# Breezy, ephemeral songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703 "2026-02-16T07:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![longtry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/1 "2026-02-16T07:52:39Z")
Recently I stumbled upon [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wod2GSZyrqY). I didn’t like it at first, but then became addicted. Only once ever before, I got the experience of a song growing on me, from distinctly unfavorable to ear-worm: T-ara’s Roly-poly, back in 2011. Coincidentally or not, the group Le Sserafim also has another song that puzzled me so much I opened [a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-practical-i-guess-music-theory-questions/1013562) to find out why I love it. According to wiki/NME, > Surprisingly melodic, the disco-tinged ‘Hot’ is a smooth, funky pop number that echoes the breezy, ephemeral quality of 2023’s ‘Perfect Night’. So I guess I want suggestions of music pieces that are “breezy” and “ephemeral” (and perhaps “smooth”?). I don’t use Spotify, but even if I did, I doubt the app would be able to recommend, since my taste is all over the place, very varied. Though it looks like I’m biased toward K-pop (it’s somewhat true), my favorites include Thai, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, classical, etc. It’s just that, for thousands of songs I’ve always been able to say after 1 hearing that Yes I like this / No it isn’t for me, but ‘Hot’ is 1 of the very, very few exceptions, so I want to dive deeper to find the sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/2 "2026-02-16T15:09:14Z")
My “question of the month” is along the same lines. This is intended as an extension, not a hijack. I have certain songs that have “something” that appeals to me. And I’m not sure what it is. For me I can come up with a list. For the OP it’s “Hot” and I assume similar songs. I’m wondering if there are characteristics of songs and we have our personal preferences. FYI, some of my songs with that “something” are: These Dreams - Heart, I’ll Never Get over You Getting Over Me - Expose, Too Much Heaven - Beegees, Eternal Flame - Bangles, The Flame - Cheap Trick, Amanda - Boston. Love Bites - Def Leppard.. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/3 "2026-02-16T18:29:47Z")
Heavens Gonna Happen Now [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E8xXZnlXPHk/maxresdefault.jpg "Heaven's Gonna Happen Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8xXZnlXPHk) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/4 "2026-02-16T18:31:37Z")
There She Goes by The Las [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CZXLLMbJdZ4/maxresdefault.jpg "The La's - There She Goes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZXLLMbJdZ4) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/5 "2026-02-16T18:33:07Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > These Dreams - Heart I don’t know if it’s breezy, but definitely ephemeral. I love Heart. I call that “the D&D song.” _These dreams in the mist…_ ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/6 "2026-02-16T18:35:39Z")
**Feels Like We Only Go Backwards** by Tame Impala [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wycjnCCgUes/maxresdefault.jpg "Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycjnCCgUes) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/7 "2026-02-16T18:36:02Z")
Some Girls are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ovWE7sWHUH4/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/ovWE7sWHUH4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/8 "2026-02-16T18:39:08Z")
I’ve heard the Smiths described a lot of ways. But “breezy and ephemeral” is not one of them ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/9 "2026-02-16T18:54:31Z")
“Breezy and ephemeral” brings to mind, for me, some of Christine McVie’s songs with Fleetwood Mac, though the sound of these isn’t really similar to the song in the OP. McVie’s singing voice was always seemingly effortless, and her songs tended to be love songs. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RqjXn2NflqU/maxresdefault.jpg "You Make Loving Fun (2004 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqjXn2NflqU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UXWia0TWAMM/maxresdefault.jpg "Over My Head") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXWia0TWAMM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VIYthyp2lto/maxresdefault.jpg "Little Lies (2002 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIYthyp2lto) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/10 "2026-02-16T19:07:39Z")
[Waterfall by the Fresh and Onlys](https://youtu.be/Q2G4ETZvJjU?si=aZRytkvyxTX6z5PV) For some reason wouldn’t let me embed this one ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/11 "2026-02-16T19:19:50Z")
You might be interested in the Scottish band Belle & Sebastian. Most of their songs sound breezy & ephemeral to me. Their newer stuff has more of a pop synth sound like the song you linked to. On their website’s Videos page you can get a good idea of their sound. [Videos — Belle & Sebastian](https://www.belleandsebastian.com/videos) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/12 "2026-02-16T19:21:06Z")
