‘White Lotus’ fans in uproar over new Season 3 theme song — and the creator weighs in

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Season 3 kicked off on Feb. 16 — and on Tuesday, Max announced that 2.4 million viewers tuned in on premiere night, in a 57% increase from the Season 2 premiere.

Its sophomore season attracted 1.5 million and 155% higher than Season 1, which drew 944K viewers on premiere night.But one part of the Season 3 premiere wasn’t a success: Viewers were not impressed by the show updating its theme song. “The new white lotus theme song is mike white’s first miss,” one fan proclaimed on X, formerly Twitter, referring to the show’s creator.

Another fan said, “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,” another stated, while another distraught fan said, “NEW SEASON OF THE WHITE LOTUS CHANGED THE THEME SONG WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT.” Creator Mike White swiftly revealed why he changed the music.“I think that for the show to feel fresh, it needs to either expand or shift or change,” he told HBO in an interview obtained by The Post.“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.