Ab-bark Road – amazee.io Team Playlist 2026

amazee.io Team Playlist 2026

At amazee.io, connection goes beyond pixels on a screen or bytes on a server. As a fully remote, globally distributed team, we collaborate across time zones, Slack channels, and the occasional stream of charming pet photos. But there’s another way we stay connected, and that's through music.

Music is one of the many threads that bring us together.

Each year, our team curates a shared soundtrack that travels with us through focused work sessions, creative sprints, and everyday moments. The 2026 result is the Ab-bark Road: a carefully crafted mix of new discoveries and familiar favourites that reflects the diversity, energy, and spirit of the people behind amazee.

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, a productivity boost, or simply great music to work to, the amazee.io Team Playlist 2026 is ready to play its part.

👉 Click here to open the playlist on Spotify, or listen below.

Press play and enjoy the audio journey.

The tracks, who picked them, and why?

#1. Quietly Yours by Birdie
Why is this your song of 2025? Birdie's voice touches something quiet and grateful yet powerful in me.
#2. Irrelevant by Pink
Why is this your song of 2025? Never felt more on point with how the world is diving into madness, chaos, and destruction
#3. Paid to Exist by Brux XTN
What was your reason for selecting this track? The song really resonates with me, and where I am and what I'm focusing on at the moment.
Who chose them: Nicole Laine, Digital Marketing and Advertising Specialist 🇨🇭
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Hip Hop/Rap, Electronic/Dance

#4. If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley
#5. Too Much Love Will Kill You by Queen
Why is this your song of 2025? I have loved Queen for years, but this one just resonated so much this year.
Who chose them: Barbara Buckley, Business Operations Manager 🇩🇪
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock, Classical/Instrumental

#6. United States of Eurasia by Muse
Why is this your song of 2025? Signatures Queen, Chopin, and Arabic music - a great piece of music. And wouldn't it be great to have the United States of Eurasia - instead of conflicts...
#7. Letzter Tanz by Desustu
Why is this song on your list? Desustu is a musical duo of two of my former study colleagues. They merge old music with new. I went to one of their concerts and heard this song for the first time. It is very emotional and impressive.
Who chose them: Martin Schlögl, Head of Sales 🇦🇹
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock, Classical/Instrumental, World Music

#8. Suffocate City by The Funeral Portrait
Why is this your song of 2025? Because I saw Funeral Portrait live, met the lead singer, and apparently decided 2025 was the year of loud feelings and louder guitars.
Who chose it: Lauren Morris, Head of Product 🇺🇸
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Metal

#9. Songbird by Elizabeth Moen
Why is this your song of 2025? Mellow vibes.
Who chose it: Cezary Rataj, Delivery Lead 🇦🇺
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Indie/Alternative

#10. Moody Blue by James Malikey
Why is this your song of 2025? It waltzes through the many shades of blue, entwining melancholy, mystery, and nostalgia into a melody that, given time, offers peace within the shadows of darkness.
#11. Sinner by Shaya Zamora
#12. Hi Ren by Ren
Who chose them: Dan Lemon, Software Engineer 🇨🇭
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Hip Hop, Electronic/Dance, Classical/Instrumental

#13. 17 Year Old Problems by Walker Hayes
Why is this your song of 2025? I had several songs I could have chosen from, but this is the one my wife and I stopped in our tracks and fully listened to. I met my wife, who is over 12 years old, when I was 16. So she's been by my side for everything I have gone through the last 20+ years. The song hits us hard because we've been in each other's lives since that age and have shared all the highs and lows together over that time. For us, this is a love song!
#14. Before You Go by Lewis Capaldi
Why did you choose this track? I mean, if you have ever been in a relationship, especially a long one. One that you may have lost and it came back, this song is for you.
#15. Old Phone by Ed Sheeran
Why did you select this song? I mean, if you have ever been in a relationship, especially a long one. One that you may have lost and it came back, this song is for you.
Who chose it: Bobby Kindle, Client Engagement Manager 🇪🇸
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Electronic/Dance, R&B/Soul, Jazz/Blues, Metal, Indie/Alternative, Country, Classical/Instrumental, World Music

