Bernadette Soriano

Some days run on adrenaline and oat milk. Sundays? They run on vibes, and vague plans you already half-abandoned by 10 A.M. It’s a day made for half-thoughts, half-done tasks, and fully intentional lazing around — with music that knows how to politely loiter in the background.


A good Sunday doesn’t demand efficiency. It doesn’t need you to strive, perform, or optimize. It just needs one reliable outfit (preferably with elastic), a to-do list you’re only casually acquainted with, and background music that sounds like it’s been through a heartbreak or two and came back with a better recipe for scrambled eggs.

This playlist isn’t trying to realign your chakras or spark a personal rebrand. It just wants to be in the room with you while you putter around in slippers, make questionable food decisions, and forget where you placed your phone for the third time today.



Soft rock & acoustic staples

When to listen: Early mornings, when you’re still deciding whether to be a functional adult or just... not.

If mornings had a musical genre, this would be it: no drama, no urgency — just soft-strummed guitars, vocals like warm cotton, and enough groove to make wiping crumbs off the table feel oddly cinematic. You’re doing very little, but somehow, the whole scene feels curated. The rice cooker hums. The light is kind. And your brain is still booting.

  1. Bread – “Make It with You”
  2. Chicago – “If You Leave Me Now”
  3. Christopher Cross – “Sailing”
  4. David Gates (of Bread) – “The Guitar Man”
  5. England Dan & John Ford Coley – “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”
  6. Eric Clapton – “Wonderful Tonight”
  7. Extreme – “More Than Words”
  8. Fleetwood Mac – “Landslide”
  9. John Denver – “Annie's Song”
  10. Neil Sedaka – “Laughter in the Rain”
Where the heartbreak is quietly literate, the tempo sounds like it was raised by your lola, and the chords don’t mind being emotionally codependent. Best paired with a slightly over-toasted pandesal, reheated kapeng barako, and that one 7 A.M. memory you keep mistaking for a dream you’re still in.

Ballads & soulful pop

When to listen: Late morning to early afternoon… somewhere between sorting socks that no longer believe in each other anymore and realizing you’ve been watching the spin cycle like it owes you closure.

This is the part of the day where feelings leak in: through the window, in the fold of a shirt you swore you returned, in the silence between tasks. These songs won’t therapize you. They just hover gently, quietly destabilizing your mood in a way that feels... musically productive.


  1. Air Supply – “Lost in Love”
  2. Anita Baker - “Been So Long”
  3. Barry Manilow – “Weekend in New England”
  4. DeBarge – “I Like It”
  5. Fra Lippo Lippi – “Stitches and Burns”
  6. Larry Graham – “One In A Million You”
  7. Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney – “The Girl is Mine”
  8. Natalie Cole – “Inseparable”
  9. The Jets – “You Got It All”
  10. Westlife – “Swear It Again”
These are the songs that don’t ask you to improve — they simply hand you a glass of water, gesture vaguely toward a couch, and whisper, “Go ahead, spiral a little. I’ll loop.”

Groove, disco, & feel-good classics

When to listen: Midday. When your spine says nap, your kitchen says please clean me, and you’re holding your broomstick while rethinking every choice that led you here.

This playlist exists so you can clean like you’re the star of a no-budget musical — the kind where the mop has chemistry with you. Equal parts groove and gentle delusion, these tracks let you scrub the floor like it’s penance, like it’s choreography, like it might save you.

  1. ABBA – “Chiquitita”
  2. Commodores – “Three Times A Lady”
  3. Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time”
  4. Michael Jackson – “Rock With You”
  5. Player – “Baby Come Back”
  6. Queen – “You're My Bestfriend”
  7. REO Speedwagon – “Can’t Fight This Feeling”
  8. Stevie Wonder – “Sir Duke”
  9. The Temptations – “My Girl”
  10. U2 – “With or Without You”
Best played while wiping counters, negotiating with tangled laundry, or holding up a sock to the light like it’s a witness on trial. No judgment — just rhythm, soft madness, and maybe a whiff of fabric softener that makes you feel oddly seen.

Jazz standards & timeless vocals

When to listen: Afternoons that feel like velvet; frayed at the edges, ideally with rain (or the aesthetic of it). A lukewarm drink and a vague sense of longing are optional, but encouraged.

Jazz is for when you’re doing absolutely nothing but want to seem like you’re doing it on purpose. It’s the musical equivalent of spritzing perfume before sitting down to reheat last night’s leftovers. These tracks linger: unrushed, well-dressed, and disinterested in explaining themselves like someone slow-dancing with your brain.

  1. Billie Holiday – “I’ll Be Seeing You”
  2. Dean Martin – “That's Amore”
  3. Diana Krall – “The Look of Love”
  4. Ella Fritzgerald – “Someone To Watch Over Me”
  5. Etta James – “At Last”
  6. Frank Sinatra – “Summer Wind”
  7. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald – “Cheek to Cheek”
  8. Michael Bublé – “Home”
  9. Nat King Cole – “Unforgettable”
  10. Tony Bennett – “The Way You Look Tonight”
Ideal for light introspection, half-read books, mildly neglected plants, and pretending you’re the misunderstood lead in a 1960s film while waiting for a rider who’s “3 minutes away” for the last ten.

Sentimental & winding down

When to listen: Evening. The chores are done-ish, the sky’s giving cinematic, and you’ve somehow absorbed the emotional weight of an entire Korean drama despite doing absolutely nothing all day.

These songs won’t rush you toward Monday. They’ll just sit with you — quiet, unbothered, and a little proud you made it this far. The electric fan hums. TV Patrol plays in the background. The sinigang’s still on the stove, your phone’s at 12%, and you’re full of oddly tender feelings for a day that never asked anything of you.

  1. Al Jarreau – “We’re in This Love Together”
  2. Boyz II Men – “Water Runs Dry”
  3. Carpenters – “I Won't Last A Day Without You”
  4. Chicago – “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”
  5. Earth, Wind & Fire – “After The Love Has Gone”
  6. Fra Lippo Lippi – “Light and Shade”
  7. George Duke & Stanley Clarke – “Sweet Baby”
  8. Kenny Rogers – “You Decorated My Life"
  9. Michael Jackson – “Human Nature”
  10. The Beatles – “Strawberry Fields Forever”
Best played with the lights low, one leg tucked under you, and zero plans to be useful. Perfect for romanticizing your life before your alarm reminds you it’s Monday… and your uniform’s still crumpled somewhere beneath the week you just survived.

Because rest deserves its own playlist, too

These playlists won’t change your life. But it might cast a soft glow over folding towels — turning it into something that resembles intention. These songs don’t clamor for attention, or chase virality. They simply exist: on time, unhurried, and oddly reassuring.

Because not every Sunday needs ambition. Some Sundays ask only for gentleness — for a soundtrack that stays awhile, a little undone laundry, and maybe some leftover spaghetti waiting patiently in the fridge.

You deserve that kind of Sunday. And if the universe allows: a nap so restorative, it qualifies as emotional CPR.