Marnie, aspiring to be Joni Mitchell. Over the course of its six seasons, Girls developed a soundtrack full of melancholy yet ecstatic indie-pop, so distinctive that it seemed possible to think of the Girls music cue — or specifically, the Girls ending-credits song — as a genre unto itself. In the show’s final season, Girls sampled some of its favorite artists, even teasing a new Robyn song, featured new music, and then ended on something of a surprise: Hannah humming the lyrics of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” to her baby, without accompaniment.
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