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Despite having some shared struggles and character dynamics, I believe that the music these two listen to would be at least slightly different. Susie is the left half and Noelle is the right half but some of these could be applicable to both depending on how you think about it. Obviously, this is mostly up to interpretation. I saw Noelle more as a coffee shop music-esque taste with a lot revolving around emotional isolation, escapism, and family struggles. Susie I saw leaning a bit more diverse, with a lot in rock and hip hop, I saw her taste being a bit older overall because of the hardware she might have access to. But also many albums that just are emblems resistance, and also leaning into her feeling different from others. Sooo there it is, feel free to suggest or comment about it if you like. Hope this makes someone interested in any different music despite how mainstream this is.

I know this is absolutely a question I'll get a lot of "yes" to in this subreddit, and I'd love for that to be the answer, but I'm not sure.

I've definitely seen a lot of people lately argue that Noelle doesn't really like Susie at all and only feels "forced" to like her like with everything else in her life, and so breaking away from Susie entirely is necessary for her to achieve "true Freedom". But ultimately that just seems like an incredibly bleak way to look at things, and I don't think that's the message that's supposed to be conveyed. "Attachments are a weakness" has never been a theme like this.

Especially since it just makes Susie look worse than she really is.