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OMG this is possibly the coolest thing someone has sent to me thank you anon!! I am definitely promoting this one. I love to see some more varied genre kin playlists & I absolutely will be listening to this in order for the proper experience. I'm not dragonkin but I love a good playlist (and I have most of this liked)!

I think this is the correct link for anyone interested:

10 Fave Zombie Songs 🦴

Thank you for requesting this one! I'm revenantkin (similar to zombie) so I've been thinking about this one for ages. I think a lot of the songs from my Grim Reaper Songlist would also be fitting here due to the common themes! There are definitely a couple I wished I'd saved for here. I'm not sure what your taste in music is so I've just gone through my Spotify as usual! All song names link to Spotify.

10. Nothing Matters by The Last Dinner Party. Actually not a huge fan of The Last Dinner Party but I like this song specifically. Even zombies deserve to get freaky! No but the song's themes of nihilism fit perfectly with the undead themes of immortality. The lyrics about the partners' isolation from others can read very kin4kin and also add to that living vs the dead vibe. If you like this, you might also like Lovers In The Dark by Sophie Morelli. Not zombiekin vibes but a worthwhile mention.

9. Am I Awake? by They Might Be Giants. The themes of dissociation, superstition, surrealism and a general detachment from humanity are a goldmine for any undeadkin playlist. I love They Might Be Giants, there really is no band quite like them.

8. Bones by Imagine Dragons. I'm an unironic Imagine Dragons fan unfortunately.... This is genuinely one of my faves and it just fits the more lively side of a zombiekin songlist. A lot of the picks later on are quite serious in tone so I thought I'd shake it up. My actual favourite Imagine Dragons song is Lonely.

7. I Cannot Sleep At Night by K.I.D. One of the less explicitly zombie related songs, but I feel like insomnia & undeadkins/monsterkins go hand-in-hand thematically. It's indie pop-rock (more pop I think), a little tongue-in-cheek and all too relatable. If you like this I also recommend Great! Big! Party! by eyeamki which actually also has plenty of undeadkin vibes!

6. Piledriver Waltz by Arctic Monkeys. I guess this is focusing more on the kin than the zombie part of zombiekin. It's one I associate with a lot of my personal experiences with several kintypes and how they relate to my life. It's got a lot of the themes of monotony and misery associated with undeadkin, but also the absurdism linked with the supernatural as a whole. It has got a warm place in my heart.

5a. Maneater by Hall & Oates. Oh come on, it's a good joke!

5b. Doomsday Blue by Bambi Thug. Definitely have to put a scream warning on this one! This was my favourite song from Eurovision this year and it's an absolute blessing to be able to put it on this playlist. Bambi is such an incredibly talented vocalist and I also love their song Egregore!

4. Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash. I'm a huge dark country & country rock fan so another Cash song was inevitable! This is straight off of my revenantkin playlist. If you like this, I also recommend Dead Man Walking by WAR*HALL. I would've listed that as a separate song on here but I already put it on a different songlist.

3. Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol. I found this from a tiktok comment saying it was a great mental breakdown song and honestly I've found that pretty fitting so far. I'm a fan of Billy Idol, though more of a casual listener. On the zombiekin note, I could definitely see an interpretation of the lyrics relating to the uncanny valley affect and lifelessness in a person.

2. The Angry River by Father John Misty, The Hat & S.I.Istwa. This is the epitome of human horrors & sins meeting the wrath of nature. It was made for HBO's crime show 'True Detective' so it has all the morbid themes to earn its place on a zombiekin playlist. It's sinister but softly spoken. I'd try and convey a genre to you but the best I've got is Johnny Cash meets Lana Del Rey and that means nothing. If you do like this, I can fully recommend the rest of Father John Misty's work!

(song - artist, mostly emo/pop punk)

graveyard dancing - destroy rebuild until god shows

eternally yours - motionless in white

bloodsucker - a day to remember

blood - my chemical romance (obviously)

a grave mistake - ice nine kills

reaper - have mercy

caraphernalia - pierce the veil

choke - i dont know how but they found me

whisper - burn the ballroom

blood - bad omens

No worries on not being kin, you're welcome here! Thank you so much for your submission. I'm sorry this is such a late response, I've been super busy and a bit exhausted lately haha!

