Sad Beats

Rain on the window · four slow sets

Sad beats

Sad beats for rainy nights.

Slow drums, soft keys and the feeling of watching rain run down a window. Four sets of melancholy lofi, all official Purrple Cat songs you can stream here for free.

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Official Purrple Cat widescreen art
Snowbound, official Purrple Cat cover

Four slow sets

Pick how sad tonight

Snowbound, official Purrple Cat cover

Set 01 · Rain

Window Seat

Quiet rain songs for staring out of a window.

City Nights 2, official Purrple Cat cover

Set 02 · Night

Last Train Home

Lonely city beats for the ride back.

A Good Book, official Purrple Cat cover

Set 03 · Memory

Unsent Letters

Nostalgic, wistful songs about people and places.

Sea of Stars, official Purrple Cat cover

Set 04 · Sleepless

3 A.M.

Dark, slow lofi for when you cannot sleep.

Eye of the Storm, official Purrple Cat widescreen art

Sad, but the good kind

Sad beats are lofi songs that lean into melancholy: minor keys, slower drums, rain and tape hiss. Every song here is by Purrple Cat, a solo lofi project making music since December 2018, with 500+ songs, 500M+ streams and 425K followers.

Credit line: Music by Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0

Questions

What are sad beats?

Slow, melancholy lofi hip hop: soft drums, minor-key chords and rain-like textures, for late nights and quiet moods.

Can I use these songs in my sad edit or video?

Yes. The official Purrple Cat Self Releases here are licensed under CC BY 4.0, so you can use them, even commercially, if you credit: Music by Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Who is Purrple Cat?

A solo lofi project making music since December 2018, with 500+ songs, 500M+ streams and 425K followers. More is at purrplecat.com.