In case you've been off the grid for the past week, you probably already know that Taylor Swift has announced her 12th original album: "The Life of a Showgirl," which will be released on October 3, 2025. With this new record will, in all likelihood, come a whole new slew of bangers that will etch themselves into pop music's history and will likely be immortalized not only through Swift's own legacy but through their use in film and TV.

The presence of pop music being used as a "needle drop" in movies and television shows is nothing new. Whether it's Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" soundtracking the iconic final moments of John Hughes' "The Breakfast Club," Childish Gambino's "Redbone" scoring the beginning of Jordan Peele's "Get Out," or "Kids in America" by Kim Wilde setting

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