Graveyard Dancing: Yeah I didn't notice the acronym until I saw the artist's spotify page... love the song though! Eternally Yours: I have quite a few friends who listen to motionless in white so I should really explore them more. At first I thought it was a little too heavy for me but the way the song exploded into the melody was just *hearts in my eyes*!! LOL. And I'm definitely seeing the immortality themes. This is one of my unexpected faves!

Bloodsucker: This is just my taste!! I love some sinister modern rock. Easy save to my liked songs.

Blood (MCR): No surprise I know (and like) this one! It was going to be on my vampire songlist but I thought it might be too popular so I decided to add something a little less known in its place. Blood was actually one of the first MCR songs I heard. I'm not an MCR superfan but my faves are Teenagers, Mama & You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison (which were also some of the first I heard haha)!

A Grave Mistake: I'm really starting to think Ice Nine Kills might be one of my newly discovered faves! They're one of my fave genres and I LOVE all of the supernatural & horror movie themes in their songs. Someone else recommended Love Bites (spotify link) to me on my werewolfkin songlist and I've honestly been listening to it on loop.

Reaper: Honestly not really my sort of thing but not everything is going to be!

Caraphernalia: A lot of my friends have recommended Pierce the Veil to me! Again this one isn't quite my vibe but it reminds me a bit of Set It Off who I do love!

Choke: Another one I know! I discovered IDKHOW over lockdown and was addicted to them for like 2 years. Still love them! In fact this ask might have reignited that, I've been listening to them a bunch since typing this out. My IDKHOW faves are Absinthe, Modern Day Cain, Social Climb & New Invention. I used to loop Mx Sinister but I've sorta heard it too much now LMAO

Whisper: I've got this one liked but I didn't recognise the name! So thank you for letting me rediscover it LOL! I'm big on that folk sound mixed with rock so I should probably check out Burn the Ballroom more...

Blood (Bad Omens): A little too much scream for me but I'm kind of falling in love with the guitar & the orchestral elements in the background. I think this one is definitely going to grow on me with time.

Guessing your music taste from these, my recommendations would be (spotify links) Bloody Creature Poster Girl by In This Moment, Blood by In This Moment, I Don't Care by VIOLENT VIRA, and Evil Walks by AC/DC, though that's more classic rock.

It's a deity & divine kin songlist so I've focused on epic covers & originals as a focal genre to link to the 'species.' For those who haven't encountered "epic" music before, it's often orchestral music made to mimic stuff found in trailers & movies. The maladaptive daydreaming playlists were let loose on this one! I'll probably do a less specific deitykin playlist in the future but see what you think. All song names link to Spotify. 10. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Tommee Profitt & Fleurie. Society forces me to be normal about Fleurie's music but I'm genuinely so in love with everything she makes or is featured on. This is an amazing cover of Nirvana's original. The choir at the end pulls everything together. A 2nd epic cover that y'all might also like is by Malia J and was the opening song to the Black Widow movie. The opening to that movie still haunts me to this day and I love it.

9. Beyond by Tommee Profitt & MILCK. This song is exactly how I imagine the freedom of flight. It's that feeling of watching the sunset above the clouds on an aeroplane. The song feels like something luring you into the world of fantasy.

8. Losing My Religion by BELLSAINT. I suppose this is more the antithesis of deitykin but I'd still consider it fitting in a more ironic way. I really can't decide if I prefer this to the original. It's more my style but it lacks a lot of the gritty and grounded tone of REM.

7. Dream On by Cinematic Pop & Cosette. The ways this song has changed me. Personally, I'm an Aerosmith fan, but this cover just adds a whole new level. In relation to deitykin, it makes me picture a deity stuck in a mortal body, waiting to be free again.

6. Immigrant Song by SOAK. When hearing this song, some think of Thor Ragnarok, some think of Shrek and some will think of the actual Vikings. Which are you? I'm unfortunately all 3. On an actual serious commentary note, if the original version is a battle cry, this is a warning growl. It's so sinister and says so much with so little.

