350 Trending Songs On Instagram Reels: February 2022 Update!

Remember to use a mix of currently trending songs, and on-brand songs for Instagram Reels to keep your reels/content popular!!
‘No Music Available’ on Instagram Reels?
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**Scroll to the bottom of this post for the January playlist!**
Why You Should Incorporate Instagram Reels
Driving traffic to your blog is your number one priority if you’re a blogger. It’s how you make successful affiliate incomes, on-page ads income, and market your own products. The social media networks that everyone frequents could all come crashing down one day? But chances are- your blog will remain unless the internet crashes too. If that happens.. let’s just say your biggest problem is probably no longer driving traffic to your blog k?
Anyways – let’s circle back to why you should use Instagram Reels? This new type of content on Instagram means that you have a new opportunity to grab your intended audience’s attention. Notice I said intended audience? Regardless of what niche you’re in- recognize that people are online and they are stumbling across different content all of the time. Your content could be discovered next! It just requires you to put yourself out there in a way that’s appealing to your audience!
Also, keep in mind: When Instagram or any social platform rolls out something new, they prioritize that content! That means your reach will be much higher by using what content they want you to use!
How To Use Instagram Reels
Instagram Reels may seem complicated but they really are easy to use! To show you how to use Reels.. we created a Reel of our German Shepherd Thunder. (Who doesn’t love dogs right?



- Open Instagram and Tap the + Icon in the top left corner.
Then tap the ‘Reels’ Button. - Upload a video **If you’re recording live – click the big circle button in the middle that has the Reels symbol.
- Add Music to Instagram Reel (This is also the time to add any effects or stickers!)
- Make sure to choose your cover image! You can also choose the ‘Add from Camera Roll’ button to keep your feed uniform.
- Add a short caption and relevant hashtags. (It’s not recommended to use more than 3-5!)
- Post (You can choose whether you want to share to your feed or just to share into the Reels explore page. We prefer to share to both! You just double your chances of being seen!)
Trending Songs on Instagram Reels By Genre
You’ll need to take some time to decide what vibe you want before choosing music for Instagram reels. For reels of Europe.. you could use something instrumental or something fun – but it should match the vibe of your feed and blog as a whole. We highly suggest listening to these songs before you add one!
(We listen to music while creating content – it helps drown out other distractions!)
Instrumental trending Songs on Instagram Reels
- River Flows In You – Toby Jacobs
- Body (Ambient) – RY X
- You – Petite Biscuit
- Sunset Lover– Petit Biscuit
- Wild Nothing – Chinatown
- Can’t Help Falling In Love – Kina Grannis
- Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Maricone
- Satie/ Orch. Ducros: Gymnopedie No. 1 – Erik Satie
- Friday Morning – Khruangbin
- Nessun Dorma – Giacomo Puccini
- Nature Geography – Original Audio – (Type in Music Search Bar to Find this one!)
- Prologue– John Williams ** A theme track for one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. If you know you know Harry. ; )
- Norwegian Rain – David Lanz
- Cristorfori’s Dream – David Lanz
- Empty Pack of Cigarettes – Joseph Angel
- I’m On Fire – AWOLNATION
- Did That Hurt? – Danny Elfman
- One Last Night – Vaults
- Claire de Lune – DeBussy
- Chopin Waltz No.7
- Fur Elise, Woo 59 – Beethoven
- Mozart’s Turkish March
- Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op.74 – Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
- Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major – Chopin
- Rigoletto / act 3: “La Donna e Mobile” – Giuseppe Verdi
- Einaudi: I giormi – Dalal
- Friday Morning – Khruangbin
- Dance For Me Wallis – Abel Korzeniowski
- Je te laisserai des mots – Patrick Watson (great for moody rainy days)

