Dear, Music Lovers — ‘Tis the season! If you have Spotify, that time of year has come a year where the company (kinda’ creepily, but kinda’ cool) shares summarized information with us about our listening habits. Some people are shocked by what they see, but I’m always impressed by how much they get me & my love of music 🤣
Nothing too fancy. Hoping a lot of you have seen these roll-ups before (and if not, you’re in for a treat).
A Few Snaps from My 2021 Wrapped
Check these out (if you’re not here to have any fun with the scrolling – haha, that’s ok – just scroll right down to the bottom of this post for the summary shot)…
The first thing for people to understand is that I listen to a lot of music. And even through my numbers feel off a bit this year, so far I still spent about 24 of the 365 days in 2021 listening to music. According to Spotify, I listened to 153 different genres of music in total this year! It makes me wonder how granular their system gets… Apparently the aura of my taste in music is blue/pink and gives off a mood of wistful and happy. Go figure. There is a story behind the reason this song was number one this year, and one day I’ll have the courage to share that story on this blog. I discovered Jorja Smith this year and fell in love! She’s easily one of my current celebrity crushes. Also, #3 is a banger! I listened to 1,959 different artist this year, but no surprises here — RTJ my Top Artist last year, too. I was in the top 0.5% of their listeners this year. I’ve been a fan of El-P! for well over a decade now and Killer Mike is a perfect pairing. I stand by this list. If you’ve never listened to Numbers 2 & 3 — treat yourself to a listen. This is apparently the soundtrack to my year? I don’t know how they picked these, but – in light of the other “Top” lists – I don’t see where this one came from.
If You Don’t Have Spotify…
If you don’t have Spotify, I’m sorry that you can’t 100% participate in this annual cultural exchange. It’s honestly fun to see your musical stylings rolled up neatly like this.
Give it a try — jump to get a trial of Spotify if you can. It’s a great service, and there’s a reason so many people use it.
If you skipped to the bottom, this is me in a nutshell. Check out YOUR personal 2021 Wrapped if you haven’t already. Good times!
Peace, and thanks for reading.
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