Playlists

The Folio · No. 12Wednesday 16 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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

Wake up · 12 songs

Slow light on the window

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The songs
  1. 1

    Shoot the Moon

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Morning Dew

    Beyoncé · number one on R&B airplay this week

  3. 3

    Nice to Each Other

    Olivia Dean

  4. 4

    Thank You For The Music

    Amanda Seyfried

  5. 5

    Time After Time

    Eva Cassidy

  6. 6

    It’s Too Late

    Carole King

  7. 7

    Hold My Girl

    George Ezra

  8. 8

    Take Me Back

    Cody Johnson · back in the country top 10 today

  9. 9

    She’s Always a Woman

    Billy Joel

  10. 10

    Oh, What a World

    Kacey Musgraves

  11. 11

    You Raise Me Up

    Westlife

  12. 12

    Clean

    Taylor Swift

Shower · 12 songs

Sing it at the tiles

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The songs
  1. 1

    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

    ABBA

  2. 2

    It’s Not Right but It’s Okay

    Whitney Houston

  3. 3

    Manchild

    Sabrina Carpenter

  4. 4

    Into Your Heart

    AJ McLean · his new single, out today

  5. 5

    On the Steps of the Palace

    Anna Kendrick · Into The Woods transfers to the West End

  6. 6

    Emotions

    Mariah Carey

  7. 7

    Physical

    Dua Lipa

  8. 8

    Wide Awake

    Katy Perry

  9. 9

    Burnin’ Up

    Jonas Brothers

  10. 10

    If We Were a Movie

    Hannah Montana

  11. 11

    Who Knew

    P!nk

  12. 12

    Wings

    Little Mix

Work · 12 songs

Quiet desk, long view

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The songs
  1. 1

    Your Hands Are Cold

    Dario Marianelli · Netflix has dated its Pride and Prejudice

  2. 2

    Hedwig’s Theme

    John Williams · a new Cursed Child cast opens on 9 October

  3. 3

    Shivers

    Vitamin String Quartet

  4. 4

    Beethoven’s 5 Secrets

    The Piano Guys

  5. 5

    Bittersweet Symphony

    Brooklyn Duo

  6. 6

    A Whole New World

    Walt’s Piano

  7. 7

    Let It Go

    One Piano

  8. 8

    All About That Bass

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  9. 9

    Very Early

    Bill Evans

  10. 10

    Nuvole Bianche

    Ludovico Einaudi

  11. 11

    Merry-Go-Round of Life

    Joe Hisaishi

  12. 12

    Cornfield Chase

    Hans Zimmer

Car · 12 songs

Windows down, A34

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The songs
  1. 1

    Any Man of Mine

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    I Knew You Were Trouble

    Taylor Swift

  3. 3

    This Is What You Came For

    Calvin Harris · he announced his first Australian tour today

  4. 4

    Crazy In Love

    Beyoncé

  5. 5

    Where the Wild Things Are

    Luke Combs

  6. 6

    Better Now

    Post Malone

  7. 7

    Flowers

    Miley Cyrus

  8. 8

    Dial Drunk

    Noah Kahan · he performed at this week’s Emmys

  9. 9

    Before He Cheats

    Carrie Underwood

  10. 10

    Into You

    Ariana Grande

  11. 11

    Human

    The Killers

  12. 12

    Where Is My Husband!

    RAYE