And it’s something that’s really worked for us as a motif. “I think it’s something we just love and find very emotive. “Oh, I think you know it is just - it’s an Easter egg,” Jones tells TheWrap. The track was used again in Season 2’s “White Christmas,” Season 3’s “Men Against Fire,” and now Season 4’s murder-packed episode “Crocodile.”īrooker’s co-showrunner Annabel Jones says he “has loved for a long time” and they keep bringing it back because Brooker “liked the idea of nesting all the episodes together in an artistic universe of sorts.”
“Idea was to have the character of Abi sing a song of earnest beauty.”Īlso Read: 'Black Mirror' Season 4 Review: Making a Strong Case for Death “It was originally selected for because it was, it has the sound of a timeless haunting classic, yet wouldn’t be familiar to most viewers,” creator Charlie Brooker tells TheWrap. Findlay belts out the romantic notes on the in-universe competition show “Hot Shot.” The 1964 track has been featured in several installments in the anthology series, going all the way back to Season 1’s second episode, “Fifteen Million Merits,” starring Jessica Brown Findlay. The dark technology-obsessed show seems to have just as much fun messing with viewers through its musical selections as any other tricks it employs, but one song in particular has stood out as the “Black Mirror” anthem for many fans: Irma Thomas’ “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand).”
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on unless you’ve watched “Black Mirror” through the Season 4 episode “Crocodile.”)Īnyone who knows what “Black Mirror” is will understand this - and if you don’t, you just haven’t been paying enough attention.
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