#with artists like nu'est and linkin park and sum41 and blackpink and avril lavigne etc etc

[losingluckynumbers]

Happy Spotify Wrapped Day to all who celebrate! (Or Happy Spotify Too Mines Your Data But At Least They Make It Fun Day!)

Do you know why I love Spotify wrapped so much? No? Yes? Don't care? Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway...

Music makes up a huge chunk of my personality - listening to music, that is, I myself possess zero musical talent. You can't even pretend to know me if you have no clue what my all-time favourite bands/artists are, what I am currently listening to, what songs never fail to make me happy, what I never wanna hear again in my life, what new stuff have I found etc. etc. etc. It's also the type of personal information I'm comfortable with sharing even on IG or wherever. Actually, I enjoy it, but on IG it always feels a bit... awkward? Like, this is not how adults are supposed to use social media? (Why do you think I returned to tumblr?) Spotify Wrapped is a socially acceptable way for me to share what I love, and it's a damn good feeling.

I don't just want to share the music I love. I want to know what my friends/acquaintances/anyone and everyone are listening to. First of all, it's interesting - perhaps I could pick up some song recommendations and find new gems. Secondly, it tells me a lot about this person - I don't feel like I know them at all if I'm not familiar with their taste in music. (See? This works both ways.) People no longer have CDs in their homes, so I can't check out their CD collection (it's the same problem with the lack of bookshelves). In the early days of social media and pre-social media, everybody listed their favourite artists on their profiles. We communicated through song lyrics. Good times. Now, it's like my "social" media is just a bunch of strangers. Spotify should automatically share the Wrapped results to everyone's respective IG stories imo. Given how self-centred social media is, it's honestly extremely strange that sharing your interests has become so rare and almost considered embarrassing in a way, I guess. At least every year I see posts saying something like "nobody cares about your Spotify Wrapped why do people post those whinywhinywhiny" and I'm just?? WHY?? Wouldn't you care??? That is one of the most interesting things anyone could tell me about themselves - certainly far more interesting than e.g. what someone is wearing or how much they hate cold weather. (But keep sharing those too! If someone doesn't want to hear about your life, why would they have followed you in the first place?)

Now, go and share your Spotify Wrapped - and have fun with it! I bet there's someone dying to see what you've been streaming.