5. House of the Rising Sun by Lauren O'Connell. Second day in a row I've featured a cover of this song, though this one is honestly my favourite. I can't disguise I might have just snuck this one in here because I love it but I still think it could apply to the right deity out there.

4. It Had To Be You (Dark Version) by Tommee Profitt & Tiffany Ashton. Wrathful deity of love anyone? Ashton's vocals are so sinister and truly captivating. Profitt's choppy violin is the finishing touch. Gives me shivers every time.

3. Genesis by Ruelle. Biblical references in a song about transformation and rebirth. What more do you want from me on a deitykin songlist? This is an enormous fave of mine and I hope some of you can have the same connection.

2. The Call by 2WEI, Louis Leibfried & Edda Hayes. No one does epic music quite like 2WEI and their collaborations with League of Legends has produced some masterpieces. The way the army of vocals build at the beginning with the marching beat only to erupt into the animalistic pounding of drums has me gagged every single time. If you do like this one, my second choice would be Still Here.

1. LABOUR - the cacophony by Paris Paloma. This was already such a powerful song when it first came out. This new version is utterly breath-taking. I distinctly remember showing my mother the original on a roadtrip home from visiting relatives. I had to find her phone in her bag to add it to her Spotify whilst she was driving! For those who don't know, labour is a song about feminism and the burden of being a woman and/or afab. Really a listen for yourself moment.

That would be the kintype, not the band! Though I do love the band... Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy this one! Feel free to make your own additions in the notes or my ask box (anon enabled) and let me know if you find something you like. Song names link to Spotify.

10. House of the Rising Sun by alt-J. The original is not a particularly ghostly song but I'm confident this cover matches the vibe of everything else on the playlist.

9. Heathens by Blondfire. I definitely prefer the Twenty One Pilots version of this song but this cover is absolutely the most fitting for a ghostkin playlist.

8. April to Death by Flower Face. I'm honestly apprehensive to summarise this one because I know I won't convey the nuances of the lyrics. In short it's about being deeply in love with someone who'll absolutely be the death of you. It's a song I'll recommend regardless of theme but the acoustic guitar and Flower Face's ethereal vocals create that sense of detachment familiar with most ghostkin content.

7. song for my lost ghost friends by spellcasting. I hesitated putting this one in at first but I think it's just such a calming and sweet instrumental piece. It has the same heart as indie game soundtracks - a lot of spellcasting's work does!

6. Derealization by Bambi Baker. This song was brought to me through a response to my last ask game from a ghostkin. This song perfectly represents that boundary between the living & the dead. A lot of undeadkins (including myself) and kins as a whole struggle with dissociation & related conditions so the mental health topics in this one may also strike a chord with you.

5. My Name by Charlie Winston. This isn't necessarily the most fitting for a ghost playlist but it's a real all-time favourite of mine. I would consider it fitting through the death & biblical motifs. It's a grand theatrical number & makes me think of a Disney villain! I actually found it through a Halloween fan animatic.

4. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing by The Magnetic Fields. This is such a warm and cosy post-apocalypse vibe - if that exists. The world is crashing down around us and we're destined for death but we're going to have one last dance.

3. When I'm Small by Phantogram. It fits that otherworldly sound I've been threading throughout this. The lyrics themselves (in my opinion) reference themes of grief and being stuck between the living and the dead. It's sort of a dreamy electronic pop song... in all honesty I'm bad at labelling genres. Either way, I love this one.

2. Sour Switchblade by Elita. I found this song recommended to me off of listening to Grimes, if that tells you anything about the genre. I can't quite describe to you why this is a ghost song but it has the right liminal feeling and dark grungy aesthetic to it.

I had sooo much fun pulling together this list! My robot kintype is super personal to me so these are all from the very heart of my spotify. I think they fall into a very similar characterisation unfortunately, but I tried to add in some variety in genre. Hope you like it! All song names link to Spotify.

10. The Code by Nemo. Despite being top of the list, this is actually the last song I added! It's an uplifting pop song about standing out amongst the crowd and embracing your identity in the fullest. I think that really encompasses a lot of kin culture and the fact it's called "the code" just felt fitting!

