Playlists

The Folio · No. 6Thursday 10 September 2026Jess Entwistle

Once connected, each morning's four playlists are built in your Spotify, dated, ready to open here.

Wake up · 12 songs

Light comes in slowly

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The songs
  1. 1

    Lover

    Taylor Swift

  2. 2

    Carmen

    Olivia Dean

  3. 3

    Turn Me On

    Norah Jones

  4. 4

    I Have A Dream

    Amanda Seyfried

  5. 5

    Uninvited

    Alanis Morissette · Brandi Carlile is putting out her version of this

  6. 6

    Golden Hour

    Kacey Musgraves

  7. 7

    And So It Goes

    Billy Joel

  8. 8

    Blame It on Me

    George Ezra

  9. 9

    Queen of My Heart

    Westlife

  10. 10

    No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye

    Lucy Dacus · unreleased until yesterday, from the No Burden reissue

  11. 11

    You’re Still the One

    Shania Twain

  12. 12

    Lie to Girls

    Sabrina Carpenter

Shower · 12 songs

Big chorus, small room

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The songs
  1. 1

    Waterloo

    ABBA

  2. 2

    You Belong With Me

    Taylor Swift

  3. 3

    So Emotional

    Whitney Houston

  4. 4

    Start of Something New

    High School Musical Cast

  5. 5

    S.O.S.

    Jonas Brothers

  6. 6

    thank u, next

    Ariana Grande

  7. 7

    One Kiss

    Dua Lipa

  8. 8

    Watermelon Sugar

    Harry Styles

  9. 9

    Hero

    Mariah Carey

  10. 10

    Woman Like Me

    Little Mix

  11. 11

    America

    Original Broadway Cast of West Side Story · West Side Story returns to the National in 2027

  12. 12

    Great Adventure

    Original Broadway Cast of Kimberly Akimbo · the musical has just opened at Hampstead Theatre

Work · 12 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Una Mattina

    Ludovico Einaudi

  2. 2

    The Path of the Wind

    Joe Hisaishi

  3. 3

    Dream 3 (in the midst of my life)

    Max Richter · his new album While the Flood Rages lands on 16 October

  4. 4

    Sign of the Times

    Vitamin String Quartet

  5. 5

    All of Me

    Brooklyn Duo

  6. 6

    Colors of the Wind

    Walt’s Piano

  7. 7

    You’ll Be in My Heart

    One Piano

  8. 8

    Perfect

    The Piano Guys

  9. 9

    Sweet Child O’ Mine

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  10. 10

    Epilogue

    Justin Hurwitz

  11. 11

    Peace Piece

    Bill Evans

  12. 12

    Who’s That

    The War On Drugs · out yesterday, their first single in five years

Car · 12 songs

Windows all the way down

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The songs
  1. 1

    Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    Fast Car

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Blank Space

    Taylor Swift

  4. 4

    Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

    Beyoncé

  5. 5

    I Had Some Help

    Post Malone

  6. 6

    Midnight Sky

    Miley Cyrus

  7. 7

    Firework

    Katy Perry

  8. 8

    Carry You Home

    Alex Warren

  9. 9

    Oscar Winning Tears.

    RAYE

  10. 10

    Somebody Told Me

    The Killers

  11. 11

    Don’t Cha

    Pussycat Dolls · the PCD Forever Tour opened this week

  12. 12

    Everlong

    Foo Fighters · they opened for AC/DC this week and teased a joint tour