mood music
noun
: music that is meant to create a relaxed or romantic feeling
He lit some candles and put on some mood music.
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Suddenly, an essentially free 12-month extension was on the table despite all the prior mood music suggesting that would not happen.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The mood music in Spain changed when it was revealed that Domingo Corral, Director of Fiction & Entertainment at Spain’s Movistar Plus+, was leaving the Spanish company.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 July 2025
The mood music surrounding the U.K. economy during the last 12 months has been unremittingly bleak.
—Ian King, CNBC, 22 May 2025
At that high point, the mood music was that INEOS may have finally cracked it in Ligue 1 after a testing time since buying the club for £100million ($129.5m) in August 2019.
—Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The mood music in Spain changed when it was revealed that Domingo Corral, Director of Fiction & Entertainment at Spain’s Movistar Plus+, was leaving the Spanish company.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 July 2025
The mood music surrounding the U.K. economy during the last 12 months has been unremittingly bleak.
—Ian King, CNBC, 22 May 2025
At that high point, the mood music was that INEOS may have finally cracked it in Ligue 1 after a testing time since buying the club for £100million ($129.5m) in August 2019.
—Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
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“Mood music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mood%20music. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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