Roving Reporter: Algonquin reflects on this year’s Spotify wrapped

Spotify released its annual “Spotify wrapped” results on Nov. 29, 2023, where users can see a recap what they listened to throughout the past year.
Roving Reporter: Algonquin reflects on this years Spotify wrapped
Sophomore Francis Edlemon
Sophomore Francis Edlemon

Who was your top artist this year? What percent of their top listeners were you in?
“Taylor Swift was my top artist and I was in her top 13%.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“ I spent 13, 751 minutes on Spotify.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and do you think it was accurate?
“I feel good about it, and I think my top songs are a little embarrassing, but that’s just me. I don’t think my Spotify Wrapped was accurate because I think I listen to Olivia [Rodrigo] way more. I feel like Olivia [Rodrigo] should have come out on top even though she was number two.”

What do you think your top artists/songs say about you?
“I think they say that I am fun and I am great. I think that my top [song] being ‘Hot Girl Bummer’ by blackbear is very, very like me.”

Freshman Grace English
Freshman Grace English

Who was your top artist this year?
“My top artist was Tryhardninja.”

What percent of their top listeners were you in?
“I would say I was in the top 20%.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“I spent 7,884 minutes.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and did you think it was accurate?
“Yeah, I like it. Most of the music I listen to is Five Nights at Freddy’s music, so it’s just random.”

What do you think your top artists/songs say about you?
“It says that I listen to a lot of different genres of songs.”

Freshman Mary Rodriguez
Freshman Mary Rodriguez

Who was your top artist this year? What percentage of their top listeners were you?
“My top artist was Taylor Swift. I listened to 141,264 minutes of her music. I was in her top 0.001% of listeners.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“173,963 minutes.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and think it was accurate?
“I felt pretty good about it! I really liked it and it was really accurate.”

What do you think your top artists or songs say about you?
“That I’m clearly obsessed with Taylor Swift and Broadway [but] I think I need to listen to other artists too.”

Math teacher Gwenevere Fazio
Math teacher Gwenevere Fazio

Who was your top artist this year? What percent of their top listeners were you in?
“My top artist was Taylor Swift. I was in her top 2% of listeners.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“I listened for 22, 593 minutes.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and do you think it was accurate?
“Yes; it is all data, so as a math teacher I think it is fun to see it all. Overall, I would say it is pretty accurate. It is kind of cool to look back and see what you have listened to throughout the year.”

What do you think your top artists/songs say about you?
“ I think it shows that I am a tiny bit basic! I relate to her music. She was [Time magazine’s] person of the year and was pretty big in 2023. I am definitely a huge fan.”

Freshman Maggie Breeze
Freshman Maggie Breeze

Who was your top artist this year? What percent of their top listeners were you in?
“My topic artist was Frank Ocean and I was in the top 2%.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“I listened for around 60,000 minutes.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and do you think it was accurate?
“I feel very good about my Spotify wrapped. I really like Frank Ocean; he is my favorite person in the whole world. I do think it was accurate though.”

What do you think your top artists/songs say about you?
“I think it says that I like Frank Ocean a lot.”

Senior Jack Doolan
Senior Jack Doolan

Who was your top artist this year?
“Morgan Wallen.”

How many minutes did you listen to?
“I would say around 2,000.”

Do you think this is accurate?
“Yes, but it doesn’t show how much music I listened to. I listen to more music with other people. I only listen to music when I’m at the gym or in the car.”

Freshman Sonia Afife
Freshman Sonia Afife

Who was your top artist this year?
“My top artist this year was Sexxy Red.”

What percent of their top listeners were you in?
“Top 7%.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“I listened to Spotify this year for 8,000 minutes.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and did you think it was accurate?
“Well, I share an account with my mom and I don’t think it was that accurate. I think it was accurate for her, but not for me.”

What do you think your top artists/songs say about you?
“I think they show my personality that I don’t really show at school or too much with other people, more with my closest friends.”

English teacher Alexander Silva
English teacher Alexander Silva

Who was your top artist this year and what percent of their top listeners were you in? 

“My top artist this year was Taylor Swift. I am a true Swiftie, and I believe I was in the top 1% of listeners for Taylor. I was doing a lot of new album listening for the leadup of the Eras Tour, so I was definitely vibing to Taylor Swift quite heavily.” 

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?

“I listened to Spotify quite a bit, because when we are writing in class, I usually have quiet music in the background. My total amount of listening time was 52,937 minutes, but that’s also probably skewed because that’s what I’m playing in class.”

How do you feel about your Spotify Wrapped? Did you like it and did you think it was accurate?

“Yeah, it was pretty accurate. In order, it was Taylor Swift first, The 1975 second, which is a band that I really love, Noah Kahan third, which is an artist that I have listened to a lot this last year. Explosions in the Sky was fourth, which is an experimental band from Texas that I love. The only thing that was surprising was five, which was Drake. I didn’t realize that I listen to that much Drake but I guess that’s what my Spotify Wrapped tells me I was listening to.”

What do you think your top artists/songs say about you? 

“I didn’t know I was a Swiftie for a long time. I think when she started coming out with the Eras Tour leadup, over the pandemic when she was releasing Evermore and stuff like that, I think I really got invested in her mythology. I think that it says I am fun and open-minded. I know some people really don’t like Taylor Swift, and I don’t really get that; I think Taylor Swift is quite fun.”

Freshman Hana Sadikaj
Freshman Hana Sadikaj

Who was your top artist this year? What percentage of their top listeners were you?
“My top artist was PinkPanteress.”

How many minutes did you spend listening to Spotify this year?
“9,771 minutes.”

How do you feel about your Spotify wrapped? Did you like it and think it was accurate?
“I think it had a lot of variety because most people had artists like Taylor Swift, but I didn’t have too many hugely popular artists because I don’t really listen to them. I only got my AirPods like last month though, so I listened to more than 9,000 minutes.”

What do you think your top artists or songs say about you?
“My Spotify Wrapped is mostly singers like PinkPanteress and Tyler the Creator because I like music in that style.”

Freshman Emmett Campbell
Freshman Emmett Campbell

Who was your top artist this year?
“King Von was my top artist, but I also listened to a lot of Bob Marley.”

How many minutes did you listen to this year?
“I think around 15,000 minutes or so.”

Do you think your Spotify wrapped was accurate?
“Yes, and I’m not ashamed.”

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