Trending Songs From the Bridgerton Soundtrack
The hit TV show Bridgerton wasn’t just popular for the mystery of who Lady Whistledown was – it was also incredibly popular because of its hit soundtrack. These are some of the best songs for Instagram reels for travel bloggers, marriage bloggers, or even fashion bloggers. The best songs from the soundtrack are:
- thank u, next – Vitamin String Quartet (Arguably one of the best songs from the entire soundtrack! An instrumental remix of Ariana Grande’s hit song.)
- Girls Like You – Vitamin String Quartet (An instrumental remix of Maroon 5’s incredible hit!)
- bad guy– Vitamin String Quartet (another instrumental remix but this time of a Billie Eilish song.)
- Wildest Dreams – An instrumental remix of one of everyone’s all-time favorites from Taylor Swift’s 1989 album.
Other Soundtrack Songs
- Once Upon A Dream – Lana Del Rey from Maleficent
- The Plan – From TENET Movie – Travis Scott

Pop / Fun Trending Songs for Instagram Reels
- Fire on Fire – Sam Smith
- Sunday Best – Surfaces
- Mine – Kid Travis
- What You Know About Love – Pop Smoke
- Put Your Records On – Ritt Momney
- Gimme Love – Joji
- Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars – Fitness influencers or anything fast paced.
- Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man
- Believer – Imagine Dragons – Great for fitness influencers
- Renegades – X Ambassadors
- Lighthouse (Andrelli Remix) – Hearts & Colors
- Momma Told Me – THE WLDLIFE
- New Light – John Mayer
- Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
- Stunnin (feat. Harm Franklin) – Curtis Waters
- Backyard Boy – Claire Rosinkranz
- Dance With Me – Thomas Rhett
- Wolves (feat.Post Malone) – Big Sean
- Nightrider – Arizona Zervas
- First Time – Daya
- Capital Letters – Hailee Steinfeld
- Cruise– Kygo (parts of this song)
- Levitating – Dua Lipa
- ‘A Million Dreams’ – P!nk {again with the travel vibes around the 1:08 minute mark!}
- ‘Pill Breaker’ – MGK with Trippie Red and Blackbear
- ‘Good Without’ – Mimi Webb
- ‘Desperados’ – MILES {the song I’m working out to right now. Whole thing is a vibe!}
- ‘Superstars’ – Christian French
- ‘Good To Be Alive’ – Andy Grammar
- ‘All Eyes On Me’ – Bo Burnam {he disappeared for like 5 years but when he came back he came back with a bang!}
- Beautiful Mistakes – Maroon 5 and Meghan Thee Stallion
- MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X
- Met Him Last Night – Arianda Grande and Demi Lovato
- A Girl Like You’ – Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker – sort of a moody punk rock love child of a song that would go REALLY well for a more romantic photoshoot vibe? Love.
- Those Nights – Bastille
- Don’t Get Up On Me – Andy Grammer
- Cigarettes On Patios – BabyJake
- Midnight (feat. Liam Payne) – Alesso
- ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Rich) – DaBaby
- Level of Concern – Twenty One Pilots
- I’ll Wait – Kygo, Sasha Alex Sloan
- Like This – Jake Scott
- Make Up Or break up – Christian French
- Underwater (feat. Dillon Francis) – Meghan trainer, Dillon francis
- Had Enough – G-Eazy
- Freaking Me Out – Ava Max
- Doors unlocked – Murda beats, Polo G, Ty dollars Sign
- The last great american dynasty – taylor swift
- LIES – Gashi
- my ex’s best friend (w/ Blackbear) – Machine Gun Kelly
- HERO – Weezer
- Midnight sky – Miley Cyrus
- Un DIA (ft. Tainy) – J Balvin, Tainy, dua Lipa, Bad Bunny
- IN A DREAM – troye Sivan
- Too Good To be True – Danny Avila, The Vamps, Machine Gun Kelly
- Whats Poppin – Jack Harlow, tory lane, DaBaby, Lil Wayne
- for The night – Conor Maynard
- Superlove (feat. Oh Wonder) – Whethan
- No Time (ft Wiz Khalifa & Prince$S Rosie) – Cheat Codes
- Nothing Good (ft. G-Eazy & Juicy J)
- juicy – doja cot
- cherry – harry styles
- ELI – Fireboy DML
- Wishing Well – Juice WRLD
- paper thin – christian French
- positions – Ariana Grande
- Over now (w. The Weekend) – Calvin Harris
- Still Don’t Know My Name – Labrinth
- Candy (ft trippie Red) – Machine gun kelly
- Tangerine – Glass Animals
- Doom Days – Bastille
- Nostalgic – ARIZONA
- Numb – Eiderbrook
- Glamorama – Bryce Vine
- e.z. – Blackbear & Machine Gun Kelly
- Dunno – Miley Cyrus
- Remember That Night – Sara Kays
- Amnesia ft. Boy In Space – DREAMDNVR
- Little Green Eyes – Surfer Girl
- I Won – Ty Dolla $ign, Jack Harlow, 24kGoldn
- Hit em Hard – Offset, Trippe Redd, Kevin Gates, Lil Durk, King Von
- Fast Lane – Don Toliver, Lil Durk, Latto,
- Beggin‘ – Maneskin
- Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
- STAY – The Kid Laroi, Justin Beiber
- Already Best Friends – Jack Harlowe and Chris Brown
- Hey Gringo – KALEO
- Cover Me In Sunshine – P!nk

