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Speaker 1 00:00:05 At the beginning of each December, the world's 381 million Spotify users wake up to a much anticipated gift.
Speaker 2 00:00:12 Oh my God, what day is it? I would instantly go to my calendar and see if it was truly if I was dreaming or if it was truly
Speaker 1 00:00:21 That's Andrew Young and like millions of others each year, he gets a summary of his music, listening history through Spotify wrapped. If you aren't familiar with the tradition, each December, Spotify presents its users with bright, shareable graphics, summing up their music tastes for the year and showing them just how unique their listening habits are. And it's become somewhat of a social media phenomenon. The graphics are easily shareable to Instagram stories, and boy are they shared,
Speaker 2 00:00:47 I don't have anything against Spotify wrapped. I was just thinking, it's funny how one day everyone's music is, is all over the interwebs, but I also think there are benefits to it, right? Like you, you might discover again like that mutual interest that maybe some people are looking for in terms of music,
Speaker 1 00:01:02 But for Weinberg junior, Kate Kelly, even though that sharing can be overwhelming, it can also be a moment of pride and symbolic self completion of sorts.
Speaker 0 00:01:11 There's this attachment of your, of your music tastes too, like your sense of style, um, that I feel like people often do. And I know I started listening to a lot of certain artists because I thought I liked their music for wine, but B I thought that listening to their music sort of like had a nice vibe to it that sort of like, uh, resonated with my personality, your, your music taste, um, is really put under a microscope,
Speaker 1 00:01:36 But let's say you happen to not be so proud of your music taste.
Speaker 2 00:01:40 Well, I would hope to see more, um, um, a heavier selection from Luke Combs or Thomas rat, because that's who I generally listen to those, those types of folks. There was a great deal of one direction populating my Spotify rap from 2021. And while I love me some one direction, I do not remember spending a considerable amount of time listening to them in that particular year. Um, but it is entirely possible that I was enjoying them a little bit more than I would care to admit,
Speaker 1 00:02:19 Or for example, not speaking from personal experience or anything, but let's say the glee cast was your top artist of the year, and you aren't ready to tell the world your gleek yet or a direction, or what can you do to avoid that situation for 2022? The answer isn't exactly straightforward, but Kelly has one tip, get out all your so-called embarrassing music binges. And the month before the new year,
Speaker 0 00:02:42 Because in December, I had this freedom to listen to whatever I wanted and knew that it wouldn't show up in my Spotify wrapped. So I would listen to coconuts, whatever I wanted. I remember it correctly, Lots and lots of Taylor swift, um, was really enjoying the red album.
Speaker 0 00:03:11 If, if not for that, for that grace period, Taylor swift would definitely be my number one artist like this time next year. I also just like listen to the radio a lot more. I dunno if that was really effected by wrapped, but I think I was also in that same mindset of, I can listen to whatever I was sort of letting myself explore a lot of different genres.
Speaker 1 00:03:29 According to Spotify, they stop using data for wrapped a few weeks before it comes out, potentially leaving all of November out of the running. And certainly,
Speaker 2 00:03:37 I don't know when I was listening to one direction, but I, I think I was in a, I definitely was in like a classic rock phase in the fall and in the winter. And I, that was heavily underrepresented in my Spotify wrapped. So a hundred percent that now that you bring that up, yeah, I am actually getting a little, a little agitated as we were talking about it. Cause they, they missed out on that. That phase of my,
Speaker 1 00:03:59 And this trend is definitely shown in Spotify is rap data. According to billboard, this method clearly privileges earlier releases. In fact, Olivia Rodrigo's driver's license, the top song of the year, as well as little NAS X is Montero. Call me by your name. The second most dream song were both released before April giving users plenty of time to rack up streams. So as 2022, Spotify wrapped is a mere 10 months away. Remember, you really may only have nine months to show Spotify your true or not so true habits. Or you can just be like Kelly and learn to embrace your tape.
Speaker 0 00:04:34 I think it's time to finally to say I'm a coconut span. I don't think I've ever said that out loud. And I would like it to be on this little podcast show radio talkie thing. That coconuts is a great song. Such good lyric. Marguerite is literal lyrical anemia.
Speaker 1 00:04:57 For WMUR news. I'm Helen Bradshaw.
