50 Best Aesthetic Filter Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for Aesthetic Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a specific vibe that comes with certain songs. They don’t push a feeling in your face, they just hum in the background and make everything look sharper, softer, or stranger depending on the filter you throw on top. A song can turn a shaky clip of streetlights through a car window into something that feels cinematic. It can make a random late-night kitchen scene seem like it belongs in a music video. Some of these tracks aren’t literally about filters or aesthetics at all, but they hit that mood anyway, the way a perfect VSCO preset ties together an otherwise messy feed.
These aren’t tracks you blast at a party. They work best when the volume’s low, the colors are muted, and the moment feels like it could fade away if you breathe too hard. A quiet Maggie Rogers verse, a washed-out indie guitar riff, a beat-heavy R&B loop that makes time feel slower. You scroll past a clip of someone’s coffee cup catching a streak of sunlight, and there’s a Dayglow song humming underneath, making it feel like you accidentally stumbled into a short film. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all find their way into this space, stitched together through nothing more than a shared vibe.
The best ones don’t try to look cool, they just happen to fit. They can sit under a sunrise timelapse or a blurry shot of friends laughing in a parking lot and make both feel oddly important. Here are the best aesthetic filter songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Aesthetic Instagram Songs
1. 'golden hour' by JVKE
2. 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac
3. 'Sweater Weather' by The Neighbourhood
4. 'Pretty Girl' by Clairo
5. 'This Is What Autumn Feels Like' by JVKE
6. 'I Like the Way You Kiss Me' by Artemas
7. 'Kiss Me More' by Doja Cat feat. SZA
8. 'positions' by Ariana Grande
9. 'Lover Is a Day' by Cuco
10. 'Daylight' by David Kushner
Chill Aesthetic Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Goodbyes' by Jorja Smith
12. 'Locket' by Crumb
13. 'Too Sweet' by Hozier
14. 'Love Nwantiti' by CKay
15. 'Good Vibes' by Giulio Cercato
16. 'Wait a Minute!' by Willow
17. 'Japanese Denim' by Daniel Caesar
18. 'death bed (coffee for your head)' by Powfu feat. beabadoobee
19. 'Ordinary' by Alex Warren
20. 'Vampire' by Olivia Rodrigo
Instagram Filter Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Motion Sickness' by Phoebe Bridgers
22. 'The Less I Know The Better' by Tame Impala
23. 'Buttercup' by Jack Stauber
24. 'Levitating' by Dua Lipa
25. 'Deja Vu' by Olivia Rodrigo
26. 'I Love You So' by The Walters
27. 'Stay' by BLACKPINK
28. 'Everybody's Talkin'' by Harry Nilsson
29. 'Bad Guy' by Billie Eilish
30. 'The Night We Met' by Lord Huron
Popular Reels Background Music #31 to 40
31. 'this is what falling in love feels like' by JVKE
32. 'Music Sounds Better With You' by Stardust
33. 'Espresso' by Sabrina Carpenter
34. 'Cloud 9' by Beach Bunny
35. 'we fell in love in october' by girl in red
36. 'Love Is a Day' by Cuco
37. 'BAM BAM' by Grentperez
38. 'Makeba' by Jain
39. 'Sunflower' by Rex Orange County
40. 'My Kind of Woman' by Mac DeMarco
Top Social Media Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Are You Bored Yet?' by Wallows feat. Clairo
42. 'Dream Girl' by Ryan Hiraoka
43. 'Say So' by Doja Cat
44. 'Don't Start Now' by Dua Lipa
45. 'Can I Call You Tonight?' by Dayglow
46. 'Drunk' by ZAYN
47. 'Loving Is Easy' by Rex Orange County
48. 'Just Like Heaven' by The Cure
49. 'Cruel Summer' by Taylor Swift
50. 'Espresso' by Sabrina Carpenter
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