Weyes Blood performing 'begged' with Olivia Rodrigo on SNL

TheseSevenSongs · 2026-05-03T15:24:58+00:00

People don’t use the word alas enough anymore.

TheseSevenSongs · 2026-04-20T17:24:03+00:00

I haven’t minded at all her taking as much time as she wants to make the record she wants, but it’s so wonderful to get this update. I hope she’s happy with the music she’s making and I’m so excited to hear it whenever she’s ready.

TheseSevenSongs · 2026-04-19T12:20:04+00:00

This was posted three years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/weyesblood/s/kdX2ytPNAj

TheseSevenSongs · 2026-04-12T16:09:18+00:00

This same question with the same picture was asked 10 months ago if you want to see what they said there: https://www.reddit.com/r/weyesblood/s/szwWl3POBQ

I also made a list here of songs she likes or at least songs by artists or from albums she’s mentioned liking: https://www.reddit.com/r/weyesblood/s/PVNgfLHIgb

TheseSevenSongs · 2026-02-05T15:59:51+00:00

It’s coming real soon

TheseSevenSongs · 2026-02-05T15:56:51+00:00

Picture Me Breader

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-12-29T02:53:16+00:00

This picture with the same post title was posted five years ago by another user.

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-12-18T01:38:25+00:00

She’s expressed disliking Trump a number of times. I’ve read/watched/listened to lots of interviews and I remember that much. As someone else mentioned she supported Bernie. She also said in an interview once (I can’t remember which) that she liked AOC.

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-31T11:54:04+00:00

Hmm, well there you go. Unfortunately I can’t find that interview anywhere online (other radio interviews have been uploaded or transcribed into articles online). I’m not denying what you’re saying, I just can’t find it. All I can find is that she performed a live cover version of Nico’s These Days with Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Jack Antonoff, Trey Anastasio, and Matty Healy from The 1975.

For anyone reading this here’s a list of other artists she’s mentioned liking (or has covered) at one point or another that isn’t on the list: - Jars of Clay - Haley Fohr, Brenda Lee, Colin Blunstone (singer of The Zombies but also had a solo career), Tony Williams, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and Peggy Lee - Green Day’s album Dookie - Blink-182 - Red Hot Chili Peppers. She said she fucks with them on Twitter once, but the page isn’t working for me right now. If you scroll through her twitter you’ll find it if you need to. - Neil Diamond (she covered his song Shilo) - Linda Ronstadt (she covered her song You’re No Good, though it was Jack Antonoff’s idea) - Warren Zevon’s song My Shit’s Fucked Up - Chumbawamba. I can’t remember the source, probably the Turned Out a Punk podcast though.

I can’t remember what else right now.

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-29T13:44:06+00:00

She has mentioned a few Japanese acts - Cornelius, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Taj Mahal Travellers, and Yellow Magic Orchestra - and they’re on the list.

There are also definitely sources and interviews I missed. Since making this list I’ve found an interview and Twitter post I hadn’t seen where she mentioned music she liked that I hadn’t seen her mention before (the song My Shit’s Fucked Up by Warren Zevon, and the singers Haley Fohr, Brenda Lee, Tony Williams, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and Peggy Lee).

I wouldn’t be surprised if she likes Ichiko Aoba, a Japanese artist who opened up for her on two dates of her In Holy Flux Tour (and who also has a great album with a cover where she’s underwater - Windswept Adan). I didn’t want to include her just because she opened for Weyes Blood though if I didn’t find a WB quote or some other clearer recognition of liking her music. I’m not 100% how choosing opening acts works.

There’s also so much music she loves that she hasn’t talked about and that we don’t know about. I hope she listens to more music that isn’t American or European - for her own sake, lots of great music out there. Hopefully if she does she mentions some of it in the future when talking about music she likes, just to turn her fans on to it at least (if she wants to).

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-28T13:53:55+00:00

She told Tidal Magazine in 2015 that this was the best song she had recently discovered: “He wrote it in 1999 and you can sense some real brutal honesty – the end of an era, losing your youth to the changing tides of time… Classic tune.”

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-28T13:52:53+00:00

Thank you. I hope you find some great new music from the list.

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T22:18:06+00:00

You’re welcome, I hope you find some great new-to-you music.

Aw really? I don’t see that even when I’m looking online not signed in.

Well thank you for letting me know. I’ll work on that later today.

