and Sylvie’s echoing words about life and loss, and finally as he timeslips at will for the first time, the choir voices fade away as if satisfied, for he is moments away from achieving his glorious purpose. Thinking about how as Loki ascends the steps toward the throne with the threads of time in his hands, the choir no longer whispers in the distance but instead raise their voices in song, reciting “Lokasenna” in honour of his newfound purpose. And as we pull away to see his Yggdrasil, the voices become as quiet as Loki is burdened, but left with a twinkle of hope in the soft music that plays afterward as the Tree forms. It’s so nice to think about how this, this is a score truly made for the God of Stories. Thank you Natalie Holt and all the rest for giving us this music, it couldn’t have been more perfect 🎶💚

A beautiful thing about the Loki Season 2 finale is that, even though there is a possibility we may not see Loki again, he will always be there, watching every Marvel film and every TV show alongside us. As the God of Stories, he will no doubt see every story and every phase going forward. And so Loki will always be there, in spirit, as a fellow audience member and a constant presence in the MCU for all time, always. It’s a huge comfort — a bittersweet one, but a comfort nonetheless.