After months of anticipation, it is that time of the year again: Spotify Wrapped officially released on Dec. 4. For those unfamiliar, Spotify Wrapped is a feature on the music app Spotify where users receive a personalized summary of their most-listened-to songs, artists and genres of music from the past year. It is in a slideshow format with animations, making the experience fun.
As I sat in my AP Psychology class aimlessly scrolling on Spotify, I clicked on Spotify Wrapped, feeling a mix of excitement and nervousness about what my top songs would be. The first slide revealed that I listened for a total of 44,433 minutes this year, putting me in the top 6% of listeners worldwide. My top song was “Simulation Swarm” by Big Thief, which makes sense because, ever since discovering it in February, I have played it nonstop every day. My four other top songs were “Anything” by Adrienne Lenker, “Sexy to Someone” by Clairo, “What’s The Time Where You Are?” by Troye Sivan and “Not a Lot, just forever” by Adrienne Lenker, all songs I truly love and replay repeatedly.
The next slides showed my top genres of each month, with cool, quirky titles. For example, in March, I had my “Surf Crush Slow Dance Indie season” where I listened to artists like Faye Webster, Big Thief and Mac Demarco. October was my “Pink Pilates Princess Vogue Pop season,” with artists like Troye Sivan, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift. Consequently, my top artist of the year was Faye Webster, where I was a top 0.5% fan and spent 1,776 minutes listening to her. This is very expected since I went to a Faye Webster concert back in March and, of course, I spent months listening to her music after the concert. My other top artists were Clairo, Taylor Swift, Adrienne Lenker and Frank Ocean.
Spotify Wrapped season is one that I always look forward to, it is so exciting to analyze what I have been listening to all year. Personally, this year’s Wrapped was accurate, even though many people I know have been saying that theirs does not reflect what they truly listened to this year.
The Panther’s Spotify Wrapped:
Brooke Wilensky
Top Artist: Beyonce
Top Song: “I’m That Girl” by Beyonce
Total Minutes: 29,991
Sophia Snyder
Top Artist: Drake
Top Song: “Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” by Bizarrap and Quevedo
Total Minutes: 9,098
Savanna Byles
Top Artist: Lana Del Rey
Top Song: “Je te laisserai des mots” by Patrick Watson
Total Minutes: 17,504
Seth Clarin
Top Artist: Kanye West
Top Song: “BANDIT” by Don Toliver
Total Minutes: 29,991
Isabella Cantin
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “CHIHIRO” by Billie Eilish
Total Minutes: 44,240
Lilianne Fernandez
Top Artist: Zach Bryan
Top Song: “Saving Up” by Dom Dolla
Total Minutes: 33,153
Eleanor Harris
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Steeeam” by Shelly
Total Minutes: 25,992
Gabriela Laventman
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Carne y Hueso” by TINI
Total Minutes: 23,915
Aayana Baid
Top Artist: Zach Bryan
Top Song: “Wondering Why” by The Red Clay Strays
Total Minutes: 55,312
Sara Paredes
Top Artist: Drake
Top Song: “Latch” by Disclosure ft. Sam Smith
Total Minutes: 46,559
Anya Jerome
Top Artist: Frank Ocean
Top Song: “prove it” by 21 Savage ft. Summer Walker
Total Minutes: 99,691
Siena Feigenbaum
Top Artist: Chris Stapleton
Top Song: “Think I’m In Love With You” by Chris Stapleton
Total Minutes: 5,099
Edie Carneiro
Top Artist: Zach Bryan
Top Song: “East Side of Sorrow” by Zach Bryan
Total Minutes: 23,808
Alexis James
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac
Total Minutes: 692
Juliet Isom
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Never Be Like You” by Flume
Total Minutes: 26,649
Mia Shields
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Lacy” by Olivia Rodrigo
Total Minutes: 61,949
Ava Stuzin
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Close To You” by Gracie Abrams
Total Minutes: 25,864
Adi Greenberg
Top Artist: Morgan Wallen
Top Song: “I Had Some Help” by Morgan Wallen
Total Minutes: 45,651
Justin Fechter
Top Artist: Clairo
Top Song: Lithonia by Childish Gambino
Total Minutes: 19,301
Jake Hawkins
Top Artist: Drake
Top Song: “Quieren Ser Yo” by Dei V ft. Bassy
Total Minutes: 32,644
Emilia Haus
Top Artist: Phoebe Bridgers
Top Artist: “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar
Total Minutes: 37,680
Maddie Volpe
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Artist: “With or Without You” by U2
Total Minutes: 50,000
Gabriella Alvarez
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Artist: “Us” by Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift
Total Minutes: 40,313
Jordan Glassman
Top Artist: Cage The Elephant
Top Song: “Can I Call You Tonight?” by Dayglow
Total Minutes: 25,790
Savanah Freedman
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Song: “Cigarette Daydreams” by Cage The Elephant
Total Minutes: 6,438
Jazmin Mason
Top Artist: Tyler, The Creator
Top Song: Japanese Denim by Daniel Caesar
Total Minutes: 17,391