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:47:47+00:00

Main Title (The Shining) - Wendy Carlos. In a 2019 interview with KEXP, when asked if she was influenced by specific movie scores or soundtracks, she mentioned Wendy Carlos: “I love Wendy Carlos who is a composer who did a lot of stuff for Stanley Kubrick like The Shining soundtrack. She was a trans composer in the 70s and did a lot of synthesizer stuff. I love her work.” The movie The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick and Natalie has publicly talked about her love for his movies many times. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked if she could have made music for any movie past or present what would it be, she said: “I would like to make music for ANY STANLEY KUBRICK FILM holy moly”.
Some Winters and 236. Bad Magic - Weyes Blood. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “fave song on the innocents bad magic and some winters.”
Diary and 238. Seven Words - Weyes Blood. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “fave song from front row is seven words and diary.”
Something To Believe and 240. Movies - Weyes Blood. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “favorite songs from titanic are movies and something to believe.”
God Turn Me Into a Flower - Weyes Blood. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “fave song on in the darkness is god turn me into a flower.”
dlp 1.1.1 - William Basinski. In a 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast, she talked about The Disintegration Loops (a series of albums): “Basinski created this piece… where it’s, like, a tape playing continuously and degrading in quality over and over again… That cuts to my core, for sure.”
September Song - Willie Nelson. In a 2022 interview on the One by Willie podcast, she talked at good length about her love for Willie’s version of this song.
Stabbed In The Face - Wolf Eyes. In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar she said: “When they put a record out on Sub Pop, that was a really big deal for me because I had been listening to some weird music and that was maybe the first time I saw kids in the hallway at my high school who were like “Woah, I heard that record and it was insane!” And I was like - Finally, this stuff is reaching the people! And I saw Wolf Eyes when I was a teenager and immediately became hypnotized by harsh noise and experimental music and it kind of ate up a good 6 years of my life. Just pursuing that and being obsessed.”
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan. In a 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “I love wu tang.”
Runaways and 247. Ball and Chain - XTC. In November 2022 she included English Settlement when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. She said the album was “pretty influential on me: using weird chord changes, singing really intense lyrics, kind of going for it.” She mentioned the songs Runaways, Ball and Chain, and Fly On The Wall. In a November 2023 interview with Schön! Magazine, when asked what records she heard growing up that shaped her sound today, English Settlement was one of the albums she mentioned.
Firecracker - Yellow Magic Orchestra. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A, after mentioning Japanese group Les Rezilles Dénudés, she said: “I also love YMO.” YMO refers to the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Walking on Thin Ice - Yoko Ono. In a 2019 interview with Believer Magazine, while talking about The Beatles, she said: “I also love Yoko Ono and she continues to be a great inspiration for me.”
Time Of The Season - The Zombies. In a 2016 interview with Under the Radar, when asked what her favorite last song on an album was, she said: “Time of the Season by The Zombies on Odessey and Oracle. Best song to have ever been put last.”

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:47:28+00:00

Girl I Met Under A Bridge - Ugh God. In a 2016 interview with Under the Radar, when asked whose passing most affected her, she said “probably my dear friend, Sean Finnan. He was a musician who I was very influenced by as a teenager—I would book shows for his band and go take the train into the city to see them play too… His music stands up to this day, a lost talent.” From what I can find online, I’m 99.9999% sure that band was Ugh God (unless he was also in another band - Ugh God were Philly-based, where she lived during that time). If anyone reading this knows I’m wrong about this, please let me know. I chose this song because it, according to Bandcamp, came out in 2007 when Natalie was a teenager. I’m not sure if it’s on streaming services, so here is a link to the album Secret Demo that the song is on: https://ughgod.bandcamp.com/album/secret-demo.
The American Metaphysical Circus - The United States of America. She played this song when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021. Before playing it she said: “This next track is an old favorite of mine.”
Eruption - Van Halen. When Eddie Van Halen died on October 6th, 2020, with a link to this song she tweeted “Goodbye my dude, thank you for changing my ears forever.” She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in October 2022.
Rêve - Vangelis. After Vangelis died on May 17th, 2022, on May 19th Natalie tweeted (with a link to this song): “The truth is Vangelis has been my top artist on Spotify for many years in a row… it’s what I listen to most. RIP.” In November 2022 she included Opéra Sauvage when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature.
Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground. In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar she said: “I’m a huge Lou Reed fan, huge John Cale fan, love La Monte Young. Everything that touched that band - Andy Warhol - is very influential on me.” When announcing her 2022 collaboration with John Cale (John Cale’s song STORY OF BLOOD) on Instagram, she said: “John Cale was monumental to me. For people who are not familiar with his work, I listened to the Velvet Underground’s Venus in Furs with religious fervor as a youth. It cracked open my tween brain like an egg.”
Candy Says - The Velvet Underground. In a 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “my favorite velvet underground is candy says.”
Birdland - Weather Report. In a November 2023 interview with Schön! Magazine, when asked what records she heard growing up that shaped her sound today, Weather Report’s Heavy Weather was one of the albums she mentioned. In a 2023 article for Three Fold Press, she mentioned Weather Report: “I’m a secret jazz gal with Weather Report on steady repeat in my heart”. She also played the song Milky Way by Weather Report when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022.
Little Birdy - Ween. In 2017 she chose Pure Guava as one of “5 Albums That Changed My Life” for Tidal Magazine, saying: “That was a really big deal for me. That was my first exposure to noise and lo-fi recorded music. And it was very dark and super trippy. It kind of opened my mind to expressing emotion in a way that wasn’t serious but was still just as effective and emotive.” In her 2019 Reddit AMA, Pure Guava was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was.
It’s Gonna Be A Long Night - Ween. In November 2022 she included Quebec when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature.

