Recommended Western Music for Autumn: Popular Autumn Songs and Hidden Gems [2025]

Whole Damn YearMary J Blige

Mary J. Blige – Whole Damn Year (Official Video)

A single from Mary J.

Blige’s 2014 album The London Sessions.

The monochrome music video thoroughly captures domestic violence through dramatic stories of various couples.

This TownSkogebrandt

This Town

A track by Skogebrandt featuring vocals drenched in long reverb and delay, as if sung in a cave or vast space.

While it’s structured as a piano-and-vocal piece, the effects processing offers a fresh way of hearing it.

Combined with the deeply emotional vocals, the sound design further accentuates its melancholic world, making it incredibly compelling to listen to.

Falling Autumnalayna

alayna – Falling Autumn [Official Audio]

What kind of image do you have of autumn? Some of you might associate it with a feeling of loneliness.

With that in mind, let me introduce “Falling Autumn,” a song that gently accompanies that sense of solitude.

It’s the debut single by New Zealand singer Alaina, with the melody produced by UK music producer Astronomy.

The song portrays someone desperately enduring loneliness.

In fact, Alaina wrote the lyrics while imagining life in a big city.

BabylonDavid Gray

DAVID GRAY – Babylon (Official Music Video)

David Gray, a pop-rock singer from Manchester, England.

His 1999 release “Babylon” is a memorable number with lyrics that convey the message that sometimes you have to let go of something in order to seek happiness and love.

While the protagonist feels lonely, they struggle to let go of that loneliness, creating a narrative that evokes the restless mood of autumn.

Incidentally, the track blends an acoustic guitar accompaniment reminiscent of folk songs with elements of electronic music, making it a piece that helped develop the genre known as folktronica.

Part of MeGood Old War

Good Old War – Part Of Me [Audio]

A song by the American folk band Good Old War, whose organic sound is pleasing to the ear.

The weathered tone of the acoustic guitar evokes a dry breeze—an intimate folk song filled with warmth and a sense of place.

Beyond the acoustic guitar, the layering of various acoustic instruments is beautiful, creating a nature-rich number that radiates the living energy of the natural world.

Blood on the LeavesKanye West

Blood On the Leaves

A track by R&B artist Tony Williams featuring soulful vocals.

The vocals are sampled from Nina Simone’s song “Strange Fruit,” and the horn section is sampled from TNGHT’s “RU Ready.” It’s a song that was performed at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

The Night We MetLord Huron

The Night We Met

A collaboration between the folk band Lord Huron and the female rock artist Phoebe Bridgers.

Layered over a spacious, expansive band sound are poignantly lyrical, melancholic vocals that evoke an autumnal sense of loneliness.

With its male–female duet, the harmonies are beautiful, making it a track that inevitably stirs the imagination of a unfolding drama.