50 Best Golden Hour Walk Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for Golden Hour Walks on Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a strange kind of calm that happens when you’re out walking during golden hour. The light bends in a way that makes sidewalks glow, buildings look softer, even cracked pavement feels cinematic for a minute. The right track slips in and suddenly the whole scene feels bigger than it really is. It’s not about polished vibes or staged perfection. It’s about catching the mood where everything feels suspended, like time took a quick pause so you could notice the air shifting around you.
Golden hour isn’t always dreamy though. Sometimes it feels like the day is dragging its heels, too heavy, too long, and you’re walking it out while a song keeps pace with your thoughts. The playlist doesn’t need every track to mention sunsets or streets. Some pop, rock, country, and R&B songs carry the same haze even if the lyrics point somewhere else. The point is the way they color the scene, how they sit in the background of an Instagram Story and make the light seem thicker, the moment a little more deliberate.
This isn’t the smooth soundtrack of perfect evenings. It’s uneven, sometimes restless, sometimes glowing in a way that almost feels unearned. The kind of tracks that pull a walk into something you’ll remember even when you didn’t plan to. Here are the best golden hour walk songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Golden Hour Songs
1. 'golden hour' by JVKE
2. 'I Like Me Better' by Lauv
3. 'lovely' by Billie Eilish & Khalid
4. 'Here Comes The Sun' by The Beatles
5. 'Feels Like Summer' by Childish Gambino
6. 'Pocketful of Sunshine' by Natasha Bedingfield
7. 'Chateau' by Angus & Julia Stone
8. 'Sunflower' by Post Malone & Swae Lee
9. 'Adore You' by Harry Styles
10. 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers
Instagram Reels Golden Hour #11 to 20
11. 'Good Morning' by Kanye West
12. 'Follow the Sun' by Xavier Rudd
13. 'Magic Moments' by Austin Farwell
14. 'Summer Paradise' by Simple Plan ft. Sean Paul
15. 'Sweet Pea' by Amos Lee
16. 'Let the Sun Come Out' by Unora ft. RED
17. 'Ocean Eyes' by Billie Eilish
18. 'I Got U' by Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones
19. 'Amber' by 311
20. 'Here With Me' by D4VD
Best Golden Hour Instagram Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Sunset' by The Midnight
22. 'Stolen' by Dashboard Confessional
23. 'Put Your Records On' by Ritt Momney
24. 'Sun Don't Leave Me' by Raveena
25. 'Golden' by Harry Styles
26. 'Sunrise Under Palms' by Relm
27. 'Home' by Monomy & COLIN
28. 'Golden' by Cleo Sol
29. 'Cruisin'' by Smokey Robinson
30. 'Golden Brown' by The Stranglers
Golden Hour Instagram Story Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Seaside' by The Kooks
32. 'This Is What Falling in Love Feels Like' by JVKE
33. 'San Junipero' by Carousel Casualties
34. 'The Less I Know The Better' by Tame Impala
35. 'Slide' by Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean & Migos
36. 'Sunrise State of Mind' by Plasmelo
37. 'Golden Age' by St. Lucia
38. 'Sunset Drive' by Tokyo Music Walker
39. 'Heat Waves' by Glass Animals
40. 'Dreams' by Bensound
Songs for Golden Hour Walks #41 to 50
41. 'Sunrise' by Norah Jones
42. 'Cruel Summer' by Taylor Swift
43. 'Day Off' by Tokyo Music Walker
44. 'Summer' by Calvin Harris
45. 'Solar Power' by Lorde
46. 'I Got You, Honey' by Ocie Elliott
47. 'Island In The Sun' by Weezer
48. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
49. 'Walk On the Wild Side' by Lou Reed
50. 'I'll Be Your Home' by Octami
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