Music is woven into The Devil & The Details because it reflects what the characters can’t always say out loud. For Bethany, music isn’t about performance or ambition—it’s about survival. Certain songs hold memory, others hold silence, and some moments are simply too heavy for words. The same is true for Kevin, whose emotional restraint and unspoken tension are often mirrored through sound rather than dialogue. Throughout the novel, music acts as a quiet narrator, setting the emotional temperature of scenes and underscoring what lingers beneath the surface. That’s why the playlist exists alongside the book—not as promotion, but as context. Each song lives where a chapter breathes, where a feeling lingers, and where a moment echoes longer than the page.