Every year, people can’t wait for their Spotify Wrapped – learning stats of what kind of music they have listened to is always fun. When it comes out, for the next couple of days, the internet is flooded with reactions and memes about it, and even if you don’t use the platform, you can’t escape it.This year was supposed to be the same. Then, Wrapped came out, and instead of the usual excitement, a wave of disappointment took over. People were displeased with the review’s shortness, lack of vital and fun features, AI usage, and so on. Even though the feelings were negative, people managed to turn them intomemes, which today’s list is made of. So, without further ado, let’s dive in!Image credits:SpotifyThe long-awaited Spotify Wrapped 2024 dropped, but a lot of people aren’t happy with the way it looks@trvrdmusicwhere are the MEMES 😭😭♬ original sound - TRVR?“I would like to remind everybody that Spotify laid off 1,500 employees last year because the CEO said that their jobs were not needed. And then I would like to point my finger at everybody talking about how bad Spotify wrapped looks this year while the CEO made like a bunch of money. So, I’m sure those have nothing to do with each other and those aren’t related.“Pretty soon folks started talking that mass layoffs in Spotify offices and the company’s unwelcome desire to use AI were at faultThis post may includeaffiliate links.
Every year, people can’t wait for their Spotify Wrapped – learning stats of what kind of music they have listened to is always fun. When it comes out, for the next couple of days, the internet is flooded with reactions and memes about it, and even if you don’t use the platform, you can’t escape it.
This year was supposed to be the same. Then, Wrapped came out, and instead of the usual excitement, a wave of disappointment took over. People were displeased with the review’s shortness, lack of vital and fun features, AI usage, and so on. Even though the feelings were negative, people managed to turn them intomemes, which today’s list is made of. So, without further ado, let’s dive in!
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The long-awaited Spotify Wrapped 2024 dropped, but a lot of people aren’t happy with the way it looks
where are the MEMES 😭😭
“I would like to remind everybody that Spotify laid off 1,500 employees last year because the CEO said that their jobs were not needed. And then I would like to point my finger at everybody talking about how bad Spotify wrapped looks this year while the CEO made like a bunch of money. So, I’m sure those have nothing to do with each other and those aren’t related.”
Pretty soon folks started talking that mass layoffs in Spotify offices and the company’s unwelcome desire to use AI were at fault
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At the end of every year (usuallylate November or early December), the music streaming platform Spotify releases its Wrapped. This year, in 2024, it came out on December 4th.Basically, it’s a personalizedcompilationof a user’s stats from the last year, letting them see what kind of artists and songs they listened to the most. Plus, it also reveals what artists, tracks, albums (and other things like audiobooks and podcasts) were themost popularon the whole platform.
At the end of every year (usuallylate November or early December), the music streaming platform Spotify releases its Wrapped. This year, in 2024, it came out on December 4th.
Basically, it’s a personalizedcompilationof a user’s stats from the last year, letting them see what kind of artists and songs they listened to the most. Plus, it also reveals what artists, tracks, albums (and other things like audiobooks and podcasts) were themost popularon the whole platform.
The first time Spotify Wrapped was ever released was in2015, and with every year since, it has evolved to fascinate music streamers even more, leading people to be excited about the feature.Until this year. When the end of November started to approach, people couldn’t wait for the Spotify Wrapped to be dropped. On November 27th, Spotify accountsteasedthe Wrapped, leading many people to theorize it would drop on the 28th, as it is common for it to be released on aWednesday. Then, it didn’t happen, so everyone expected December 4th to be the day, which this time was true.Pretty quickly, social media was flooded with people disappointed with this long-awaited feature.Bored Pandareached out toJurgita, an avid Spotify user since 2019, to talk a little bit more about this.
The first time Spotify Wrapped was ever released was in2015, and with every year since, it has evolved to fascinate music streamers even more, leading people to be excited about the feature.
Until this year. When the end of November started to approach, people couldn’t wait for the Spotify Wrapped to be dropped. On November 27th, Spotify accountsteasedthe Wrapped, leading many people to theorize it would drop on the 28th, as it is common for it to be released on aWednesday. Then, it didn’t happen, so everyone expected December 4th to be the day, which this time was true.
Pretty quickly, social media was flooded with people disappointed with this long-awaited feature.Bored Pandareached out toJurgita, an avid Spotify user since 2019, to talk a little bit more about this.
The first thing that everyone, including Jurgita, noticed was that it was quite short and the visuals were ratherboringtoo.Then, it also contained a barely exciting feature. Last year, in 2023, the users got to see which town matched their listening vibe; in 2022, what their “listening personalities” were, and so on.This year people got their “music evolution,” which came withquestionable names. Forexample, “Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop” – what is that? Or “Pumpkin Spice Vogue Pop.” Instead of giving people their actual genres, like they used to do, Spotify came up with these names that sound AI-generated from internet buzzwords.Our interviewee Jurgita had a similar opinion. She pointed out that it was disappointing to not see accurately whatgenresshe listened to and instead see names that were put randomly in order to cause some sort of a feeling or reaction.
The first thing that everyone, including Jurgita, noticed was that it was quite short and the visuals were ratherboringtoo.
Then, it also contained a barely exciting feature. Last year, in 2023, the users got to see which town matched their listening vibe; in 2022, what their “listening personalities” were, and so on.
This year people got their “music evolution,” which came withquestionable names. Forexample, “Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop” – what is that? Or “Pumpkin Spice Vogue Pop.” Instead of giving people their actual genres, like they used to do, Spotify came up with these names that sound AI-generated from internet buzzwords.
Our interviewee Jurgita had a similar opinion. She pointed out that it was disappointing to not see accurately whatgenresshe listened to and instead see names that were put randomly in order to cause some sort of a feeling or reaction.
Additionally, they gave some other artificial intelligence features, like anAI podcast, which is basically a personalized audio review of their statistics. And it wasn’t even available everywhere, only in selectedcountries. Jurgita was saddened that in her country, Lithuania, the Wrapped didn’t contain it, as maybe it would have added at least some pizzazz to the underwhelming review.At the same time, those who got it weren’t that thrilled either – the AI-generated voices pretending to have a conversation were a bitunsettling.
Additionally, they gave some other artificial intelligence features, like anAI podcast, which is basically a personalized audio review of their statistics. And it wasn’t even available everywhere, only in selectedcountries. Jurgita was saddened that in her country, Lithuania, the Wrapped didn’t contain it, as maybe it would have added at least some pizzazz to the underwhelming review.
At the same time, those who got it weren’t that thrilled either – the AI-generated voices pretending to have a conversation were a bitunsettling.
Anotherperson noted that the artists Chappell Roan and Charli XCX, whose music they listened to non-stop since summer, didn’t even make it to their top 5.
Our interviewee Jurgita also had complaints about her stats: “I haven’t listened to the song that ended up as my top 4th inmonths, so it’s weird it’s up there. Also, the top didn’t feature a single song from the artists Wrapped claimed to be my top 1.”
There were also people who weredispleasedwith their top 100 playlist being not the actual top but rather a patterned playlist.
Well, there were a lot of problems with Spotify Wrapped this year, that’s for sure. It led to people wondering whether recentlayoffshad something to do with it. It’s possible that the companylostthe people who created the magic of Wrapped and instead relied on AI.
A few even theorized that AI could have hallucinated some things. Or that Spotify lost the data and had to scramble tocoverit up, and that’s why inaccuracieshappened.
Either way, maybe after this year Spotify will take notes and will improve next year, or the longevity of the event will be in danger. Hopefully, it won’t be anotherYouTube Rewindsituation.
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