![]() ![]() And let’s say, completely unrelated, that your #2 artist this year was Stevie Nicks. ![]() Let’s say-picking completely at random-that band is Fleetwood Mac, who also happen to be your top artist. Let’s say that the rest of your Top Songs are dominated by one band. III, but I have no memory of ever listening to this track from their 2013 debut! I mean, maybe the takeaway is that if somehow a song you don’t think you’ve ever heard ends up in your Top Songs, maybe you’re listening too passively? Like, maybe listening to music more intentionally should be on your list of New Year’s resolutions. I know I made a point last year of listening to the band’s 2020 album Women in Music Pt. This is how I explain the presence of HAIM’s “The Wire” at #5 in my 2021 list of top songs. I mean, I don’t know how much sense that actually makes these days-as someone recently pointed out to me, it’s not like there are a lot of mom-and-pop record shops left in the world from which to buy music-but this is the source of my probably irrational angst about Spotify.Īnd actually, part of the reason that the songs on my Spotify Wrapped have, in the past, seemed a bit baffling to me, is because I tend to use the app kind of like the radio, in the sense that I use it to listen to playlists full of unfamiliar or new artists, to try things out and discover new music rather than to listen to favorite artists. Call me old fashioned (not an insult), but I think that if you love an album or a song, you should purchase it. I want to say upfront that I always feel a little guilty about listening to music on Spotify. What music did I listen to the most this year? And why? And what does that say about me? Does anyone else get this…introspective about their Spotify Wrapped? Like so many year-end and best-off lists, it’s an opportunity to indulge that seasonal impulse to look back at the year that was and try to make some sense of it. This year’s Spotify Wrapped has finally launched! The annual feature, which is only available on Spotify’s mobile app this year, takes an algorithmic look back at all the music you’ve listened to over the past year and delivers your top artists and songs, plus some other little insights, in an Instagram stories-ready graphic. In February, the company launched an AI DJ feature, which plays personalized songs along with AI-powered spoken commentary.Īdditional reporting: Sarah Perez TC also corrected a typo “5-10” mixes, not “5-19” as earlier stated.Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here! (Image courtesy of Spotify) Spotify has been revamping its app in recent weeks with a number of AI-powered features. Spotify tells us it’s driven by the company’s personalization tech and algorithms. However, the feature is not AI-powered, despite its initial appearance. ![]() An app called LineupSupply renamed itself to Playlist AI and added a playlist generator that works by text input - something that may have pushed Spotify to develop this feature. The streamer would not be the first app to try a feature that generates a list with a prompt. Plus, there are some holes in the coverage, as the service was able to return a “cooking mix” but not a “cooking dinner mix,” for instance. However, you may run into keyword combinations that don’t offer results if they’re not terms that could not be tied to music somehow. Spotify suggested a few Niche Mixes to get users started, including its Cottagecore Indie Mix, Bubblegum Pop Mix, Discofox Mix, Feel Good Driving Mix, Fun Road Trip Mix, Travel Mashup Mix and others. In addition, Spotify will suggest a carousel of 5-10 Niche Mixes made for you, which are updated every day. You can find these playlists under “Your Niche Mixes” in the “Made For You” hub located under search, after their creation. The Niche Mixes will have a “Made For You” label below the name in search results. For example, you can search for “Feel good morning mix,” “90s running mix” or “driving singalong mix,” among other things. The feature allows users to instantly generate a playlist for almost anything. “We’re giving listeners access to tens of thousands of Mixes unique to them based on, well, almost anything they can think of,” Spotify said in a blog post. The company describes this feature as “a set of personalized playlists that combines all that our Mixes offer in a playful way.” ![]() This new feature is available to all free and premium users in English starting today. For instance, you could type in an “activity, vibe or aesthetic,” the company notes, then append the word “mix” to generate the custom playlist. Spotify launched a new feature today called Niche Mixes that lets you create your own personalized mixes based on just a few words of description in the Search tab. ![]()
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