#16. Emergence by Sleep Token
Why is this your song of 2025? The melodies, the drums, the build up, and the mystery behind the band - The members are called "Vessel" and "II," and it's not yet known who they really are - what is not to love?!
Who chose it: Eli Stone, Software Engineer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Electronic/Dance, Metal, Drum & Bass

#17. Summersurf by Löwenzahnhonig
Why is this your song of 2025? Because Spotify told me so, and it's a great song!
#18. Byznys by XINDL X
#19. Supersoaker by Kings of Leon
Who chose them: Jonathan Peter, CISO 🇨🇿
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Indie/Alternative

#20. Jackie Down The Line by Fontaines D.C.
Why is this your song of 2025? I started listening to Fontaines D.C. at the end of 2024, and that song has been one of my most-played throughout 2025.
Who chose it: Dimitra Chatzichrysou, Platform Engineer 🇨🇭
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Indie/Alternative

#21. Hot Poppin' Popcorn by The Wiggles
Why is this your song of 2025? Every good playlist needs a curveball. The minute it drops, you’ll get why it lives rent-free in my head. Straight from a household ruled by a threenager whose life philosophy is 80% dancing, 20% chaos.
Who chose it: Nicole Ritchie, Customer Success Lead 🇳🇿
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Electronic/Dance, Kid's music :)

#22. Your Love (Déja Vu) by Glass Animals
Why is this your song of 2025? It helps me wake up in the morning. It's such a positive, energising beat.
#23. White Room by Cream
Why did you select this track? It's been one of my most-played songs for about 20 years. The definition of an "oldie but a goodie."
#24. Bright Horses by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Why did you choose this song? It's poetry!
Who chose it: Katy Walsh, Marketing Lead 🇨🇭
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock

#25. The Popular Thing by Jukebox The Ghost
Why is this your song of 2025? The song is actually from 2010, but I discovered the band last year when they opened for Lawrence, and I've been catching up on adding their albums to my collection. (I'm old school, barely use streaming, and prefer to buy MP3 albums). It's impossible to get through that song without ending up in a better mood than when you started.
#26. Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
Why did this track make your list? I started a new job on January 4 and then went freelance on July 1 - this entire year has been dominated by me looking forward to my life stabilizing and having better days. Still not quite there, but I'm close.
#27. Better of Me by Robert Jon & The Wreck
Who chose them: Chris O'Donnell, Sales Executive 🇺🇸
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock

#28. Walk by NCT 127
Why is this your song of 2025? I travelled to South Korea for the first time, and listened to quite a bit of K-pop.
#29. Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's The Fight?) by Sahara Hotnights
Who chose them: Scott Leggett, Application Security Engineer 🇦🇺
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Hip Hop, Punk

#30. Hanumankind by Run it Up
Why is this your song of 2025? The beat, flow, and attitude just click, making it super fun to listen to.
#31. Five Minutes To Midnight by Boys Like Girls
#32. Here (In Your Arms) by Hellogoodbye
Why did you include these songs in the playlist? Both the above songs have always been in my playlist and have nostalgic value.
Who chose them: Deeksha Kini, Systems Support Engineer 🇦🇺
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Hip Hop, Country, Latin, and EMO/Punk

#33. Ghosts by Mayday Parade
Why is this your song of 2025? This song talks about our ghosts or inner struggles and how we have to face them, or they'll just hang around, constantly accompanying us. It's important to recognize and confront our inner demons and past traumas in order to move past them.
#34. One For The Rocks And One For The Scary by Mayday Parade
Why did you include this song in the playlist? This one hits close to home about past situations and how I sometimes relive them in my head.
#35. Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms
Why did you include this song in the playlist? Fun song about life, friendship, and trying to be there for someone who is having a rough time.
Who chose them: Rolando Scott, Solutions Lead 🇨🇷
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B/Soul

#36. Love Theme from "The Godfather" (Instrumental) by Nino Rota and Carlos Savina
Why did you include this song in the playlist? Holiday song.
#37. Million Years Ago by Adele
#38. Ik zit in 'n cafeetje by Bobby Prins
Who chose them: Henk Beld, Enterprise Account Executive 🇳🇱
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Jazz/Blues