9. Tear You Apart by Megan McDuffee. A synth cover of the popular single by She Wants Revenge. It's in the fake 80s style, reminiscent of Stranger Things. This one is on a lot of my playlists and associated with a couple blorbos!

8. What I Want by Gregor McMurray. I remember this one was quite divisive on TikTok a few months back but I always loved it. If you're building the robot power trip playlist this is one for it.

7. Satisfaction by Benny Benassi & The Biz. Robots can have NSFW playlists too...

6. Hello World by Louie Zong. A lot of the later songs in this list are quite macabre so I thought I'd shake it up with something a little calmer. I found this searching a couple robot playlists on spotify a few days back and I was enamoured with its wholesome whimsy.

5. Professional Killer by KMFDM. KMFDM is actually how I got into industrial rock & dance! The first song I found was Kunst. Professional Killer sounds exactly like the theme-song of a robot bounty hunter locking onto its prey in a dystopian city. Or at least that's what I imagine - hear it for yourself!

4. Time is Up by Poppy & Diplo. A softer pop song about a robot takeover in the face of climate change. How fun! I love how the song's AI begins to hate humans more with each new thing it experiences since its creation.

3. Crazy Fuckin' Robot Body by Snowblood. A high energy electronic song about a robot rebelling against their creator. Honestly this one helps a little with species dysphoria!

2. A Human's Touch by TWRP & McKenna Rae. A funky tech-ballad about a furby robot pining after a human lover. This is going to be on my Spotify wrapped for this year and it's going to be in the top 5 songs.

1. We Appreciate Power by Grimes & HANA. It's the AI takeover theme-song and it truly sounds like a song made by a megalomaniac robot. It's one of my favourite songs of all time & one of my personal robotkin anthems!

I kinfirmed grim reaper the day I was making this so trust it has my heart in it! It's so hard to give a write-up for each song that isn't just "trust me bro" so please excuse the completely unprofessional commentary and just (hopefully) enjoy the music! I'm taking species requests through my ask box if you have any ideas. All song names link to Spotify.

10. Hangout at the Gallows by Father John Misty My friend sent me the link to this one a couple weeks back and my jaw dropped. I'm so in love with this song and its raw emotion.

9. Nocturnal Me by Echo & The Bunnymen. You can't tell me the lyrics here don't somewhat strike you as death related. It's a brutal, gothic number that I could absolutely see a ballroom dance being paired with.

8. (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. It's a staple of every Grim Reaper playlist and for good reason! If you want to keep it fresh and need a good cover then I recommend Baltic House Orchestra's epic orchestral cover or this haunting atmospheric cover by Denmark + Winter

7. Shinigami Eyes by Grimes. Fun, macabre fact of the day: Shinigami are Japanese spirits that lead humans towards death or encourage them to commit suicide. Hence the song's place in this playlist! The music video for this one is a feast for the eyes to say the least - there is nothing else like it.

6. Baby I'm Dead Inside by KOPPS. Dark electronic x a bit of rock for a modern and sultry grim reaper! Grim Reaper's nightclub vibes maybe?

5. My Boy Builds Coffins by Florence & The Machine. I perceive it as a potential human x reaper song and you know I love a good ship! It has such a subtle sinister tone.

4. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky by Johnny Cash. Am I obsessed with the old country Grim Reaper? Maybe. It's an apocalyptic number that tells a story. And it's Johnny Cash. What's not to love?

3. Enter Sandman by Alessia Cara & The Warning. I might get some hate for not putting the Metallica version (I promise I love that one too) but I think Cara's version is more ethereal, lending itself to the otherworldly Grim Reaper.

2. Dead Man Walking by WAR*HALL. This song has so much power to it. It's one of my favourite songs of all time. The chains add so much to its narrative. A bit of a country rock spin on the Grim Reaper theme but I suppose that matches the scythe... If you want an amazing female cover, listen to this one by Lauren Babic made for the Remnant 2 trailer.

1. Dead Hearts by Dead Man's Bones. What a surprise, another Dead Man's Bones song at number 1! Dead Hearts is one of the less popular pieces on the album but I love it. It's a softspoken song about grief & embracing death. The way Gosling's vocal rise to the shattering glass gives me goosebumps every time.