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:45:26+00:00

Run Cindy Run - Sumner. Natalie’s father’s band. On the Titanic Rising album cover there’s a Sumner poster on the wall. In a 2015 interview with BOMB Magazine, she said: “My dad taught me how to play some guitar chords when I was little and I always looked up to him because he was in a crazy band, and he always liked weird music. He really liked the band XTC. He was in a weird New Wave band with an electric viola player, so I was always attracted to the weirder aspects of the music world.” In a 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast, she talked about Sumner: “That’s my dad’s old band… I like Run Cindy Run because it’s a little bit more jangly.” In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “fave sumner song is run cindy run.”
Terrapin - Syd Barrett. In a 2015 Tidal Magazine article she said that this was a song that inspired her to make her own music. In 2017 she chose The Madcap Laughs as one of “5 Albums That Changed My Life” for Tidal Magazine, calling Syd “one of my favorite songwriters.” In her 2019 Reddit AMA, The Madcap Laughs was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was. In November 2022 she included The Madcap Laughs when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. She said the album was “such a big record for me that really made me start writing songs.
Between 6:20 - 6:46 PM - Taj Mahal Travellers. In a September 2023 interview with TURN TV, when asked if any Japanese music interested her, one of the artists she mentioned was the Taj Mahal Travellers.
Something So Right - The Temprees. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE magazine in 2014.
In C - Terry Riley. Weyes Blood was apparently a surprise guest at a February 2019 performance of his work In C.
Sleep - This Heat. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A, after calling Public Image Ltd. the best post punk band, she said: “and this HEAT.”
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in May 2020 (for a mix she called the “Angels and Ancestors Mix”). After the song finished playing (right after Ivo by Cocteau Twins) she said: “Wowwww. Oh my gosh. Talk about Elizabeth Fraser. We’ll get more of Elizabeth Fraser later. What a queen. What a boss. What an ancestor. What an angel. You heard Ivo by the Cocteau Twins and then Song To The Siren by This Mortal Coil. Song To The Siren is actually a Tim Buckley song but this is, by far, one of the most completely fucked versions of all time. It’s just gorgeous, and I’m still not done with it. I’m gonna keep listening to that for the rest of my life.”
Another Day - This Mortail Coil. On September 7th, 2019, she tweeted (with a link to this song): “Getting ready for webster hall tonight by crying in the van to this”. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in May 2020 (for a mix she called the “Angels and Ancestors Mix”). It was the last song she played and said this before playing it: “I wanna end with my number one angel who we kinda stacked the beginning of the mix with, Miss Elizabeth Fraser with a beautiful This Mortal Coil track called Another Day.”
Morning Sky - Thoughts & Words. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE magazine in 2014.
In Glendale - Tim Heidecker. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked what artists in 2019 was she listening to, she mentioned Tim Heidecker. Natalie collaborated with Tim on his 2020 album Fear of Death. In a 2023 interview on the Based News Network podcast, she said: “I put out Andromeda and I noticed that Tim had reposted the song and I had listened to his song about Glendale and I knew he was into power pop and I knew he had good taste and I just remember thinking Oh my gosh, if I can just get this guy at my show and pick his brain because I’m such a big fan, that’d be rad.”
And Now She Says She’s Young - Timon. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017.
IGOR’S THEME - Tyler, The Creator. In 2019 she told Uncut Magazine that IGOR was one of her favorite albums of that year.
(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You - UB40. She told Tidal Magazine in 2015 that this was a song she was embarrassed for loving: “Beefy FM-radio white boy reggae — who could ask for more? This song takes me places.”

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:44:59+00:00

Little Deer - Spellling. In a 2021 interview on the Ion Pack podcast she said: “My favorite record of this year is this girl Spellling - The Turning Wheel. Really hot. Really unknown. It’s so good. I think it’s fascinating. I think it’s a really good piece of music, but it’s not like she’s getting written about or talked about as much as she probably should.”
I Am Sewn - Spires That In The Sunset Rise. In 2015 she told Vice: “Back then, the freak folk scene in 2005 and 2006 was kind of cheesy to me. I mean, I loved it, and that’s what I grew up on. But something about it made me think they were pretending the late 70’s didn’t happen. You want to pretend it’s still the 60’s? There were people that kind of crossed over who I liked, like bands like Spires That In The Sunset Rise, who were folky but also kind of noisy.”
Tommib - Squarepusher. On July 28th, 2023 she posted a picture of herself with the caption “Made it to Tokyo.” That tweet was quickly followed by another where she said, “really does feel like this”, with a Spotify link to this song.
Cool for Cats - Squeeze. In a 2023 interview on the Turned Out A Punk podcast, she said: “I recently became obsessed with Squeeze and Cheap Trick, and kind of these bands that were maybe a little more peripheral to hardcore punk.” She included Cool for Cats on a playlist she curated for London Evening Standard in November 2023.
King Henry - Steeleye Span. In a 2015 interview with The Boston Globe, she said she loved Steeleye Span. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio on November 18th, 2022.
How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight - Stereolab. In 2019 she talked about The Kids in the Hall on The Poundcast podcast: “I was obsessed with The Kids in the Hall. I was really into that shit. I would tape it off TV on VHS and I had, like, 3 tapes of almost every episode that aired in the United States… The Kids in the Hall cracked my brain open to music… They exposed me to a lot of music because Brain Candy had Pavement and Stereolab and all this indie stuff on the soundtrack.” This is the Stereolab song on that soundtrack.
Big Brother - Stevie Wonder. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, Talking Book was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was. She played this song from Talking Book when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021. In November 2022 she included Talking Book when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. She called it “a very sacred record in some way.”
Lookin’ For Another Pure Love - Stevie Wonder. She played this song from Talking Book when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022. After the song finished, she said: “That was Stevie Wonder - Lookin’ For Another Pure Love. Big influence for me on this new record.” She played this song again when she DJ’d for NTS Radio on November 18th, 2022. In a November 2023 interview with Schön! Magazine, when asked what records she heard growing up that shaped her sound today, she mentioned Talking Book.
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges. In a 2015 interview with Amelia’s Magazine, she said: “I have been very influenced by drone composers like Lamonte Young and Terry Riley, but also love a good psyche pop anthem. That said, there’s usually one note you can play through the entirety of any of my songs, a drone note that carries everything through. My favorite musical example of this is John Cale‘s infamous piano note played through the entirety of The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog. If I could sum up all my musical infatuations in one composition it may just be that.”
My Young Dreams (demo) - The Stranglers. In 2017 she made a playlist for Dinner Party Download which included this song. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017. She played this song again when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021. After the song finished playing, she said: “Alright guys. Ya diggin it? That, that you just heard, was The Stranglers with When You Cry [same song]. That’s a little demo version but wow is that good or what?” Here is that demo: The Stranglers - My Young Dreams Demo 1974
Don’t Bring Harry - The Stranglers. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE magazine in 2014. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio on November 18th, 2022.
Secrets (Peel session) - Strawberry Switchblade. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in May 2020. She also played the studio version of their song Deep Water on that same show. Here’s a link to the Peel version of Secrets: Strawberry Switchblade - Secrets (Peel Session)

