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“Hey Siri, play the Breakfast in Bed playlist.”

Don your fluffiest robe as you relax into the colder months with this down-to-earth playlist of mellow, midtempo tunes. Making the most of winter is all about where you are and who you spend it with, so feel free to take cues from these artists. That might mean greeting the weekend’s crisp air with Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning” or letting Angus & Julia Stone’s “Chateau” transport you to its titular Hollywood setting for some warming rays of sun. Bundle up and lean into your introspective side with Taylor Swift’s “willow” and Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You.” Or invite romance to come flooding in with Coldplay’s “In My Place” and Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.” These tracks will ground you and relax you at the same time, as you welcome the slower pace of the months ahead.

Forgive the metaphor when we say good coffeehouse music can be a little like a good cup of coffee itself: warm, comforting, intimate, but a little bracing, too. Focusing on the poppier side of folk and singer-songwriter music, here’s a playlist of easy sounds that split the difference between smooth and percolated, gentle and engaged. Our editors update picks here regularly. If you hear something you like, add it to your library.

As her history-making Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour comes to an end in December 2024, Taylor Swift shares a playlist featuring songs from across the eras that are made, appropriately, for a calm winter’s day. Enjoy this playlist—which also features tracks from the handpicked artists who opened for Swift during the historic tour—cozied up under a blanket with a warm drink and let the emotions flow.