#39. The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Why is this your song of 2025? It's as popular a piece as you can get on classical radio, but it none the less beautiful ... utterly beautiful, despite its popularity. If I listen attentively, it never fails to ravish my heart.
Who chose it: Blaize Kaye, Staff Engineer 🇳🇿
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock, Electronic/Dance, Classical/Instrumental

#40. Winning Streak by Jelly Roll
Why is this your song of 2025? As a person who once struggled with addiction, this song really speaks to me on a personal level. I vividly remember my first time walking through the doors of a Narcotics Anonymous meeting; I wasn't exactly on a winning streak back then, either.
#41. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Far Out
Why is this your song of 2025? I'm a big fan of Daft Punk, and hearing one of their most well-known classics reimagined is pretty rad.
#42. Best of Me by NEFFEX
Why did you choose to include this track? This song really resonates with me and always helps put me in a better mood when it comes on.
Who chose them: Chris Davis, Security Compliance Engineer 🇺🇸
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock, Country

#43. Kill Me by Hayley Williams
Why is this your song of 2025? Her new solo album was my top album of the year. It's a fantastic album full of bops dropping devastating lyrics left and right. This song, in particular, really hits home, with themes of generational trauma and trying to break the cycle. I think everyone should listen to the album; from rock to pop and even a little R&B, songs with themes of heartbreak, self-love/criticism, and confronting systemic racism, there's a lot to explore. Also, I have a lot of appreciation for the way she dropped her new album: she focused on getting the music directly to fans first via a drop on her website, then released all the tracks as singles with no set order. After receiving fan feedback, she set a tracklist and released the album on CD and vinyl, primarily through small, independent record shops. Her radio releases were done on local Nashville public radio stations. Everywhere she could, she kept it small, local, independent, with a focus on tangible media. It was nostalgic, values-driven, and deeply cool. Now that she's free of her record label, she is fully flexing her artistic independence, and it's inspiring.
#44. Moonage Daydream by David Bowie
Why is this your song of 2025? Coming off my 2024 Bowie Hyperfixation, I still played this song so much that it was my #1 song of the year on Spotify.
Who chose them: Brianna Amber Bradford Benesh, the First of Her Name, Product Manager 🇺🇸
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Indie/Alternative

#45. Maria Callas by Ludovico Einaudi
Why is this your song of 2025? Because during some hard moments, it gives me calm and clarity.
#46. Pyramid Song by Radiohead
#47. Lovesong by The Cure
Who chose them: Support Lead, Product Manager 🇮🇹
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Rock, Electronic/Dance, Metal, Classical/Instrumental

#48. Angelic Conversation by Dream Dolphin
#49. Aurora by Ichiko Aoba
Who chose them: Pedro Alagoa, Software Engineer 🇵🇹
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Screamo

#50. Cochise by Audioslave
Why is this your song of 2025? It’s a song I really love, and the music never fails to lift my mood.
Who chose it: Rhiannon Lewis, Interaction Designer 🇿🇦
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Metal, Indie/Alternative

#51. In Christ Alone by Maranatha Music
Why is this your song of 2025? It was a very challenging year, on multiple levels, and I only got through it in Christ.
#52. Unravel by TK
Why did you choose to add this song? I watched a lot of great Anime last year and really enjoy the structure and emotion of this song.
#53. Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
Why did you select this track? The album turned 30 in 2025, and is a classic, and so is this song.
Who chose it: Jason Lewis, Brand Ambassador 🇿🇦
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Christian, Grunge, Hard Rock, Rock, Indie/Alternative, NY Hardcore, old School Hip Hop, Folk, Soundtracks

#54. Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan
Why did you select this track? I think Bree actually submitted this last year, but whenever I hear it, I'm still fully amused and have an image in mind of a person going out and living their best life ever! Pink or not. It's a good reminder to be true to yourself, whether your mum (or anyone else) likes it or not.
Who chose it: Ingrid Serritslev Talbot, Head of Operations 🇿🇦
What genre of music did you listen to most often in 2025? Pop, Rock, Classical/Instrumental, Soundtracks

#55. Ashnikko by Paint The Town Blue
Why did you select this track? 1) Google Music said so. 2) Jinx is cool!
Who chose it: Alex Tkachev, Software Engineer 🇧🇾

Listened to all our tunes and still need more? Here are our other curated playlists:

2025: Kitty Stardust
2024: Sounds Like Team Spirit