As the family drives away from their Ohio home to an 'American Pie' soundtrack, the song as used in Black Widow indicates the death of Yelena and Natasha’s own American Dreams. Related: Everything We Know About Black Widow 2ĭon McLean revealed after its initial popularity that “American Pie” is about the demise of the American Dream, citing the death of Buddy Holly as a catalyst for the end of optimistic, quaint American life.

When Alexei, who also holds onto their family connection, goes to comfort Yelena, the two start singing 'American Pie' as proof he cares and remembers. The song makes a reappearance after the family is reunited in Russia and argues about whether their time together was real or not. As 'American Pie' scores the faux-family’s last remnants of their 3-year seemingly normal life in Ohio, Black Widow shows a neighborhood of kids playing outside and a Friday night high school football game - the quintessential small-town American image. As they drive away in a hurry, Natasha's sister Yelena asks for “ her song,” to which a cassette of Don McLean’s 1971 classic 'American Pie' plays. 'American Pie' first plays after Alexei and Melina inform Natasha and Yelena that they’re going on an adventure, which happens to mean the “family” fleeing the United States to their homeland of the Soviet Union.

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