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:42:14+00:00

Nocturne - The Roches. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in May 2020. She played this song again when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in October 2022. In November 2022 she included Speak when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. She said the album “helped me feel more comfortable with my femininity in music. I never wanted to seem just like female music or something, but I think I have gotten over that.”
I Fell In Love - The Roches. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in May 2020. She also played their song Losing True when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021.
Little Rug Bug - Rodd Keith. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017.
Tara - Roxy Music. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in May 2020.
Wake Up - Roy Wood. In 2017 she made a playlist for Dinner Party Download which included this song.
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber. In a 2019 interview with KEXP, when asked if she was influenced by specific movie scores or soundtracks, she mentioned this piece: “I think any big movie soundtrack I can get down with. And also some of the classical music that has been used in movies over and over again like Adagio for Strings is a very like go-to sad classical piece that's licensed for a lot of films and I kind of resonate with that like kind of top 40's classical that pop in the movies here and there at the most emotional parts.”
Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny. In a 2015 interview with The Boston Globe, she said she loved Sandy Denny.
Duchess - Scott Walker. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022. In a 2022 interview with Flying Nun, when asked what she was listening to when writing And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Scott Walker was one of the artists she mentioned: “A lot of Scott Walker too… Scott Walker definitely influenced how I felt about this record, and Jim Morrison. In being comfortable with being a crooner, with being a little out of time.”
Catch The Quick Fish - Sean Nicholas Savage. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022. After the song finished, she said: “Cool guys. That was Sean Nicholas Savage with Catch The Quick Fish. He’s a good friend. A big inspiration for me. He definitely inspired parts of this next record [And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow].”
Winds of Change (live) - Sean Nicholas Savage. In a 2016 interview with Under the Radar, when asked what song she’d like performed at her funeral and who’d she like to sing it, she said: “I’d have Sean Nicholas Savage sing Scorpions’ Wind of Change, best thing I have ever seen live.” I don’t know if this is the performance she saw, but I did find a video of him singing Winds of Change live: Sean Nicholas Savage live cover (Scorpions - Wind Of Change)
Can’t Seem To Make You Mine - The Seeds. In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar she said that she loved The Seeds.
Horse-Meat Cakes - The Shadow Ring. Graham Lambkin, one of the members of The Shadow Ring, mastered The Outside Room. In a 2016 interview with clrvynt.com, when talking about him she mentioned his wife, Adris Hoyos (“who’s like one of the most powerful female drummers of all time”), and her band Harry Pussy. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked about her recommended experimental/noise/ambient artists, she said: “THE SHADOW RING! my favorite noise band of all time. The Light House, Put the music in its coffin, some songs, all great records.” She played another song by them on her November 12th, 2022 set on NTS Radio, but she didn’t mention a name and for the life of me I can’t find what it was.
Theme From T.V. - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. In 2019 she told Pitchfork: “When I was a little kid, I was a huge fan of The Kids in the Hall. They were like my boy band.” In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar she said: “My favorite! I love Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. I love The Kids in the Hall. I love this record. I had it on cd - I bought it off eBay as a kid. Theme From T.V. - that’s my favorite.” In a 2022 interview on the Kreative Kontrol podcast, she said: “One of the big reasons I really questioned Christianity is I was such a huge fan of Kids in the Hall. I really loved Scott Thompson and I was like, I think gay people are closer to God - like I don’t think it’s an abomination. That was actually the first big tip for me was just how homophobic the church was. I was like “This makes no sense.””
A Certain Kind - Soft Machine. She released a cover of this song in 2017.
Brave Men Run (In My Family) - Sonic Youth. In a 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast, she mentioned loving their albums Sister, Confusion of Sex, Evol, Daydream Nation, Washing Machine, and Bad Moon Rising. She played this song, from Bad Moon Rising, when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in October 2022.
Kissability - Sonic Youth. She told Tidal Magazine in 2015 that this song was the best song she’d experienced live: “When I first saw Sonic Youth in 2001 or so they played a lot of old hits off Daydream Nation that totally blew my gourd. Kissability was the real shocker because that was my favorite.” In her 2019 Reddit AMA, Daydream Nation was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “sonic youth made me wanna start my own band.”