Moody Trending Songs for Instagram Reels
- Lovely – Billie Eilish and Khalid
- Fantasy – Alina Baraz, Galimatias
- Reflections on a Hero – Trevor Morris
- Glamdring – Howard Shore (Think Lord of the Rings)
- After Hours – The Weeknd
- I’ll Be The Moon- Dierks Bentley
- Shake The Frost – Tyler Childers
- DNA – Lea Marie Johnson
- Shadows – Sabrina Carpenter
- You Broke Me First – Tate McRae
- Cardigan – Taylor Swift
- Saving Us A Riot – Phoria
- Numb (Chill Mix) – Elderbrook
- Doom Days- Bastille
- Diamonds – Sam Smith
- Control – Zoe Wees
- Something – Henry Green
- Bom Bidi Bom – Nick Jonas
- Not Afraid Anymore – Halsey
- Helium – Sia
- Never Tear Us Apart – Bishop Briggs
- Earned It – The Weeknd
- Love Me Like You Do- Ellie Goulding
- Salted Would – Sia
- Girl – Marren Morris
- ‘Set The Bed On Fire’ – Teddy Swims {looks like Post Malone – sings like an angel} SUCH a vibe.
- Someone You Loved – Agent Blue
- Someone You Loved – Teddy Swims ( an awesome cover!)
- I Can’t Make You Love Me – Teddy Swims
- I.O.M.W. (I’m On My Way) – Chelan, Liana
- Break My Heart – Due Lipa
- I’m Ready – Sam Smith & Devi Lovato
- Lonely Weekend – Kacey Musgraves
- Pretty Shiny Things – Kassi Ashton
- Quarantine Clean – Turbo, Gunna, Young thing
- Running Thru 3AM- Aeris Roves
- Giants – Jackson Guthy
- Wake Me When It’s Over – Faouzia
- Stockholm – Revel Day – Jobii
- Pretty Boy – Cavale
- Paris – Magic Man
- Both – Ingrid Andrews
- Savage (Remix ft. beyonce) – Megan Thee Stallion
- Slow Dance – AJ Mitchell, Ava Max
- FYT (ft. French Montana) – Jeremiah, Ty Dolla $ign, French Montana
- Come & Go (with Marshmallow) – Juice WRLD, Marshmello
- Can’t Stand Us 2.0 (ft. French Montana) – Mark Battles, Franchise, Thorb
- Dance With Me (ft. Thomas Rhett & Young Thug)
- Midnight (feat. Liam Payne) – Alesso
- I Feel Like I’m Growing – Two Feet
- Past Life (w Selena Gomez) – Trevor Daniel
- Rover (feat DTG) – Simba
- Heat Waves – Glass Animals
- WHAT YOU GONNA DO? – Bastille, Graham Coxon
- Fade Out – Seeb, Olivia O’Brien, Space Primates
- Champion – FIreboy DML, D Smoke
- Laugh Now Cry Later ft. Lil Durk – Drake
- Good In Goodbye – madison beer
- Second Chances (ft. 6LACK) – Kiana Lede
- Falling Asleep At The Wheel – holly Humberstone (ethereal and pretty!)
- Better Luck Next Time – Kelsea ballerini (But country all at the same time)
- Only – ZHU, Tinashe
- Don’t Waste My Time (ft. Ella Mae) – Usher, Ella May
- Emergency – Jay Sean
- Bitter – Fletcher, Kito
- In The End – Mellen Gi Remix, Tommee Profitt, Fleurie
- When I Get Older – Billie Eilish
- Expectations – Lauren JaureguiLost Cause – Miranda Glory
- seven – taylor Swift
- 50 ft. – Lauren Jauregui
- pass you buy – Alaina castillo
- ocean waves – Alaina Castillo
- Iris – Kina Grannis
- Feels Like Home – Bea Miller, jessie Reyez
- Like That – bea Miller
- It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World (with Black Canary)
- GIRL – Saygrace
- mad woman – Taylor swift
- I will spend my whole life loving you – Imaginary Future, kina grannis
- Invisible Chains – Lauren Jauregui
- Can’t Help falling In love – Kina Grannis
- Touch & Go – Tinashe, Tarro, 6Lack
- List of People (To Try and Forget About) – Tene Impala
- My Oasis (ft Burna boy)- Sam Smith
- Mood (ft. iann Dior) – 24kgoldn, iann dior
- Therefore I Am – Billie Eilish
- Don’t be sad – Tate McRae
- Move With Me – Locals Only Sound
- VICES – Mothica
- Hollywood’s Bleeding/Numb – Conor Maynard
- Darkest Hour – Andrea Russett
- Your Power – Billie Eilish

