50 Best Vaporwave Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Vaporwave Tracks for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a strange haze that settles when vaporwave drifts into the mix. It feels detached but strangely intimate, like stepping into an elevator where the music shouldn’t matter but suddenly does. You get that warped nostalgia, the sound of a mall closing early, or a commercial tape looping until it starts to crack. These aren’t the clean narratives you’d expect from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but they hit in their own crooked way. Some tracks are not literally tied to the theme, yet they still sink into the atmosphere of scrolling, swiping, and replaying clips at 2 a.m.
Vaporwave leans into glitches and slow fades, which makes it perfect for reels and stories that don’t need polish. A shaky clip of friends laughing over cafeteria trays, a late-night walk past neon signs, or even an awkward dorm tour gets this surreal edge when paired with it. The tracks don’t explain themselves and that’s the point. They hover, they echo, they glitch into something that feels both hollow and personal at the same time. If you’ve ever watched a clip on loop until the sound starts feeling bigger than the video, that’s the territory these songs live in.
Not every reel needs clarity. Sometimes you want the mess to feel bigger than the moment, like it’s dripping in VHS fuzz and fluorescent light. Vaporwave tracks carry that blur and amplify it until the mundane feels offbeat enough to share. They don’t chase cool, they warp it until it turns uncanny and still somehow fits the grid. Here are the best vaporwave songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Vaporwave Instagram Songs
1. 'Lisa Frank 420 / Modern Computing' by Macintosh Plus
2. 'Enjoy Yourself' by Saint Pepsi
3. 'Home' by DD CT SMURI
4. 'Cherry Pepsi' by Saint Pepsi
5. 'Teen Pregnancy' by Blank Banshee
6. 'S.W.A.K.' by Luxury Elite
7. 'Running in the Night' by FM-84
8. 'Daydreaming' by FSM Team & < e s c p >
9. 'Beach Walk' by Whitewoods
10. 'A2' by Chuck Person
Vaporwave Music Selections #11 to 20
11. 'Private Caller' by Saint Pepsi
12. 'Mizumi' by Windows96
13. 'Destine' by Vector Graphics
14. 'Dolphin Shoals' by HKE
15. 'Forever' by Luxury Elite
16. 'Dystopian Mall' by Incorporeal Visions Deluxe
17. 'Bae' by Death's Dynamic Shroud
18. 'Soft Heat' by Whitewoods
19. 'Home Office' by Dan Mason
20. 'Makes Me Feel Like I'm Down' by 18 Carat Affair
Instagram Video Music Collection #21 to 30
21. 'Summer Never Ends' by Architecture in Tokyo
22. 'Transcendental Love' by Vektroid
23. 'Still I N LOVE' by ConsciousThoughts
24. 'Daydream' by Esprit
25. 'Hotel Aurora' by MokkaMusic
26. 'I Dream of You' by Haircuts for Men
27. 'Timeless' by Tupperwave
28. 'All Over Again' by Waterfront Dining
29. 'Transient Feeling' by Windows96
30. 'Miami Wicked' by Waterfront Dining
Best Vaporwave Selections #31 to 40
31. 'Future Memories' by Cosmic Cycler
32. 'Casino' by YUNG BAE
33. 'Just Begun' by Saint Pepsi
34. 'Pedestrian' by Cosmic Cycler
35. 'Plaza' by CYBEREALITY
36. 'Lost Dreams' by Infinity Frequencies
37. 'Pineapple Passion' by Vaperror
38. 'Tropical Somnium' by Incorporeal Visions Deluxe
39. 'Lotus Bloom' by Computer Death
40. 'Eastridge Turnstile' by The Loyalist
Top Vaporwave Tracks #41 to 50
41. 'Hibiscus Pacific' by Green Linez
42. 'Midnight' by Luxury Elite
43. 'Recovery' by 2814
44. 'Midnight' by THOUGHTS
45. 'Oort Cloud' by Saint Pepsi
46. 'Blue Frontiers (VHS edition 1989)' by BODYLINE
47. 'Sacrifice of Saint Dell' by FM Skyline
48. 'Veil' by FM Skyline
49. 'Love You Tonight' by Data Girl
50. 'I'll Try Living Like This' by Death's Dynamic Shroud
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