How Pshycotic Beats' Killer Shangri-Lah Went From A Twin Peaks Playlist to TV's Hottest Psychodrama

Killing Eve is one of the past year's most-obsessed-over TV shows. The BBC America psychodrama, which stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer as a spy and a contract killer, respectively, who engage in a cat-and-mouse game that takes them all over Europe, has featured incredible performances, jaw-dropping plot twists, and electric banter since it debuted in March 2018.

The show's darkly funny mood is greatly helped along by its music-and its tone was set almost instantly by Killer Shangri-Lah, a vampy, drama-heavy offering written by the Madrid-based songwriter and producer Pshycotic Beats. The artistic project of Andr s Costureras, Pshycotic Beats has released three albums, with songs from the most recent one, The Black Sea, appearing on playlists curated by Spotify's team in Spain.

Killer Shangri-Lah appeared in the first episode of Killing Eve, soundtracking one of Comer's character Villanelle's typical flourish-filled kills. The song's sweep and theatrics, as well as its retro feel, make it an ideal match not only for Villanelle's character, but for Killing Eve as a whole.

While Killer Shangri-Lah, which has vocals by Pati Amor, is a defining song for one of the biggest small-screen smashes of the late-2010s, it actually dates back to 2013. It was the sixth single from my Dormihcum album, Costureras recalls, and the excuse to launch it as a single was to launch my own record label, which is called Log Lady Records. I'm a huge Twin Peaks fan.

Andr s Costureras at work

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