Playlists

The Folio · No. 3Monday 7 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

The slow lift

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The songs
  1. 1

    Dive

    Olivia Dean

  2. 2

    Sweet Nothing

    Taylor Swift

  3. 3

    Rainbow Connection

    Kermit the Frog · The Muppet Show won Sabrina Carpenter her first Emmy last night

  4. 4

    Hold My Girl

    George Ezra

  5. 5

    Slipping Through My Fingers

    Amanda Seyfried

  6. 6

    Garden Song

    Phoebe Bridgers · Bridgers premiered Primetime at Venice and wrote its end credits song

  7. 7

    Sweet Creature

    Harry Styles

  8. 8

    Beautiful Crazy

    Luke Combs

  9. 9

    Greatest Love of All

    Whitney Houston

  10. 10

    Life’s What You Make It

    Talk Talk · musicians marked 40 years of The Colour of Spring in Kentish Town

  11. 11

    Vienna

    Billy Joel

  12. 12

    Autumn Leaves

    Leslie Odom Jr.

Shower · 12 songs

Sing it out

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The songs
  1. 1

    Please Please Please

    Sabrina Carpenter · today’s Song Exploder, and her first Emmy came last night

  2. 2

    That Don’t Impress Me Much

    Shania Twain

  3. 3

    Flying Without Wings

    Westlife

  4. 4

    The Climb

    Miley Cyrus

  5. 5

    Fantasy

    Mariah Carey

  6. 6

    Breaking Free

    High School Musical Cast

  7. 7

    Into You

    Ariana Grande

  8. 8

    Ordinary

    Alex Warren · WILDCHILD is new at number two on the Billboard 200

  9. 9

    Gabriela

    KATSEYE · they played the O2 in London this weekend

  10. 10

    Sucker

    Jonas Brothers

  11. 11

    Escapism.

    RAYE

  12. 12

    Don’t Start Now

    Dua Lipa

Work · 12 songs

Quiet engine

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The songs
  1. 1

    Wildest Dreams

    Vitamin String Quartet

  2. 2

    A Thousand Years

    The Piano Guys

  3. 3

    Someone Like You

    Brooklyn Duo

  4. 4

    When You Wish Upon a Star

    Walt’s Piano

  5. 5

    Beauty and the Beast

    One Piano

  6. 6

    Hedwig’s Theme

    John Williams

  7. 7

    Concerning Hobbits

    Howard Shore

  8. 8

    Succession (Main Title Theme)

    Nicholas Britell

  9. 9

    Bella’s Lullaby

    Carter Burwell

  10. 10

    Creep

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  11. 11

    Water

    Jung Jae-il · Korean cinema had the Venice moment this weekend with Lee Chang-dong

  12. 12

    Plus tôt

    Alexandra Stréliski

Car · 12 songs

Windows down

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The songs
  1. 1

    Wonderwall

    Oasis · the Gallaghers’ documentary got an eight minute ovation at Venice

  2. 2

    Disco 2000

    Pulp · Pulp closed End of the Road on Sunday with rarities

  3. 3

    DtMF

    Bad Bunny · his Super Bowl halftime show won seven Emmys

  4. 4

    Shake It Off

    Taylor Swift

  5. 5

    When It Rains It Pours

    Luke Combs

  6. 6

    Circles

    Post Malone

  7. 7

    TEXAS HOLD ‘EM

    Beyoncé

  8. 8

    Any Man of Mine

    Shania Twain

  9. 9

    you look like you love me

    Ella Langley

  10. 10

    Last Night

    Morgan Wallen

  11. 11

    Counting Stars

    OneRepublic

  12. 12

    Lil Boo Thang

    Paul Russell