They’re a fey witch who changes how they look to manipulate and prank and befuddle and seduce others. Their magic is dark, illusory, spooky, and nature based.
Some thoughts:
I Want To Be Evil - Eartha Kitt
Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) - Sarah Vaughan
Trust In Me (Kaa’s song from The Jungle Book)
Curveballs welcome, no wrong answers
Hmm… I am a fan of this aesthetic so…
Hard to beat Darkher for dark and witchy. Incredible music in its own right as well.
But also…
Nyghtegale from the Green Knight
Lindy Fay Hella is hella fey. (Sorry)
Lamb has something to them that feels right too.
Kati Ran of course.
The Negative Harmony cover of Maneater though lots of negative harmony covers could angle toward that uncanny valley feeling of illusionists.
Cloak of Feathers for something more metalic
Alice Francis if she’s a bit cocky
Kovacs has a touch of spooky in her jazzy
For a summoner or necromancer, this could be fun:
Witch Doctor - De Staat
Witches Burn - The Pretty Reckless Sanctify Me - In this Moment
Diamanda Galás
Making the Devil shit himself.The Evil Eye - Joe Jackson Whistling Passed The Graveyard - Tom Waits There’s a Moon over Bourbon Street - Sting
You can’t get more witchy and gothic than Inkubus Sukkubus. Maybe Heart of Lilith? It’s not their most catchy song. Pagan Born is nice. Alternatives: Midnight Queen, Vampyre Erotica, or Aradia.
For something OG (Original Goth) maybe Spellbound by Siouxsie And The Banshees.
Chinese Burn by Curve This one has big chaos pixie energy.
Notable lyrics: She burns friends like a piece of wood, she’s jealous of me because she never could, holds herself up without a spine…
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Temple of Love by The Sisters Of Mercy
Classic trad goth with a drum machine and operatic drama.
Notable lyrics: Fucking all of them man, Som songs are pure poetry. There’s lots of elemental references here and it hints at a much more epic love story and fantasy setting too.
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Happy House by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Big chaos energy again, but with much more sinister discordance this time.
Notable lyrics: We’re all happy here, in the happy house… The whole song is creepy fey realm shiz, seriously just read it
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This is a mostly electronic instrumental track, with a hypnotic rolling beat that’s kinda haunting and catchy at the same time.
Like with name of the song and name of the band, the actual song here is also in French, but it all translates to big fey vibes imo. Lots of similar themes to the songs above too but from a different, more melancholic prespective. Link to translated lyrics here
Good luck with your character!
(Edited as I fucked up the formatting originally)
love these, especially Siouxsie. I had added a later song and forgot about this one entirely.
this Nym track is an inspired addition, you nailed the vibe
You going to post the playlist once it’s done?
Have you ever seen that meme where people write increasingly eldritch lyrics to Jolene?
Someone recorded a version like that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj_Q6VhX6l8
Perfection
The shot when they come downstairs is a tad ruined by a rockstar drum pad lol.
Check out The Bridge City Sinners
Very cool female led band. Numerous witchy vibe type songs.
Edit
Mordred’s Lullaby, by Heather Dale might be a pretty good choice. It’s creepy, although creepy in the abusive narcissist way, so I don’t know if that’ll be your jam.
Mmmm murky and moody and dangerous and playful, well done
