I Saw The TV Glow is a movie with a score by Alex G and an awesome soundtrack featuring various artists. Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail appears in the film and was meant to perform a cover of The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight,” though it was mostly cut from the movie. Now, the cover is officially released.
Jordan had performed “Tonight, Tonight” live before the movie was made. The idea to cover the song came from its connection to symbolism shared with the movie. Jordan explains:
This all came together really serendipitously. We had been working on this cover to play on the Valentine tour, before I got the part. It came up early on because I have a tattoo on my right arm of the man in the moon to commemorate the first ever science fiction film, A Trip To The Moon and the Smashing Pumpkins video for “Tonight, Tonight.” While reading the script, I discovered the arch nemesis of the Pink Opaque is inspired by the same imagery. I told Jane we were doing this cover in NYC, they came and saw it live, and the rest was herstory.
Listen to Snail Mail’s rendition of “Tonight, Tonight” below.
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