Yellowjackets Musical Duo, Craig Wudren and Anna Warner, Have Released the Full Version of “Sleepwalking,” The song that features prominently in the show's Season Three final.
“Sleepwalking” Plays During the opening sequence of the Last Episode, Which Arriving on Paramount+ Last Night (and will air on showtime April 13). The Track Also Appears on the Yellowjackets Season Three Soundtrack, Which is out TODAY, April 11 Yellowjackets With Ashley Lyle.
Wudren and Waronker Have Been Composing Music For Yellowjackets Throughout Its Run (Including the Theme Song), and ahead of the Season Three Final, they pre -hedge three Original Songs to Potentialy feature in the Episode. The pair told rolling stone via email that when they first heard “Sleepwalking” with the opening scene of the final, IT “Made Everything Shiver in Just The Right Way, very very YellowjacketsWhile Still Feeling like a Fresh, New dimension to the Music We'd Been Writing All Season. ”
Nickerson Felt the Same. “What makes a song right for sequelce of images is so ephemeral, but there is an uninistakable sensation, like a gut punch – a pleasant one – when you see them together for the first time,” he said. “When We Saw 'Sleepwalking' Over the Opening Sequence, IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE HAD SCHEMMED THEIR FIST INS MY SERNUM – But, Again, You Know, in A Good Way.”
When Writing “Sleepwalking,” Wedren and Waronker Said They Were Trying To Create to “Haunting Yet Beautiful” Tone That Reflected “The Emotional Landscape/Hellscape of Season Three.” They alo notd that the lyrics “Ever-Sso-Loosely Touch Upon Overlapping Storylines, Relationships, and Imagory From Throughout The Season Without Putting Too APLE A POINT ON IT.”
The Pair Also Said The Song Was Partly Inspired by Marianne Faithfull, Who'd Just Daed when they were working on the vocals: “We decide to Channel Her Rasp,” The Pair Said. “It Also Helped That We Were Horse The Day We Recorded Vocals Because the Yellowjackets Wrap Party Had Been the Night Before. I know this one's for Marianne! Made with love. ”
As for the “Sleepwalking” Music Video, It Doesn'T Feature Any Footage from Yellowjacketsbut Certainly Feels in Dialog with the show. There's An Uncanny, Dream-like Quality to the Clip, Which Shows Wedren and Waronker As Thoubly Net Only Perform The Song, But Sagan to Clean Up After A Rather Bloody (Albeit Unspecified) Event, all While Time Move Backwards.
“Part of What Made the video so fun was getting to reversce the process; we started with the song and waited to see what kind of story and images materialized in our image,” Nickerson Said. “Really the First Thing That Came Up Was A Question: What Else is Going On in Wiskayok? In Some Ways, The Video Became a Sort of Thematic Rosetta Stone for the Finale … I Mean, What is More YellowJackets Than the Dreamy Rendering of a Grizzly Task UNONE OVER AND OVER THE INFLURECE OF A A A A A A A A A Soul Connection to a ghost. “
