Tolerate it - Taylor Swift (2020)

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier’s(1938)

Taylor Swift’s “Tolerate It” is a piano ballad about a young woman who is involved in an unstable relationship with an older, uninterested man, a similar theme found in Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca.

“When I was reading ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier, I was thinking wow, her husband just tolerates her." - Taylor Swift, Apple Music

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (1978)

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (1847)

Bush wrote “Wuthering Heights” on March 5, 1977, a few hours after seeing the 1967 BBC Adaptation of Emily Bronte’s novel of the same name. The song is sung from the perspective of Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff’s widow. Bush was 18-years-old when she penned the song. 

Fun Fact : Emily Bronte and Kate Bush share the same birthday.

Soma - The Strokes (2001)

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (1932)

“Soma” is the name of the imaginary ‘ideal pleasure drug’ in Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World.

"Soma is what they would take when
Hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing against sunbeams
Losing against fig trees
In your eyes" Soma - The Strokes (2001)

The Veldt - Deadmau5 (2012)

The veldt - ray bradbury (1950)

Deadmau5’s “The Veldt” is inspired by and borrows lyrics from Ray Bradbury’s 1950 short story of the same name. Bradbury’s story was originally published as “The World the Children Made,” which is reutilized as the recurring lyric in Deadmau5’s track.

For Whom the Bell Tolls - J. Cole (2016)

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica (1984)

The veldt - ray bradbury (1950)

Hemingway’s themes of human despair and mortality as a byproduct of war are central inspirations for J. Cole and Metallica, who penned songs of the same name. Hemingway got the title from “Meditation XVII,” a 1642 poem from John Donne.

For Whom the Bell Tolls - J. Cole (2016)

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica (1984)

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