Last night (January 14) marked the start of the fourth season of True Detective, subtitled Night Country. The show has a new theme song this time around, and it’s a tune you might recognize.

The unintentional overlap between Eilish’s lyrics and López scripts wasn’t the only reason why “Bury a Friend” wound up playing over True Detective Season 4’s opening, though.

The theme sets the tone for Night Country. True Detective as an anthology has an overall knack for getting under the audience’s skin with its music and imagery.

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That’s how “ True Detective: Night Country” showrunner Issa López described the Billie Eilish song, “Bury a Friend,” the artist’s 2019 single that now scores Season 4’s main title ...