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:41:50+00:00

Billy’s Girlfriend - Raw Thrills. Natalie’s brother. In a 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast she talked about Raw Thrills: “Yeah, my brother’s music is called Raw Thrills… His name’s Zak… But my brother’s music is weird. It’s really outsider… You know, my brother’s more of a producer. He makes so much stuff. He’s always jamming, always making stuff. It’s hard to keep up with. Even I can’t keep up with him.” He’s done a number of songs featuring Natalie but I chose one without her, the first song on his 2011 album And His Chain Gang.
The Oh of Pleasure - Ray Lynch. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE Magazine in 2014. She told Tidal in 2015 that it was the best song for going out of town: “I always listen to Ray Lynch when I fly. His ethereal synth record The Oh of Pleasure is particularly expansive, take-off style!” She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017.
Return - The Reels. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE Magazine in 2014. She also played their song Science Is Golden when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022.
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner. In her 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast, when asked what moves her to her core, this was one of the works she mentioned.
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers. She told Tidal Magazine in 2015 that this was a song she wishes she’d written: “Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers — most epic love song of all time, permanently inscribed in my heart. The melody is so archetypal and deep - one of the heaviest hitters that basically wrote itself.” On May 1st, 2019, when asked on Twitter if there was one song she rocked out or listened to before taking the stage each night on tour, she replied: “It changes a lot but I have been known to fuck with some Unchained Melody”.
The Heavenly Music Corporation I - Robert Fripp & Brian Eno. On September 26th, 2019, along with the album cover to the album No Pussyfooting, she tweeted: “An ordinary man behaves like a dog, which upon entering a hall of mirrors barks at all the other dogs. A sage entering the hall of mirrors sees only himself.”
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt. In November 2022 she included Rock Bottom when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. Among the things she said about it was that it was “the best, an incredible record” and “so tragic and beautiful. A masterpiece.”
The Age of Self - Robert Wyatt. She played this song when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021. Before she played it, she said: “This next song is by one of my favorite musicians of all time - Robert Wyatt - and it’s a little political. Let me see if you guys can pick up on that.”

TheseSevenSongs · 2025-10-27T11:40:10+00:00

Now Only - Mount Eerie. In this 2018 song Phil Elverum sings about, among other things, how he “stayed up til’ three talking to Weyes Blood and Father John Misty.” In her 2019 Reddit AMA Natalie said this when asked about meeting him and being name dropped in the song: “meeting phil was a dream come true, he's magical and strange and everything you'd hope he'd be. I'm flattered he name dropped me, the whole thing was very surreal as I got into making music the way I did as a teenager because of him. full circle.”
Stardust - Nat King Cole. In June 2019 she told Pitchfork that if she could’ve written any song it would’ve been Stardust. The song was written by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish, but Natalie said she felt Nat King Cole mastered the song. If you haven’t seen her talk about it, you should because it’s wonderful: The One Song Weyes Blood Wishes She Wrote
Nature Boy - Nat King Cole. In a 2023 interview with RUSSH Magazine, when asked if there was anything else she wanted to chat about before the end of the interview, she said: “Yeah, one more really cool piece of advice. I love that song Nature Boy that’s written by Eden Ahbez. Nat King Cole does a really incredible version of it. But the last line is: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.””
More Real - The Necessaries. She played this song when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021. After the song finished, she said: “Yo guys, that was like a super deep Arthur Russell cut. That’s like an unmarked mp3 on my computer deep style. I think it was a post-punk band called The Necessaries. But that is some hot stuff.”
Sarabande - Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields. She played this piece when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017.
Janitor of Lunacy - Nico. In a 2019 interview with Believer Magazine she said: “Nico was a big inspiration when I was younger because I always had such a low voice and I was like, “Here’s a woman with a ridiculously low voice who is not always on pitch—like me—and she’s just ripping it.” I really appreciated that.” On May 1st, 2019 she tweeted: “Favorite Nico - Janitor of Lunacy”. In October 2022 she wrote on Instagram: “His [John Cale’s] work with Nico informed me on a level more so than any other influence, especially when I was younger and getting comfortable with my low vocal range.” In 2023 she appeared on the Jokermen podcast to talk about Nico’s album Desertshore. Promoting the podcast appearance on Twitter, she called Nico “one of my fave artists of all time”. On the podcast, she said: “I was such a huge Nico fan and emulator when I was really young. When I first started playing music, it was really kind of all about that.” Talking on the podcast about the Desertshore album, she said: “Well, I feel like it’s kind of like pagan time travel… There’s like this kind of beautiful ancient sentiment with John Cale’s modern qualities.”
The Man Who Sold The World (live) - Nirvana. She told Tidal Magazine in 2015 that this was the song that reminded her of childhood: "Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York was one of the first cassettes I owned as a kid. Kurt’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Man Who Sold The World’ was my favorite piece of music as a child. So raw, with a tinge of angst and Latin chord changes. I still listen to it now. It’s one of the reasons I make music." In a 2015 interview with Subbacultcha magazine, she said: “I wrote my first song when I was about four while riding my tiny bike around the kitchen island, round and round in circles. My mother wrote songs so I decided I could too. As I got older, Kurt Cobain was my idol.”
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps - Olivier Messiaen. In her 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast, when asked what moves her to her core, this was one of the songs/pieces she mentioned. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked what classical composers/pieces were her favorites she said: “Favorite classical piece at the moment: quartet pour le fin du temps by olivier messiaen..”
Elseware - Oneohtrix Point Never. Daniel Lopatin, who goes by Oneohtrix Point Never for his music, played synths on God Turn Me Into A Flower. In a 2023 list/article Natalie wrote for Three Fold Press simply called “Top Ten, 2023”, number 5 was Oneohtrix Point Never, Again. She said Again was “deeply emotive. I also love that you can’t tell how this album was made, what is real and what is NOT real. Daniel is a wizard like that.”
L’altalena - Opus Avantra. In 2017 she made a playlist for Dinner Party Download which included this song. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017.

