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The tracks you can’t get enough of lately, all in one place. Updated as you listen.

Here, NME cover star Laufey shares the songs she currently has on repeat. Read the full feature at NME.com/The-Cover

“Hey Siri, play the Cocktail Hour playlist.”

For jazz’s greatest singers, a humble song becomes a catalyst for proper feats of wonder. Ella Fitzgerald’s prodigious scatting or perfect pitch can be every bit as life-changing as Billie Holiday’s grainy, slow-burn romance. Whether dating back as early as the 1920s (Fats Waller and Bessie Smith) or representing a new century (Michael Bublé and Diana Krall), these singers have fine-tuned the art of phrasing to get the most indelible personality out of each lyric. It’s no surprise, then, that every possible emotion is captured here: Feel the forlorn crush of grief and longing, then pivot to the dizzying potential of new love and personal triumphs.

Good jazz ballads don’t just conjure the comforting bittersweetness of love, but the world in which such a feeling has the space to exist: quiet, starlit, black-and-white; rainy, maybe, or at least with a chance of it. The classics here channel it perfectly, and the modern material captures a mood equally displaced in time. Lovelorn, lovesick, love-saturated, or just feeling dreamy. Our editors update picks regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Swinging standards, emotional torch songs, gorgeous new melodies—this playlist celebrates the timelessness of great voices. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.