

It’s not just some random episode of some TV show where a character is driving in a car listening to the radio.” If we were to feature one song, what would it be? I can’t remember if it was Lena’s idea or what, but we started talking about the idea of ‘Fast Car.’ Instantly I knew if ever there was a time she was gonna give the song to someone, it’s going to be now. We knew that we wanted to be very, very minimal with music in general. “We thought of the finale in two different ways, when they say good-bye to all the girls in the ‘Goodbye Tour’ episode, and then there’s the actual finale, the postscript. It’s an automatic no, especially ‘Fast Car.’ does not license her music for shows or for films, it’s a blanket no. “Lena brought up Tracy Chapman very early on in the series, probably season one. At the end of the episode, Hannah hums “Fast Car” to her baby while breastfeeding. The scene: After moving upstate with Hannah, Marnie sings along to Tracy Chapman in the car.
