‘Nocturne’s Perfect Imagine Dragons Needle Drop Explained By Rory Culkin, Show’s EP

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Welcome to the new age, Nocturne fans!

On rare occasions, a television show features a needle drop so perfect that you feel it in your bones — dare I say, enough to make your system blow.

In Apple TV‘s hit psychological thriller, Nocturne, one of those defining music moments comes in Episode 4, when Karl Anders (Rory Culkin) finally gets his Imagine Dragons on.

For those who need a refresher, when Jurek (Stephen Graham) got his hair cut by Karl in Episode 2, he asked the nurse to share his favorite song. Karl barely took a beat before answering, “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons. Why? “They were big when I was in high school,” he explained. “The song made me feel — I don’t know. It doesn’t matter…”

While the nugget of personal info seemed like a throwaway line to show Karl letting his guard down around Jurek, Nocturne brilliantly called back to his Imagine Dragons obsession in Episode 4, “The Courier,” with a delightfully badass “Radioactive” needle drop. So naturally, Decider asked Culkin and Nocturne co-showrunner and EP John Hlavin how they settled on Karl’s favorite song.

“My 13-year-old daughter was very into it for a long time,” Hlavin told Decider over Zoom. “I probably heard that song 15 million times in my car. I heard a lot of Imagine Dragons with my daughter driving various places, and it’s one of those songs that just really gets stuck.”

After learning Jurek was being transferred to an out-of-state facility in Episode 4, Karl bucked the system again and agreed to deliver a note to Jurek’s lawyer. He put on a lightly badass jacket with studs and statement pins, boldly carried the message out of the building, beelined to his 1992 Pontiac Firebird, and started the engine — which caused “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons to unexpectedly blare.

Nocturne gave viewers a glimpse of the bumper stickers on his car, which read, “BOOKS NOT BOMBS,” “TAX THE RICH,” “EAT THE RICH,” and “Vote Like Your Rights Depend On It.” As Karl sped off on his mission with a cracked side-view mirror, fuzzy dice hanging, and…

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