Playlists

The Folio · No. 16Sunday 20 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Sunday, slowly

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The songs
  1. 1

    Turn Me On

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Fields of Gold

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    You’ve Got a Friend

    Carole King

  4. 4

    Man I Need

    Olivia Dean

  5. 5

    Say a Little Prayer

    Lianne La Havas

  6. 6

    Opalite

    Taylor Swift

  7. 7

    Pour que tu m’aimes encore

    Celine Dion · the song she sang with fans outside her Paris show

  8. 8

    Golden Hour

    Kacey Musgraves

  9. 9

    Honesty

    Billy Joel

  10. 10

    Evergreen

    Westlife

  11. 11

    Dear Theodosia

    Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda

  12. 12

    The Song of Purple Summer

    Original Broadway Cast of Spring Awakening · Duncan Sheik’s score, a week after his death

Shower · 12 songs

Big chorus, no witnesses

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The songs
  1. 1

    My Love Is Your Love

    Whitney Houston

  2. 2

    Juno

    Sabrina Carpenter

  3. 3

    Dance The Night

    Dua Lipa

  4. 4

    Dreamlover

    Mariah Carey

  5. 5

    Bop to the Top

    High School Musical Cast

  6. 6

    All Rise

    Blue

  7. 7

    Irreplaceable

    Beyonce

  8. 8

    Cut to the Feeling

    Carly Rae Jepsen · her surprise double album Day and Night landed this weekend

  9. 9

    Teenage Dream

    Katy Perry

  10. 10

    The Winner Takes It All

    Meryl Streep

  11. 11

    Defying Gravity

    Idina Menzel

  12. 12

    Speed Drive

    Charli XCX · her Madonna collaboration, Danceteria (Afterhours), is out next week

Work · 12 songs

Quiet hours at the desk

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The songs
  1. 1

    Dawn

    Dario Marianelli · Austen weather, with The Other Bennet Sister back at Christmas

  2. 2

    I Giorni

    Ludovico Einaudi

  3. 3

    Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

  4. 4

    Written on the Sky

    Max Richter

  5. 5

    Emily

    Bill Evans

  6. 6

    Fly Me to the Moon

    Beegie Adair · ballroom swing, for Strictly’s new series

  7. 7

    Can’t Help Falling in Love

    Vitamin String Quartet

  8. 8

    All of Me

    Brooklyn Duo

  9. 9

    Rockelbel’s Canon

    The Piano Guys

  10. 10

    Sweet Child O’ Mine

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  11. 11

    Test Drive

    John Powell

  12. 12

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

Car · 12 songs

All the windows down

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The songs
  1. 1

    I’m Gonna Getcha Good!

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    One Number Away

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Jolene

    Dolly Parton · a video of her accepting one last award was shared this weekend

  4. 4

    Good Girl

    Carrie Underwood

  5. 5

    Wow.

    Post Malone

  6. 6

    The Life of a Showgirl

    Taylor Swift

  7. 7

    Only Human

    Jonas Brothers

  8. 8

    ‘Til You Can’t

    Cody Johnson

  9. 9

    Spice Up Your Life

    Spice Girls

  10. 10

    Runaways

    The Killers

  11. 11

    Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)

    Kelly Clarkson

  12. 12

    Blinding Lights

    The Weeknd · he opened his Asian tour this weekend with a new song