‘Divergent’ Soundtrack: New Music From Ellie Goulding, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, M83 & More

I don’t know when this “tween movie with an absolutely sick soundtrack” trend started — Twilight couldn’t have been the first, and Batman Forever wasn’t a tween vehicle, soo…? — but I’m not mad at it. The latest stellar example comes from Divergent, which is some Hunger Games-looking movie starring Kate Winslet and a bunch of pretty young people. But the tracklist, my God! Not only do we get new music from Ellie Goulding, M83, Skrillex and more, but some outstanding new collaborations are also thrown in. More like convergent, right?! (A thousand apologies.)

Kendrick Lamar is teaming up with psychedelic Aussie riff gods Tame Impala for a reworking of their track “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards,” and you can just imagine how rad it will be when K-Dot raps with a band that isn’t Imagine Dragons. In the album’s other big hip-hop collab, A$AP Rocky joins French electro sorcerer (and Yeezus collaborator) Gesaffelstein for “In Distress.”

Check out the full tracklist below. 

Divergent soundtrack: 1. Zedd: “Find You” ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant 2. Ellie Goulding: “Beating Heart” 3. Pia Mia: “Fight for You” ft. Chance the Rapper 4. Ellie Goulding: “Hanging On” (I See MONSTAS remix) 5. Snow Patrol: “I Won’t Let You Go” 6. Woodkid: “Run Boy Run” 7. Tame Impala & Kendrick Lamar: “Backwards” 8. M83: “I Need You” 9. A$AP Rocky: “In Distress” ft. Gesaffelstein 10. Pretty Lights: “Lost and Found” (ODESZA remix) 11. Skrillex: “STRANGER” ft. KillaGraham From Milo & Otis & Sam Dew 12. Big Deal: “Dream Machines” 13. Ellie Goulding: “Dead in the Water”

Deluxe tracks: 14. Woodkid: “I Love You” 15. BANKS: “Waiting Game” 16. Ellie Goulding: “My Blood”

[via Pitchfork]

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