13 Cozy Songs You Won’t Find On An AI Playlist

Adam Maness (0:00)

You're heading to the wineries. It's a fall day in Missouri.

Peter Martin (0:04)

Oh, yeah.

Adam Maness (0:04)

Leaves are changing.

Peter Martin (0:06)

Yeah.

Adam Maness (0:06)

Put a little pink moon in the car. It's cozy in that car. Okay.

Peter Martin (0:09)

Got you.

Adam Maness (0:10)

It's not about it. The vibe is just hidden.

Peter Martin (0:11)

Right.

Adam Maness (0:14)

I'm Adam Maness.

Peter Martin (0:16)

And I'm Peter Martin.

Adam Maness (0:16)

And you're listening to the You'll Hear It podcast.

Peter Martin (0:18)

Music Explored.

Adam Maness (0:19)

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Peter Martin (0:27)

Yes.

Adam Maness (0:27)

It's a cozy day. It's sweater weather in a lot of parts of the world.

Peter Martin (0:32)

That's right.

Adam Maness (0:32)

We're doing this episode because cozy has been co-opted by horrible AI playlists.

Peter Martin (0:39)

Don't get me started.

Adam Maness (0:40)

For some reason, it must be the easiest thing to program up is some cozy feeling music because it's just everywhere.

Peter Martin (0:47)

This is AI that's been trained up on probably Bill Evans' Trio for sure.

Adam Maness (0:51)

For sure.

Peter Martin (0:51)

And some other great recordings.

Adam Maness (0:53)

A lot of the people on this list.

Peter Martin (0:54)

Actually, yeah, that's probably true. But if you go to like chill coffee music or study music on YouTube or something, you'll get these playlists. And I get it. They serve a purpose, right? To nauseate us.

Adam Maness (1:04)

Well, to be background noise and to make you feel like there's something happening, but it's not really happening. And that tracks actually, that's what happens. It's like this weird music, non-music thing going on.

Peter Martin (1:17)

But this could be music, I think, that you could cozy up with your loved one or sitting with a book, not a pumpkin spice, pumpkin spice-less latte. How about just a straight latte?

Adam Maness (1:26)

Can we do that? I like a latte, sure. All right, well, let's trade off on our favorite cozy tracks for fall. And what is your first track?

Peter Martin (1:33)

I decided to start strong. And just my hope is to totally annihilate you and that you're just going to be into submission. You're going to walk out of the room after you hear this.

Adam Maness (1:41)

Buddy.

Peter Martin (1:41)

I mean, you got some bangers, but-

Adam Maness (1:43)

It's supposed to be cozy.

Peter Martin (1:45)

Get ready to cozy up.

Adam Maness (1:54)

The temperature did just drop a couple of degrees.

Peter Martin (1:57)

Or did it just rise?

Adam Maness (2:19)

I wish I was cuddled up in a book nook right now.

SPEAKER_3 (2:22)

Book nook, that's right.

Adam Maness (2:24)

Oh, Shirley Horn. Wearing flannel pajamas.

Peter Martin (2:27)

Oh, my God. Her voice, the orchestration, the harp, the woodwinds, the keyboards, the harmonies. These are cozy harmonies, aren't they?

Adam Maness (2:40)

This song is like taking a hot shower after being out in the snow all day.

Peter Martin (2:44)

You know, shovel your driveway.

Adam Maness (2:46)

You know the shower after the shovel?

Peter Martin (2:48)

After the shovel.

Adam Maness (2:50)

The shovel shower. After you shoveled all the snow off your driveway and you're...

Peter Martin (2:59)

And this is of course, So here's to life. Here's to life, Shirley Horn.

Adam Maness (3:03)

Here's to life, Shirley Horn.

Peter Martin (3:04)

Yeah, so I mean, you know.

Adam Maness (3:06)

Anybody who's at all familiar with this show knows that this is one of our favorite songs.

Peter Martin (3:10)

Sue us, we love Shirley Horn.

Adam Maness (3:11)

My first pick, I wanted to pick something that would rival your first pick. And so I picked someone, the first name that came to mind when I thought of like, what's cozy music to put on, is an artist that we've never played on the show before. Really? Okay, this is overdue. I really, really enjoy.

Peter Martin (3:27)

Yes.

Adam Maness (3:28)

And that's this person. Even her piano playing style is cozy.

Peter Martin (3:41)

Very cozy. Ah.

Cozy brushes.

Adam Maness (3:59)

The music she must have listened to when she was a kid leading up to this. You can hear all these incredible influences. Of course, the great Norah Jones.

Peter Martin (4:09)

Yes.

Adam Maness (4:10)

Come Away With Me.

Peter Martin (4:11)

Texas Finest.

Adam Maness (4:13)

Yeah. Thank you, Norah.

Peter Martin (4:15)

She kind of reinvigorated the cozy jazz vibe on Blue Note.

Adam Maness (4:20)