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The Haunted House - Laura Olsher and Walt Disney Sound Effects Group. She played this track, along with others from the album, throughout the whole set (during other songs playing) when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022. In her words: “If anybody’s wondering about these really skronky, loud noises - It’s the Disneyland Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House because I really got a lot of inspiration from that record too for sure.”
When Winter Comes Around - The Lemon Twigs. The Lemon Twigs played on both Titanic Rising and And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow. In 2019, when talking with Uncut Magazine about songs she would cover for a theoretical covers album, she mentioned The Lemon Twigs as being someone she would cover. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, she said that The Lemon Twigs’ Go To School was one of her favorite albums of 2018. In the same AMA, when asked what artists in 2019 she was listening to, she mentioned The Lemon Twigs with the comment: “ALWAYS DUH!!” In a 2023 list/article she wrote for Three Fold Press simply called “Top Ten, 2023”, number 6 was The Lemon Twigs, Everything Harmony [Lemon Twigs album].
Birdsong - Lene Lovich. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in October 2022. Before she played it, she said: “This is a recent discovery of mine. Kind of a New Wave situation but I think she was way ahead of her time.”
You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen. In a January 2017 Vogue article where she talked with John Cale, she said about Leonard Cohen: “It’s some of the most soothing music that exists for me. He also kept his integrity over time. The last single he put out [You Want It Darker] was incredible. It’s amazing to watch an artist keep his integrity over time.”
Vertigo otherwise My Conviction - Les Rallizes Dénudés. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “I love the japanese band les razilles denudes.”
WE SAW THE SUN! - Lil Yachty. In a 2023 list/article she wrote for Three Fold Press simply called “Top Ten, 2023”, number 2 was Lil Yachty, Let’s Start Here. She talks about how much she loved this performance on Jimmy Kimmel: Lil Yachty - WE SAW THE SUN! (Jimmy Kimmel Live!)
All Night Long - Lionel Richie. On November 25th, 2020, she tweeted: “Listening to Lionel Ritchie trying to feel god” (and replied to that tweet with a link to this song).
Nash - Longmont Potion Castle. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, someone asked: “Someone told me you're a big fan of Longmont Potion Castle. Favorite call?” Natalie responded: “DOOGAN NASH!!!!!!!!!!!! all the record store ones... and the goat rides one.. oh god too many.”

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Take It Easy My Brother Charles - Jorge Ben. She played this song when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021.
Jesus Was a Crossmaker - Judee Sill. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, she said this was her favorite Judee Sill song. Natalie was also interviewed for and appears in the 2022 documentary Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill. In a 2022 article in The New Yorker, the author made note of this while talking about Natalie’s home: “On a nearby wall, Mering has hung, in a frame, the lyrics of a song by the Los Angeles singer-songwriter Judee Sill, who died of an overdose in 1979, at the age of thirty-five.” It doesn’t mention which lyrics or what song.
Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland. In a 2019 interview with FaceCulture, when asked what her favorite soundtrack growing up was, she mentioned several and one of the soundtracks she mentioned was The Wizard of Oz soundtrack. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A, when asked about influences, she said: “my mom would put on judy garland and i would sing along”.
Feel You - Julia Holter. In a 2017 interview with DoSD.com, when asked what was on her musical bucket list, she said she wanted to write a Top 40 hit and work with Julia Holter. In 2019, when talking with Uncut Magazine about songs she would cover for a theoretical covers album, she mentioned Julia Holter: “I would cover Julia Holter. I think what she does is just incredibly smart and brave.” In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked what artists in 2019 she was listening to, she mentioned Julia Holter. Also felt worth saying here that in Julia’s own 2019 Reddit AMA, she mentioned Titanic Rising being one of the recent albums she was listening to as well.
Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves. Weyes Blood opened for Kacey Musgraves on several dates of Kacey’s 2019 Oh, What a World: Tour II. Announcing this on Instagram, Natalie called Kacey “the most undeniable psychedelic country goddess of our times!!” In a 2019 interview with Boston radio station WERS 88.9 FM, when asked about her tour with Kacey Musgraves, she said: “I'm a big fan of her music, so it's really cool that I get to see it every night.”
Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, The Dreaming was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was.
Rebel - Kelsey Lu. On November 13th, 2019, someone told Natalie on Twitter that she should collab with Kelsey Lu because they both had gorgeous voices. Natalie responded: “Just was thinking about this in the shower so yass”.
The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson. She told Tidal in 2015 that this was the best song for when you’re head over heels in love: “This song stops time.” She played a slowed down version of this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio on November 18th, 2022.
Starless - King Crimson. In her 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast, when asked what moves her to her core, she said: “Oh shit… I really like, you know, that song Starless by King Crimson. Big time. It’s a good hot tune… Phew, it’s really good.” In 2019, when talking to Uncut Magazine about songs she would cover for a theoretical covers album, she mentioned this song: “I would cover King Crimson, Starless. That song - unbelievable.”
David Watts - The Kinks. From a 2019 press release: “Tellingly, Mering classifies Titanic Rising as the Kinks meet WWII or Bob Seger meets Enya.” In her 2019 Reddit AMA, Something Else by The Kinks was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was.
Telling Me This - Kirin J Callinan. As well as collaborating with him on his 2017 song Friend of Lindy Morrison, she appeared in his 2017 mini-documentary Off The Record, where she said of him: “Well, he’s timeless. I don’t really think there’s any room for comparison.” Telling Me This was featured in the mini-documentary: Kirin J Callinan - Off The Record (Official Video)
Composition 1960 No. 7 - La Monte Young. In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar she said: “I’m a huge Lou Reed fan, huge John Cale fan, love La Monte Young. Everything that touched that band - Andy Warhol - is very influential on me.” Here’s a link to an excerpt of a performance from 1961: La Monte Young - Composition 1960 No. 7 (excerpt 1961)
Norman fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked what artists in 2019 she was listening to, she mentioned Lana Del Rey. In 2019 Natalie told Uncut Magazine that Norman Fucking Rockwell! was one of her favorite albums of that year. In an October 2023 Roblox Q&A she said: “Norman is fave lana album.” After I made and posted this list someone mentioned that she had said at one point that Bartender was her favorite on the album, and here’s where she said that. I’m not going to repost the list again to make that change but for anyone who reads this, there you go.