Indie / Chill trending Songs For Instagram Reels
This is our favorite genre of songs for Instagram Reels by travel creators! These songs make everyone want to travel to your destination and they’re songs everyone knows on some level.
- Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) – Stevie Wonder
- The Night We Met – Lord Huron
- Sedona – Houndmouth
- Midnight Sky – Petit Biscuit
- Are You Bored Yet (ft. Cairo) – Wallows
- Island In The Sun – Weezer
- Build A Stage – Bronze Radio Return
- Comethru (feat. Bea Miller) – Jeremy Zucker
- I’ve Gott You- Jack Botts
- Draw Me A Map – Dierks Bentley
- Little Light – Lewis Watson
- All I Want – Kodaline
- Yellow Bird – Ben Stevenson
- Oceans – Seafret
- Broken Bones – Kaleo
- Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
- When the Night is Over – Lord Huron
- There Will Be Another One – Bronze Radio Return
- Autumn Town Leaves – Iron & Wine
- Nostalgic – Arizona
- Meet Me On The Equinox – Death Cab for Cutie
- Soul Meets Body – Death Cab for Cutie
- Beach Baby- Bon Iver
- Riptide – Vance Joy
- Here Comes The Sun – Mauve
- ‘Half A Man’ – Dean Lewis {Think epic sunrise vibes?}
- ‘Runaway’ – AURORA {Would be incredible background music for an earthy green vibes video}
- Sky’s Still Blue – Andrew Belle
More Indie Songs You May Not Know But We Love!!
- Bloom – The Paper Kites
- Mountain Song – Little Chief
- She Burns – Joy Vance
- Dissolve – Absofacto
- Yellow – Emmit Fenn
- The Subway Song – Delacey
- Goliath – Smith & Thell
- Give & Take – John Marc
- Forest Fires – Axel Flovent
- 33 “God” – Bon Iver
- Now & Then – Lily Kershaw
- Go Outside – Cults
- Slow Life (With Victoria Legrand) – Grizzley Bear
- Let’s Fall In Love for the Night – FINNEAS
- Dandelion Wine – Gregory Alan Isakov
- Apocolypse – Cigarettes After Sex
- Northern Lights – Cider Sky
- Rosyln – Bon Iver, St.Vincent
- Unwind – Presidio
- Golden thing – Cody Simpson
- Entertainment – Corey Harper
- London’s song – matt Hartke
- Colorado (Acoustic)– Checo
- Stop! Wait A minute – Jameson Gerdon (Sort of an Indie Pop Mix)
- LOVE IN THE DARK – Jessie Reyez
- Miami – Noah Cunane
- Meet Me On The Equinox – Friday Night At the Movies
- Friends – Band of Skulls
- Love Will Take You – Angus & Stone
- Speak Up – POP Etc
- Don’t Take The Money – Bleachers
- Someone to Love – Atomic Tom
- Me & You Together Song – The 1975
- When Did Your Heart Go Missing – Rooney
- Someplace Beautiful – Alfred Hall
- They Just Exist – Gatton
- All The Things – Gatton
- Jasper Avenue – Carter
- First – David Fanning
- Killing Time (ft. Eliott) Acoustic – The Kite String Tangle
- Factor In – Kevin Garrett
- Shooting The Moon – OK Go
- Monsters – Hurricane Bells
- Setting Sun – Lord Huron
- All The Pretty Girls – Lord Huron
- At The River – groove Armads
- Hang Me Up To Dry – Cold War Kids
- Still Wandering – Bronze Radio Return
- exile – Bon Iver & Taylor Swift
- Lose It – Oh Wonder
- Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
- Autumn Town Leaves – Iron and Wine
- How Would I Know – Kygo
- All We do – Oh Wonder
- Cardigan – taylor Swift
- Half Light – BANNERS
- High on You – Sigma, John Newman
- Miracle Love – Matt Corby
- Lucky – Chelsea Cutler, Alexander 23
- The ghosts of beverly drive – Death Cab for Cutie
- Little Wanderer – Death Cab for Cutie
- el Buho – Blanco White
- I Do Too – The Declaws
- Mirror Masa (I Think I’m Fallin For Ya) – Dathan
- Heather – Conan Grey
- Around The Bend – Theo Kandel
- I Found – Amber Run

