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For fans of Sparks: what to watch, read & play next

Cross-media picks for Sparks fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.

If Sparks are on your playlist, you probably like your pop with ambition attached. These picks share that instinct: stories about music as identity and obsession, groups built on friendship and rivalry, worlds where a song can save or destroy everything. From Harlem girl groups to alien rock stars to rhythm-battle showdowns, the thread running through all of them is that music matters — and the people who love it will go to extraordinary lengths to protect it.

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Frequently asked

What should I watch if I like Sparks?

Start with Pump Up the Volume, about a teenage pirate DJ who turns a school's frustrations into open rebellion through music, or Interstella 5555, an animated sci-fi story about musicians kidnapped and stripped of their true identities — both treat pop music as something worth fighting for.

Are there games for Sparks fans?

Try Mixtape (2025), a nostalgic adventure scored by artists including Roxy Music and DEVO, or Melody's Escape, which transforms your own music library into gameplay.

Are there books for Sparks fans?

Glow offers an entertaining first-person account of Rick James's life as a hitmaker and pioneer of funk-rock fusion, while Hot and Bothered follows an image consultant trying — and failing — to tame a chaotic former pop star.

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