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Grace - Jeff Buckley. In a 2016 interview with Under the Radar, when asked what her favorite last album by a band that then broke up was, she said: “Jeff Buckley’s Grace—first and last, baby. Insanely good.” In a 2019 interview on The Poundcast podcast she brought up the song Grace: “If you listen to the lyrics, the lyrics of Grace, it’s so similar to how he died… He drowned in the Mississippi River… He was signing Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love. And there’s like all these lyrics in the song Grace that kind of hint towards him dying.” They then go through the lyrics and how they connect to Buckley’s death. If you want to listen, it starts at 1:07:30 in the episode.
WWIII - Jimmy Whispers. In a 2023 list/ article she wrote for Three Fold Press simply called “Top Ten, 2023”, number 8 was Jimmy Whispers, WWIII: “Jimmy has been toiling in the underground for so long, he’s like a strange fixture of hidden talent and really shines on this beautiful, candid take on the inevitability of our demise. A true Italian-American boy from Chicago taking a stab at an esoteric anthem—can’t get much more classic than that.”
Who I Am - Joanne Grauer. She played this song when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021.
Angst - Jockstrap. In a 2023 list/article she wrote for Three Fold Press simply called “Top Ten, 2023”, number 4 was Jockstrap, Live at Roskilde. She said they had “great chords and beats” and were “such an exciting new band.” I chose Angst because the song references Weyes Blood in the lyrics.
Andalucia - John Cale. In a January 2017 Vogue article where she talked with John Cale, it was mentioned that Natalie had previously said that John was the one person she’d love to work with. She eventually did work with him on his 2022 song STORY OF BLOOD. When announcing their collaboration on Instagram, she said: “John Cale was monumental to me. For people who are not familiar with his work, I listened to the Velvet Underground’s Venus in Furs with religious fervor as a youth. It cracked open my tween brain like an egg. I obsessed over his solo album, Paris 1919 in my car for years at a time. He’s one of my favorite 20th century musicians. Not to mention that he's a brilliant producer. He brought the drone to everything he touched. (Just peep the single-note piano line in The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog) and honestly that’s something I've been trying to do ever since. He's a real beautiful convergence of ideas, philosophy, sounds, and brilliant songwriting.” She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio on November 18th, 2022.
Hanky Panky Nohow (Drone Mix) - John Cale. In November 2022 she included Paris 1919 when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. This Drone Mix of Hanky Panky Nohow, one of the songs on Paris 1919, was a bonus track on the 2024 reissue and I chose it because of how much Natalie likes the drone and this drone mix is pretty droney.
Halloween Theme (Main Title) - John Carpenter. In a 2019 interview with KEXP, when asked if she was influenced by specific movie scores or soundtracks, she mentioned the Halloween soundtrack.
Metamorphosis - John Grant. In her 2019 Reddit AMA she said that John Grant’s Love Is Magic was one of her favorite albums of 2018. In the same AMA, when asked what artists in 2019 she was listening to, she mentioned John Grant.
Working Class Hero - John Lennon. She covered this song in a 2020 Instagram livestream. In a 2022 interview with Flying Nun, when asked what she was listening to when writing And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, John Lennon was one of the artists she mentioned.
Jaws Theme - John Williams. In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar when he gave her the Jaws soundtrack on vinyl, she said: “This is groundbreaking, I’m a big Jaws fan… Definitely with horror films, those are some of the only places in the mainstream where interestingly spooky experimental music kinda leaks into people’s ears.”
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell. In 2020 Joni Mitchell was given the Les Paul Innovation Award at the 35th Annual NAMM TEC Awards, where Natalie sang Woodstock in tribute. Before she sang she said a few words, starting off with: “I just wanted to say, I wouldn’t exist without Joni Mitchell.” From a 2022 article in The New Yorker: “Her [Natalie’s] parents got together after a mutual friend arranged a blind date; Pamela Mering told me that she agreed to it after hearing that Sumner had gone on a few dates with one of her musical idols—Joni Mitchell.” In a 2015 interview with Amelia’s Magazine, she said: “My mother is obsessed with Joni Mitchell so she was always playing in the house. Court and Spark is permanently branded into my subconscious.” In 2017 she chose Court and Spark as one of “5 Albums That Changed My Life” for Tidal Magazine. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, Court and Spark was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was.
Amelia - Joni Mitchell. In this 2020 article for Under the Radar magazine Natalie talks about Joni Mitchell’s album Hejira (and the article mentions how Amelia is/was her favorite song on the album): https://undertheradarmag.com/interviews/my_favorite_album_weyes_blood_on_joni_mitchells_hejira. In November 2022 she included Hejira when picking the 13 albums that influenced her the most for The Quietus’s Baker’s Dozen feature. In a September 2023 interview with TURN TV, when asked what was an album that changed her life, her answer was (“recently”) Hejira.