Country Songs For Instagram Reels
- Almost Maybes – Jordan Davis
- 7 Summers – Morgan Wallen
- Me On Whiskey – Morgan Wallen
- Dance With Me – Thomas Rhett
- One Margarita – Luke Bryan
- Girl – Marren Morris
- Shake The Frost – Tyler Childers
- Someone You Loved – Teddy Swims
- How Not To – Dan + Shay
- Miss Me More – Kelsea Ballerini
- One Man Band – Old Dominion
- One Beer – HIXTAPE, Hardy, Lauren Alaina, Devin Dawson
- You Should Probably Leave – Chris Stapleton
- City Girl – Ryan Hurd
- Chasin After you – Ryan Hurd, Maren Morris
- Neon Fools – Adam Doleac
- After A Few – Travis Denning
- I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth) – Gabby Barrett
- when was it over? – Sasha Sloan, Sam Hunt
- ‘The South’ – FGL, The Cadillac Three & Dierks Bentley
- Jersey On the Wall – I’m Just Asking – Tenille Townes
- Be Like That – Kane Brown ft. Swae Lee & Khalid
- seaside – Billy Currington
- Run – Lauren Alaina
- When I Die – Brett Eldridge
- Just About Over You – Priscilla Block
- Oh My Sweet Carolina – Ryan Adams
- Still Smokin’ – RaeLynn
- Cover Me Up – Morgan Wallen
- Drinking Alone – Carrie Underwood
- Single Saturday Night – Cole Swindell
- Lady – Brett Young
- Lil Bit – Florida Georgia Line and Nelly
- Time > Breathe Reprise > – Greensky Bluegrass (Seeing them in concert in February!)
- Sleeping on The Blacktop – Colter Wall (If you haven’t heard this one yet – you need to go listen right now!)

