Euphoria Season 3 Premiere Soundtrack: Every Song You Heard in Episode 1

Well, it finally happened: after what feels like a decade of Twitter arguments and delayed production updates, Euphoria is back with season 3. And if you blinked and thought, 'Wait, isn’t this the final round?', yeah, this is supposedly the end of the road for Sam Levinson’s moody teens-turned-twenty-somethings. The premiere just hit HBO on April 12, 2026, and as usual, the soundtrack isn’t messing around.

Look, Euphoria has always known how to set a vibe, and season 3’s opener goes all-in on its music choices—not random needle-drops, but actual plot-carrying songs that switch gears right alongside all the main characters’ spiral and existential wandering. Fans immediately noticed: the music is back in force, with a mix of old-school classics, weird deep cuts, and that one song you hadn’t heard since your parents’ car radio in 1984.

Every Song in Euphoria Season 3, Episode 1 ('Ándale')

The episode kicks off with Zendaya's Rue literally riding towards the border (no, really), all to Christopher Cross’s Ride Like the Wind. The rest? It bounces around in tone, from retro oddities to some very on-brand melancholy. Here’s what you heard (or what you’ll want to pull up on Spotify for the full experience):

• 'Ride Like the Wind' – Christopher Cross
• 'Love Is Like Oxygen' – Sweet
• 'Sunset and Vine' – Waylon Jennings
• 'How Much Is That Doggie in the Window' – Patti Page
• 'Teufel' – Schwarzer Engel
• 'Reckless' – Lil Blood
• 'Trouble Man' – Marvin Gaye
• 'Little Green Apples' – The Temptations

If you’re thinking, 'Did they just put Patti Page and Lil Blood in the same hour of TV?'—yeah, it’s that kind of show. Like it or not, that’s part of Euphoria’s charm (and chaos).

So, Who’s Actually in This Season?

On the cast side, most of the old crew is back: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Dominic Fike, and Colman Domingo all return for one last go-around. But the show also decided to go wild with new faces—Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, Sharon Stone (yeah, that Sharon Stone), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Rosalía, Toby Wallace, and, in a move only Euphoria would try, Trisha Paytas.

Schedule & What’s Next

This opener, 'Ándale', set the tone for what’s looking like a full-speed (or train-wreck) sprint to the finale. New episodes drop every Sunday on HBO and HBO Max, and it all wraps up May 31.

If you’re here for the music, the drama, or just to see how Levinson wraps up all these intertwined disasters, don’t worry—if this first episode is anything to go by, both the soundtrack and the plot are going to be as unpredictable as ever.

'The soundtrack is honestly half the reason I watch this show,' said basically every Euphoria fan on opening night.