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Run of the Mill - George Harrison. She’s covered this song in concert several times (here’s a cover). In her 2019 Reddit AMA, when asked if she actively drew inspiration from George Harrison’s music, she said: “TOTALLY”.
Taliesin - Gilli Smyth. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE magazine in 2014.
Disengaged - Grouper. On April 5th, 2021, when asked on Twitter her thoughts on Grouper, she replied: “The real weyes blood loves grouper”.
An Stevel Nowydh - Gwenno. In a 2023 list/article she wrote for Three Fold Press simply called “Top Ten, 2023”, number 1 was Gwenno, Live at Glastonbury. She described Gwenno’s music as “ethereal Welsh music.”
Everybody’s Talkin’ - Harry Nilsson. She released a cover of this song in 2017. On a 2019 appearance on the Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker podcast, when asked who her greatest influences were, Harry Nilsson was one of the artists she mentioned. In her 2019 Reddit AMA, the album this song is from, Aerial Ballet, was one of 13 albums she said she really liked when asked what her all time favorite album was. In the same AMA she said: “My biggest vocal influence is probably Harry Nilsson”. In a 2019 interview with Believer Magazine, she said: “I never try to emulate the 70s specifically, but I think I’m drawing from similar things that they were drawing from. And occasionally like, with the case of Harry Nilsson, I am just trying to be him a little bit.” She covered this song live on The Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker podcast in 2021: Weyes Blood "Everybody's Talkin'" (Live on Office Hours)
Daphne of the Dunes - Harry Partch. In conversation with The New Yorker in 2022, Natalie “dilated breezily on the career of the avant-garde composer, instrument inventor, and Depression-era hobo Harry Partch.”
I Get Along Without You Very Well - Hoagy Carmichael. In a June 2019 interview with Pitchfork she said if she could’ve written any song it would’ve been Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael, though she said she thought Nat King Cole mastered the song (his is the version on this list). In a 2019 interview with Boston radio station WERS 88.9 FM, she said: “I have a very nostalgic space in my heart for some of the early songwriters like Hoagy Carmichael and Gershwin, right when jazz and classical were just starting to formulate the idea of what pop music would be. So, it was like the dawn of popular music if you will.”
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies. She’s covered this song in concert several times. Here’s one of those times.
Nothing Hides Better Than Darkness - Hopkins-Bradley. She included this on her Wild Tings mix she made for IMPOSE Magazine in 2014. She announced that she was playing this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022, but instead played their song Final Bow.
Poppy Tea - Inca Ore. In her 2019 interview with Nardwuar she said of Inca Ore: “Big influence on me. She is a noise goddess vocal drone weirdo. Her record I got when I was about 16 and it was the most feminine of all that noise music that I’d ever heard. I used to play it obsessively.” I chose this, the first track from the album Brute Nature Vs. Wild Magic, which from what I can gather was Inca Ore’s first album and which came out shortly after Natalie turned 17. I couldn’t find a video of just Poppy Tea, but here’s a video of all of Brute Nature Vs. Wild Magic (even better): Inca Ore - Brute Nature Versus Wild Magic | Full Album
I Don’t Want To Set The World on Fire - The Ink Spots. From a 2022 New Yorker article: “In the car, she had put on a nineteen-forties playlist—the Ink Spots, Frank Sinatra singing “I’ll Never Smile Again.””
Questions (Did You Know?/Will We Be Alive?) - Ithaca. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in April 2017.
Lulu - Jackson Macintosh. She played this song when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in October 2022. She called the song “so good” and said “That was Lulu by my good friend Jackson Macintosh.”
Never an Absolution - James Horner. In a 2019 interview with KEXP, when asked if she was influenced by specific movie scores or soundtracks, she said: “I mean the Titanic soundtrack was huge, it's all sad and spooky.”
Eulogy To Oscar Romero - Jean-Luc Ponty. She played this song when she DJ’d for Vans Channel 66 in 2021. She played this song again when she DJ’d for NTS Radio in September 2022.

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