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Jonathan Coulton brings "Don't Kill the World" to VisionQuest

Written by WandaVision's songwriting duo, the brass-and-synth number has listeners making a familiar connection to Portal's singing machines.

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Jonathan Coulton - Don't Kill the World (From "VisionQuest - Vol. 2 (Episodes 5-8)"/Audio Only)

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Jonathan Coulton knows his way around a musical machine with destructive tendencies. The writer of Portal's "Still Alive" and Portal 2's "Want You Gone" is the performer, rather than the songwriter, on VisionQuest's "Don't Kill the World", a new MarvelMusicVEVO upload that reached about 47,000 views in 23 hours.

The song is by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, whose WandaVision work includes "Agatha All Along". That gives this release two connections for fans to pick up on: WandaVision's musical storytelling and Coulton's knack for giving artificial intelligence a disarmingly tuneful voice.

This is an official audio release with a static promotional image, not a scene from the series. Quirky synths, brass and backing singers carry its appeal to spare humanity. A slower, reflective bridge briefly interrupts the bounce before the brass returns; an abrupt buzzer supplies the final joke.

Viewers are making the Portal connection in the comments, while others discuss the song's address to Ultron and the sitcom thread linking it to WandaVision. The conversation is much busier than the channel usually sees on a short upload's first day.

It arrives alongside Mick Giacchino's score tracks from VisionQuest's second soundtrack volume. Those uploads have drawn smaller audiences so far. On a channel whose most-watched regular upload is Alan Silvestri's "Portals", this time it is a compact vocal number, rather than an orchestral cue, drawing attention.

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Expert move to get Jonathan Coulton, the guy who wrote GlaDOS' songs in the Portal games
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I feel like this song is subtly trying to tell you something…
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I love that they made one final sitcom as a send-off to what started this trilogy
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The WandaVision trilogy always delivers with it's musical moments
@AdarP5See it on YouTube
Admit it, you guys have been looking for this since the episode came out
@matilda09kimSee it on YouTube
By the authors of "Agatha All Along," performed by the author of "Still Alive" and "Want You Gone."
@mrpedanticSee it on YouTube
Jonathan Coulton…

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. A long time.
@snakeson9246See it on YouTube
Was about to start my villain arc years, but this song made me stop my evil plan to destroy the world.
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The music in the whole trilogy is so catchy and so good 🥹
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