My Spotify Wrapped for 2024 👧

343; 12024 H.E.

We have seen each other in 2021, 2022, 2023, and now it is finally the turn for 2024 to come out and shine. I realized how lazy I have been lately because the last time I published something in the “random” section of the blog was almost a year ago, to the exact day. With Wrapped 2024 getting released, the thought of breaking the mold and giving life to this blog section had excited me but only for a moment or so. Unfortunately, I think the summary and “fun analysis” of year’s worth of music tastes were kind of underwhelming. You will see why soon.

So, to start off, let’s cover what they gave as the “seasonal listens.” In January, if I recall, before GTA Online became unplayable on Steam Deck, I would play the game after work and the constant blast of Non-Stop-FM with fantastic Cara Delevingne right into my ears through headphones made crave for more of the all-time pop classics and modern pieces circa early 2000s. September was marked off with anime—business as usual–immediately followed by a month of classical music in October—business as usual.

Surprisingly enough, this is already half of all what the Wrapped had this year! I tried to save as much as I could for the dessert. So. This year. I. Have. Finally. Made. It. Into. 0.001% of anything on Spotify! Girl by Men I Trust is such a soothing song that I kept listening to it on repeat while at work and any other times when I felt like it. Their entire collection is straight quality, which somehow made me make it into their top 1% of worldwide listeners. And they are a massively popular band, so not even 10 hours is enough to break into that special little club? Heh.

Last but not least, of course—our honorable mentions. Compared to the last year’s Wrapped 2023, four out of five songs kept their lead! I am simply addicted to Vitality (can never go wrong with anything Helltaker-related), Absolute Territory (omg, it’s like a hard drug), Girl (of course), and NIGHT RUNNING (even though I haven’t touched the show since finishing it, the soundtrack slaps). It was only odoriko that traded places with Blues In Velvet Room, which makes sense, since I always tend to retreat to my comfort zone of Persona and ATLUS music. Maybe when the new Chainsaw Man movie is out, I can get back into Vaundy back yet again.

I suppose I have forgotten to give honorable mentions to top artists. Big thanks to my friend Jake for recommending a progressive Japanese jazz band from the 70s, CASIOPEA—highly recommend if you’ve never heard of them before. Low Roar is an easy choice—ever since that Death Stranding trailer, it had an unreasonably large influence on my taste in music. Last but not least, Daft Punk! Should I even say anything? I shed a tear when they parted ways, but it made sense. They have truly reached the heights and mastery of their craft that none have grasped or understood before nor after.

I made a separate immutable spotify playlist with top 100 songs of the year, hopefully the embed keeps on living here for a while.

Thanks for joining my on my Wrapped journey once again. Fourth year and counting. Hopefully, here is to many more in the future. Adieu! ◼︎