Playlists

The Folio · No. 45Monday 19 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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

Wake up · 12 songs

Quiet first hour

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The songs
  1. 1

    Come Away With Me

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    The Hardest Part

    Olivia Dean

  3. 3

    Ain’t No Sunshine

    Eva Cassidy

  4. 4

    What Is Enough

    Harry Styles · debuted at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, his tribute to Liam Payne

  5. 5

    It’s Too Late

    Carole King

  6. 6

    Sweet Nothing

    Taylor Swift

  7. 7

    Vienna

    Billy Joel

  8. 8

    Rainbow

    Kacey Musgraves

  9. 9

    You Raise Me Up

    Westlife

  10. 10

    Listen to the Man

    George Ezra

  11. 11

    The Story

    Brandi Carlile

  12. 12

    You’re Still The One

    Shania Twain · Song Exploder takes it apart in today’s third listen

Shower · 12 songs

Big chorus, hot water

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The songs
  1. 1

    One Moment in Time

    Whitney Houston

  2. 2

    Always Be My Baby

    Mariah Carey

  3. 3

    Irreplaceable

    Beyoncé

  4. 4

    Please Please Please

    Sabrina Carpenter

  5. 5

    New Rules

    Dua Lipa

  6. 6

    Baby, It’s Cold Outside

    Glee Cast · Chris Colfer surprised the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday to sing it with Darren Criss

  7. 7

    Viva Forever

    Spice Girls

  8. 8

    We’re All in This Together

    High School Musical Cast

  9. 9

    One Last Time

    Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton · Christopher Jackson is back as Washington ten years on

  10. 10

    Best of Both Worlds

    Hannah Montana

  11. 11

    Take a Chance on Me

    ABBA

  12. 12

    Wide Awake

    Katy Perry

Work · 12 songs

Keep the room calm

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The songs
  1. 1

    As It Was

    Vitamin String Quartet · strings on Harry Styles, who played a new song at the Garden

  2. 2

    Canon in D

    Brooklyn Duo

  3. 3

    Arwen’s Vigil

    The Piano Guys

  4. 4

    Beauty and the Beast

    One Piano

  5. 5

    Part of Your World

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    Moon River

    Beegie Adair

  7. 7

    Waltz for Debby

    Bill Evans

  8. 8

    Primavera

    Ludovico Einaudi

  9. 9

    Spring 1

    Max Richter

  10. 10

    Sweet Child O’ Mine

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  11. 11

    Merry-Go-Round of Life

    Joe Hisaishi

  12. 12

    Combe Magna

    Patrick Doyle · from Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, as the new adaptation’s houses are unveiled

Car · 12 songs

Windows down, Monday gone

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The songs
  1. 1

    Beautiful Crazy

    Luke Combs

  2. 2

    Up!

    Shania Twain

  3. 3

    Whiskey Glasses

    Morgan Wallen

  4. 4

    Goodbyes

    Post Malone

  5. 5

    Year 3000

    Jonas Brothers

  6. 6

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Queen

  7. 7

    Before He Cheats

    Carrie Underwood

  8. 8

    Burning Down

    Alex Warren

  9. 9

    Tennessee Orange

    Megan Moroney · Moroney performed at Sunday’s Victoria’s Secret show

  10. 10

    Unloveu

    KATSEYE · their new single, played on the same runway

  11. 11

    Style

    Taylor Swift

  12. 12

    One Love

    Blue