Oldies But Goodies – trending songs for insatgram reels
- Sucker’s Prayer – The Decemberists
- Running Away – VANO 3000, BADBADNOTGOOD, Samuel T. Herring
- Dark Red – Steve Lacy
- Never Forget You – Noisettes
- More Than A Woman – Bees Gees
- Just The Two of Us (ft. Bill Withers) – Grover Washington
- It’s Tricky – Run – D.M.C.
- Cupid’s Choke / Breakfast in America – Gym Class Heroes

February 2022 Trending Songs For Instagram Reels
Get the full February 2022 Playlist: Emo Girl by clicking here.
While many of the songs we listed above are great for grabbing the attention of your target audience, using the most trendy songs is one of the best tactics for increasing your reach on social media. The more your post with currently trending music and on-trend topics, the more your audience will come back to you! (Not to mention that having good taste in music to epic photography and videography just makes you likable to your audience!)
- Real Thing – Pink Sweat$, Tori Kelly
- emo girl (feat. WILLOW) – Machine Gun Kelly (Find the top 100 Machine Gun Kelly Songs in our other post here!)
- Love It When You Hate me (ft. Blackbear) – Avril Lavigne …. talk about a comeback right??
- thought it was – iann dior, Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly
- How Long – Tove Lo (From Euphoria)
- Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama) – Charlie XCX
- Girl of My Dreams (with SUGA of BTS) – Juice WRLD
- I AM WOMAN – Emmy Meli
- The Motto – Tiesto, Ava Max
- Better Days (ft Mae Muller x Polo G) – NEIKED
- All I See Is You – Shane Smith & the Saints **Awesome indie song!!
- TO THE MOON – Jnr Choi (A super trendy remix!)
- Time After Time – Paratone **Another awesome remix that everyone will know the words to!
- Finger’s Crossed – Lauren Spencer-Smith *A super vibey gal power song.
- Fall in Love with You. – Montell Fish – Incredibly good vocals
- Miserable Man – David Kushner – Indie Slower Vibes
- Always Been You – Jessie Murph – Love this one!
- feel like shit – Tate McRae… If you know you know.
- Imagine – Ben Platt – Indie/R&B Ish
- and I’d go a thousand miles – Montell Fish **Another great remix!
- NNAN – Young M.A., Relle Bey, Max YB – RAP
- LAst dAy oN EaRTh – Tai Verdes **I feel like this is the perfect travel vibe song right now.
- Shut Off The Lights – Bastille – Swedish Pop
- Last Birthday – Valley – Indie
- Kenny – Still Woozy (fave indie song right now!)
- Hometown Tonight – Restless Road (The guys that were on The Bachelor! Hate the show but that’s kinda where we started hearing about them!) – Country =

Songs for Instagram reels Still Trending From January 2022
- What A Time (feat. Niall Horan) – Julia Michaels
- abcdefu – GAYLE
- Big Dreams – The Score, FITZ
- Mood – Wizkid, Buju
See our new Epic Lake Day Playlist for 2022!!
Not to mention that you could use all of these same songs for TikTok! It’s highly encouraged to gain a bigger TikTok following to use trending songs. The best songs for Tiktok change constantly and sometimes they’re nostalgic, but these have all been popular in the last month!

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Until next time friends,

Chelsea
Thanks for this list! I needed a song for a food reel I was uploading and found the perfect one!
Evan and Shelby
ChelseaSo glad you found one! Check back in a few days for an updated list for June 2021 and our June/Memorial Day Weekend Playlist!
bans
ChelseaWhat song did you end up using?
Geri
Number 9 and 27 are the same in the instrumental section.