They’re not having a soothing trip.
“The White Lotus” Season 3 kicked off on Feb. 16 — and on Tuesday, Max introduced that 2.4 million viewers tuned in on premiere evening, in a 57% improve from the Season 2 premiere. Its sophomore season attracted 1.5 million and 155% greater than Season 1, which drew 944K viewers on premiere evening.
However one a part of the Season 3 premiere wasn’t a hit: Viewers weren’t impressed by the present updating its theme music.
“The new white lotus theme song is mike white’s first miss,” one fan proclaimed on X, previously Twitter, referring to the present’s creator.
One other fan stated, “The only thing America can agree on right now is that the white lotus season 3 theme song is NOT it.”
“Coming out as not a hater of white lotus s3 theme song,” one other said, whereas one other distraught fan stated, “NEW SEASON OF THE WHITE LOTUS CHANGED THE THEME SONG WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT.”
Creator Mike White swiftly revealed why he modified the music.
“I think that for the show to feel fresh, it needs to either expand or shift or change,” he advised HBO in an interview obtained by The Put up.
“The first season was a lot about privilege and a kind of upstairs/downstairs thing with the employees and the guests and the comedy of that. And then, when we were in Italy [for Season 2], the theme was more about sex and the dynamic between men and women and sexual relationships,” he went on. “This season is dealing with more religion and spirituality and God, so the show itself and the kind of stories that these characters are facing are a little bit more existential and tragic.”
White continued: “It has a little bit more of an operatic, dramatic dimension because of the nature of exploring existential, spiritual themes.”
“Aloha!” which was Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s Season 1 music, had tribal drums and vocals. Season 2 did a mixture of it that and added extra opera and nightclub tones for a extra European bent.
Season 3’s theme is extra mellow and boppy, maybe to suit the Thailand tone. It’s nonetheless composed by Tapia de Veer.
Sadly for White’s plan, audiences weren’t so on board.
“Not to be dramatic, but the new theme song has quite literally ruined my whole weekend,” one Redditor wrote.
“Genuinely hate that Mike White had the audacity to change the White Lotus intro song for season 3. I was choreographing a dance for episode one. I’m shook,” one other viewer complained.
Every season of the Emmy-winning darkish dramedy follows a special forged of characters on trip at a special department of the fictional “White Lotus” resort. Season 1 was in Hawaii, Season 2 was in Sicily and Season 3 is about in Thailand.
Just like previous seasons, Season 3 begins with an implied loss of life. The story then jumps again to per week earlier, as varied sad wealthy individuals start their extravagant holidays — and it’s step by step revealed what led to the disaster.
Season 3 follows age-gap couple Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) and his a lot youthful girlfriend, Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wooden, “Sex Education”).
There’s additionally a dysfunctional WASP Southern household, Timothy Ratliff (Jason Isaacs), his spouse Victoria (Parker Posey) and their three college-age children: Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook), Lochlan (Sam Nivola) and Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger).
There’s additionally a trio of forty-something childhood pals who’re reuniting for a women journey: Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan), Kate (Leslie Bibb) and Laurie (Carrie Coon).
And, there’s Belinda (Natasha Rothwell), an worker from the Hawaii department who was in Season 1.
Followers additionally reacted to the bizarre undertones between Saxon and his siblings.
“What the f–k is up with the incest in the new white lotus season i’m scared,” stated one fan.
“The White Lotus” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EST on HBO and Max.
