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Sunlight down an empty city street: 20 seconds of easy morning jazz

Golden sun pouring down a quiet street of old townhouses, before the city gets busy. Twenty seconds of warm Rhodes and soft jazz guitar from our 18-minute city morning track, to ease into the day.

YouTube Short20 secondsPublished November 7, 2026By the SleepBetter.ai team

Watch on YouTube · SleepBetter channel · Wake-Up & Morning

Made with AI. Parts of this video are AI-generated (see “How this was made” below).

What it is

A vertical clip from our 18-minute city morning wake-up, cut from 9:30 to 9:50 in its third scene, sun rays down a quiet street. At that point the track has moved past the soft blue-hour Rhodes opening: guitar is in, and a walking bass and light finger snaps have started to warm the groove, so the clip feels like the city stretching. The picture is that tree-lined street of townhouses, centre-cropped for a phone.

How to use it

Watch it once before you pick up messages: one slow breath in as the light pours down the street, a longer breath out, then open the curtains or step to the window. If you have more than twenty seconds, play the full city track while you make coffee; it keeps building for eighteen minutes and finishes by a café window.

Best for

Apartment mornings, slow risers who like jazz more than orchestral wake-ups, and anyone trying to start the day without scrolling. Other morning Shorts from our wake-up tracks include first light over the mountains, sun on the sea and misty hills at sunrise. If mornings are hard because nights are short, our sleep calculator suggests bedtimes for the time you need to be up.

Sound design note

This cut comes from the gentle build in the middle of the city track, warmer than the rooftop opening but well short of the bright café finish, so it stays easy even when YouTube loops it. It plays fine on a phone speaker.

How this was made

This Short is made with AI. The music is an AI-generated instrumental (ElevenLabs Music), cut from our 18-minute city morning wake-up, and the city street is an AI-generated image (Higgsfield), gently animated. Edited by SleepBetter. No voice.

Sleep videos and guided relaxation are for general wellness, not medical advice. If poor sleep is affecting your days, talk to a doctor or a sleep specialist.