Towards the end of each year, the majority of the Fieldston community spends a number of days impatiently waiting for one thing to come out: a new and entirely personalized Spotify Wrapped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In essence (for those who use Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, SiriusXM or others), the concept of \u201cSpotify Wrapped\u201d is a full-fledged recap of your year in music listening. It often features your top artists, your favorite songs, the number of minutes you listened to and many other fun features. But this year, some things were a little different. Wrapped arrived days after people expected it, with some beloved features removed and new features that were received with mixed emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As early as November 27, the \u201cSpotifynews\u201d and \u201cSpotify\u201d Instagram accounts began to post hints relating to the new version of Spotify Wrapped like \u201cThis year contained multitudes. So will your Wrapped. Coming Soon. #SpotifyWrapped.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comments that followed this post and many thereafter included complaints like \u201cIM TIRED OF WAITING SPOTIFY.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another commenter said, \u201cGirl I thought it was today\u2026,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another joked, \u201cComing soon\u2026its soon 2030????\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word \u201cWrapped\u201d is never said in these comments and is simply implied, enforcing the cultural importance (and understandable dependence) on Spotify Wrapped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But people continued to wait. November 27 became November 30. And December 1 became December 3\u20264\u2026and finally, 5. December 5, everyone woke up to a new tab on the \u201cHome\u201d section of Spotify titled \u201cWrapped\u201d with a reddish outline. Upon tapping the button, the message \u201cIt\u2019s that time of year again. Wrapped\u2019s ready. Are you?\u201d appeared. From there, the app displayed the number of minutes listened to throughout the year, with a specific day that featured your biggest listening day (minutes-wise). The top song came next\u2026which may qualify as nothing short of shock and maybe some excitement. With the top song then came another four songs listened to most, giving some perspective on what plays in the back of one\u2019s mind during class each day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But something new appeared, in which Spotify now documents \u201cmusic evolution\u201d throughout the year. \u201cYou\u2019ve changed. And so has your listening.\u201d Spotify hauntingly displays a recap of each month\u2019s most played artists and category names such as \u201cBoujee Football Rap\u201d season and \u201cGoth Permanent Wave Dream Pop\u201d moments. Though the sentiment of exploring favorite songs and artists is understood, what is the explanation for these category names? How can \u201cgoth wave dream pop\u201d be both permanent and a moment? How is football \u201cboujee\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t tell if I\u2019m living for these names or they\u2019re about to be canceled,\u201d says Form VI student Patrick Kisling, \u201cbut I can tell you this\u2026I will be holding space for this in my heart.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spotify Wrapped ended with the beloved \u201cHow many artists you listened to\u201d and \u201cOverall top five artists of the year\u201d with a sincere \u201cThanks for coming along for the ride\u201d and a foreboding \u201cUntil we meet again\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what is the overall, overarching, encompassing and across-the-board assessment of this year\u2019s Wrapped?
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To sum it all up, it was \u201cphantasmagorically weird and I am lowkey still addicted to it, so no complaints overall,\u201d says Gregory Brooks (Form VI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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