Why a Catchy Dance Song About Pandemic Lockdowns Appears in ‘Triangle of Sadness’

Director Ruben Östlund explains how he fell in love with DJ Fred Again’s “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing),” which plays at the end of his new comedy

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Spoiler: This article mentions the last scene of “Triangle of Sadness”

While in the post-production phase on his wild comedy “Triangle of Sadness,” director Ruben Östlund needed to find a song. In his previous films like “Force Majeure” and “The Square,” Östlund’s soundtrack cuts have included original score, classical composers like Vivaldi and contemporary musicians such as Bobby McFerrin.

Set mainly on a luxury yacht and a desert island, “Triangle of Sadness” is about the lives of two fashion models (Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson). And though making the movie required a long pause in production due to COVID (and then over a thousand rapid tests on set when filming restarted), there is no overt reference to the pandemic in the movie — except in the lyrics of the song we hear in the film’s final scene.

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