I don’t know if it’s quite what the OP has in mind, but the first song that came to mind was “_Le Temps De L’amour_” by Françoise Hardy. Second song was “_Dip In The Ocean_” by Fountains Of Wayne ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/13 "2026-02-16T19:30:38Z")
“Lovers in the long grass” describes 15–23 June 1975, the happiest week of my life. More than 50 years later, I still miss her terribly. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gFYv2uopwkY/maxresdefault.jpg "Enya - Flora's Secret [720p HD] [LYRICS]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYv2uopwkY) Spring, 1992. I was shopping at a department store in Prague when this started playing on a VCR. I stood there listening to it for a half hour. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PMFKib_Byb8/maxresdefault.jpg "Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Pandora's Box") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMFKib_Byb8) The late Dolores O’Riordan. RIP. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JAab9gufGW0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Cranberries - Dreams (Dir: John Maybury)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAab9gufGW0) ---
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Breezy, ephemeral? [Something like Lush](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7cqkpy4QrQ)? or [something like New Jeans](https://youtu.be/ArmDp-zijuc?t=44)? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/15 "2026-02-16T19:43:22Z")
Lots of Dan Fogelberg songs fit into this category. One of my favorites is _There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler_ from his _Souvenirs_ album. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TnUE4wC8lI4/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/TnUE4wC8lI4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDTnUE4wC8lI4 ---
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Here are some from my playlists I think of as “breezy” (YMMV) [Before I knew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE5lHdKWkG8) – Basia Bulat [Blondie’s Dreaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HfBAmcI6_Y&list=RD4HfBAmcI6_Y&start_radio=1) – Cover by Imelda May [Cover Me In Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZhMIXH62M) – Pink [Ex’s & Oh’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uLI6BnVh6w) – Elle King [In Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPqmceCf90) -Sierra Ferrell [Je veux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIMGuSZbmFI) – ZAZ [Love Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E) – Taylor Swift [Soak Up The Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYiGA_rIls) – Sheryl Crow ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/17 "2026-02-16T20:05:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The late Dolores O’Riordan. RIP. I’d also nominate “Linger,” from the same album as “Dreams.” ---
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An excellent choice! 👍 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G6Kspj3OO0s/maxresdefault.jpg "The Cranberries - Linger (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s) I want to add this song as well. The first time I heard it playing from a kiosk, I stopped dead in my tracks and said “What _is_ that?” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_wM7A6Eht7s/maxresdefault.jpg "Enya - Wild Child (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wM7A6Eht7s) ---
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Is this too on the nose for a ‘breezy’ song? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GQQbjpomexo/maxresdefault.jpg "Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQQbjpomexo) ---
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> [@longtry](#): > > So I guess I want suggestions of music pieces that are “breezy” and “ephemeral” (and perhaps “smooth”?). What do you want from it? Mood, situation, atmosphere, etc. Not fully understanding the assignment, I’ll just throw this one out there. It’s a go-to “beach breezy” for me. Very lightweight, very ephemeral, like eating a Twinkie at a stoplight before it turns green. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NFmZLPaEKxE/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/NFmZLPaEKxE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDNFmZLPaEKxE Same album, similar vibe, different beat. Actually, if it lands right, you might grab this whole album. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eB1lRUyn3Vg/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/eB1lRUyn3Vg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDeB1lRUyn3Vg Another one to try. Not sure if it’s exactly “breezy” but it’s smooth as butter dripping off a hot biscuit. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tkcMGRZhdOM/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/tkcMGRZhdOM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDtkcMGRZhdOM [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703.md?page=2)