‘Agatha All Along’: A Behind the Scenes Look at Crafting the Original Song ‘The Ballad of the Witches’ Road’

If there was one thing that Jac Schaeffer always knew was going to be part of the witches’ brew that became “Agatha All Along,” it was music. The showrunner had a lot of different ideas on what form that could take, but in the end, it became “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” — and crafting the song was a delicate process.

Of course, Schaeffer knew that songwriters Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez were the people she needed to call first. The trio had previously worked together on “WandaVision,” Marvel’s first series on Disney+, which also happened to introduce Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness. They did so with another hit song called “Agatha All Along,” which earned a Grammy nomination.

But “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” required a whole lot more lore in its lyrics.

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