Soundtrack album for the film, titled Suicide Squad: The Album, was announced in June 2016 and was released on August 5, 2016. The album’s first single, “Heathens” by twenty one pilots, was released on June 20, 2016. A music video for the song, set in a prison and featuring footage from the film, was released on June 21. “Sucker for Pain” which features Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla $ign and X Ambassadors was released as the second single on June 24. The third single, “Purple Lamborghini”, was released 21st of July 2016. Kehlani’s “Gangsta” was released on August 1 as the fourth single. Kehlani premiered her new track on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1.
The album is diverse and covers genres like rock, hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance and electronical music.