Waukee’s Wrapped!

As the 2023 year comes to an end many students look forward to Spotify Wrapped coming out. This year students got this gift early. Wrapped normally comes out on December 1st, but it dropped on November 29th this year. Spotify Wrapped is statistics about your music throughout the year, it provides a fun slideshow with colorful graphics and music displaying all of this information to you every year, and a slide at the end with all of your statistics that you can share on social media! Looking at your Spotify Wrapped is a fun tradition that all Spotify users can look forward to throughout the year.

 The official Spotify website explains why they continue to put out a wrap every year. They give three reasons as to why. 1. You get a deeper look into your listening with a recap made specifically for you and only you. 2. You can compare your Wrapped highlights with friends and the world! And finally 3. Wrapped is only for people with a Spotify account. Many other music services like Apple Music have tried to recapture something like Wrapped for their platform but only Spotify gives you a full overview of your listening throughout the year. 

This year Spotify Wrapped included many different statistics, such as the amount of genres you listened to throughout the year as well as the 5 genres you listened to the most and it places them from highest to lowest. Wrapped also shows you a place on the map where people listen to the same artists you do. Wrapped also includes how many songs you played in 2023, as well as your top 5 songs of the year. With your top song, it shows how many times you played it and when you started playing it. 

Spotify Wrapped shows you how many minutes you listen to music in 2023, then it transcribes that into how many days that is. Another statistic Wrapped provides you with is the day when you listen to music the most. Similarly to songs, Spotify Wrapped shows you your top 5 artists and what month you listened to each one the most in. For your top artist, it shows what percentage of fans you have compared to the rest of the world. Spotify also shows you the amount of minutes you spent listening to your top artist. 

Something that is special to Wrapped 2023 is that they show you a special message from your top artist. The video consists of that artist thanking you for being one of their listeners this year. The last thing Wrapped shows you is what type of listener you are and why. There were many different types of listeners you could have gotten but here are some of the more popular ones people fell into in 2023. 

The Hypnotist  means your concentration is absolute, you like to play an album all the way through, from the opening track to the final note. The next one is the Luminary which means there’s a spark in you, and your listening shows, you play light, upbeat music more than others. Another one you could have gotten is the Shapeshifter which means one moment you head over heels for an artist, the next moment you’ve moved on. 

The next one is the Time Traveler which means you travel back in time and listen to songs on repeat, again and again. One of the ones you also could’ve gotten is the Vampire which means when it comes to your listening, you like to embrace a little darkness. You listen to emotional, atmospheric music more than most. There are many more that you could’ve been placed into but these are some of the biggest categories. These descriptions were given by Spotify and this tradition helps you learn more about yourself and your music taste. 

One of the things Spotify Wrapped includes is many playlists under the term “2023 in Music” Here they have the top tracks, artists, groups, and tracks of 2023. They also show the top hits of the year, as well as a “best of” playlist for each music genre, and overall playlists they made for certain moods you had in 2023. There is also a playlist that shows YOUR  top 2023. Here is where you can also see other artists’ messages that other people saw in their Spotify Wrapped. There are MANY more things this tab gives you, and so many playlists that you will never have to make your own again! 

With Spotify being one of the most popular music apps with 574 million users there are bound to be some at Waukee High School. Sophomore Miles Early shares some of his Spotify statistics, “I listened to 164,772 minutes which is 114 Days nonstop!” Another student who uses Spotify is junior Scarlet Moser, she shares her favorite part about seeing her Spotify Wrapped each year! “I like to see how mixed up my genre of music is. I listen to a super random variety of music!” 

Another Junior who uses Spotify is Norah Lawry, she also shares what their favorite part of Wrapped is. “I love seeing how many minutes I listen to music since I know it’s always crazy, and seeing how high up I can get in artists’ top listeners. Haven’t beat 0.5% yet!” Senior Sadie Gifford is another student who loves their 2023 wrapped, she shares which type of listener she is. “I am a Time Traveler, and this is extremely accurate to me as I love to listen to songs on repeat hundreds of times until I get sick of it. For example, my top song this year was Ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine, which I listened to 220 times.” 

Many students at Waukee use Spotify and it is interesting to see just how different people’s music taste and types of listening is. Spotify Wrapped is many student’s favorite way to end the year. And Spotify 2023 Wrapped is no exception. Wrapped is a great way to connect people around the holidays and it is all people can talk about for days after it comes out. It brings everyone together no matter who you are because we all just want to see who has the most minutes! With everyone’s favorite end-of-year activity out of the way, we can all look forward to 2024 and see what next year’s Wrapped has to offer!