Playlists

The Folio · No. 35Friday 9 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Slow light

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The songs
  1. 1

    Yellow

    Katherine Ho · from Crazy Rich Asians, which HBO is turning into a series

  2. 2

    Seven Years

    Norah Jones

  3. 3

    True Colors

    Eva Cassidy

  4. 4

    Dive

    Olivia Dean

  5. 5

    Home Again

    Carole King

  6. 6

    Summer, Highland Falls

    Billy Joel

  7. 7

    Little Freak

    Harry Styles

  8. 8

    Sweet Nothing

    Taylor Swift

  9. 9

    Dos Oruguitas

    Sebastián Yatra · the Disney Believe will stage the first Encanto musical

  10. 10

    My Neighbor Totoro

    Joe Hisaishi · the West End production has 12 weeks left

  11. 11

    Flying Without Wings

    Westlife

  12. 12

    My Heart Will Go On

    Céline Dion · she fell mid-song in Paris this week and carried on

Shower · 13 songs

Sing in the steam

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The songs
  1. 1

    Believe

    Cher · part two of her memoir is up for preorder

  2. 2

    West End Girls

    Pet Shop Boys · Ian McKellen honoured them at the Attitude Awards

  3. 3

    FF

    Troye Sivan · his new song and video landed this morning

  4. 4

    What’s This?

    Danny Elfman · today’s Song Exploder takes it apart

  5. 5

    So Emotional

    Whitney Houston

  6. 6

    Fantasy

    Mariah Carey

  7. 7

    Who Do You Think You Are

    Spice Girls

  8. 8

    Break My Soul

    Beyoncé

  9. 9

    Don’t Start Now

    Dua Lipa

  10. 10

    Nonsense

    Sabrina Carpenter

  11. 11

    Take a Chance on Me

    ABBA

  12. 12

    Breaking Free

    High School Musical Cast

  13. 13

    California Gurls

    Katy Perry

Work · 12 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Bad Guy

    Vitamin String Quartet · Netflix has announced a second Bridgerton spin-off

  2. 2

    Into the Unknown

    One Piano · a new Frozen family feast is coming to the Disney Believe

  3. 3

    A Thousand Years

    The Piano Guys

  4. 4

    Hallelujah

    Brooklyn Duo

  5. 5

    Kiss the Girl

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    My Foolish Heart

    Bill Evans

  7. 7

    Fly Me to the Moon

    Beegie Adair

  8. 8

    Primavera

    Ludovico Einaudi

  9. 9

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

  10. 10

    Obliviate

    Alexandre Desplat

  11. 11

    That Next Place

    Thomas Newman

  12. 12

    Dawn

    Dario Marianelli

Car · 12 songs

Windows down

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The songs
  1. 1

    Old Town Road

    Steve Martin, Alison Brown · their bluegrass cover with Del McCoury and Dan Tyminski arrived yesterday

  2. 2

    Billie Jean

    Michael Jackson · MJ: The Musical’s newest Jackson, Ilario Grant, performs it on Broadway

  3. 3

    One of the Girls

    The Weeknd, JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp · JENNIE sang it live for the first time in South Korea

  4. 4

    When It Rains It Pours

    Luke Combs

  5. 5

    That Don’t Impress Me Much

    Shania Twain

  6. 6

    Sand in My Boots

    Morgan Wallen

  7. 7

    Blown Away

    Carrie Underwood

  8. 8

    Circles

    Post Malone

  9. 9

    Sucker

    Jonas Brothers

  10. 10

    Shake It Off

    Taylor Swift

  11. 11

    All Rise

    Blue

  12. 12

    Round Round

    Sugababes