{"id":645956,"date":"2024-12-04T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spotify-users-are-disappointed-by-an-underwhelming-wrapped-this-year\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T22:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:12:24","slug":"spotify-users-are-disappointed-by-an-underwhelming-wrapped-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spotify-users-are-disappointed-by-an-underwhelming-wrapped-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#Spotify users are disappointed by an underwhelming Wrapped this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After weeks of anticipation, some Spotify users are left underwhelmed by the streamer\u2019s personalized year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapp<\/a>ed \u2014 with many even going so far as to call it \u201cboring\u201d or a \u201cflop.\u201d <\/p>\n

Chief among the complaints are that Spotify prioritized the inclusion of an AI podcast for Wrapped over the other, clever and creative data stories that it typically offers \u2014 like those that identify your music personality, match you to a town\u00a0that shares your musical tastes,\u00a0describe your \u201caudio aura,\u201d or\u00a0turn your listening history into a game<\/a> you can share with friends, among other things. Others are upset over the lack of more detailed stats and the exclusion of information they\u2019ve come to expect, like top music genres and top podcasts. Spotify declined to clarify how they decided which features to include.<\/p>\n

On X, a number of people are sharing their feedback alongside the #SpotifyWrapped2024 hashtag, where they\u2019re describing this year\u2019s annual review of their listening history as \u201cboring<\/a>,\u201d a \u201cflop<\/a>,\u201d \u201cunderwhelming<\/a>,\u201d a \u201cdisappointment<\/a>,\u201d and more. Although this hasn\u2019t stopped people from sharing screenshots of their Wrapped, a scroll through the hashtag currently surfaces more complaints than accolades.<\/p>\n

For example, one top post<\/a> calling Wrapped a flop has over 108K likes as of the time of writing. <\/p>\n

This year, Spotify heavily bet on a partnership with Google to turn users\u2019 Wrapped experiences into an AI-powered podcast over the other details and features that have typically made Wrapped so engaging. One Spotify user specifically pointed<\/a> to the lack of \u201cquirky interactive bits\u201d like the \u201csilly personality assessments,\u201d while another noted<\/a> the new \u201cYour Music Evolution\u201d feature was \u201cquite strange.\u201d (The latter had repurposed the niche genres Spotify uses for its personalized daily playlist, Daylist, as a way to describe how users\u2019 musical tastes changed throughout the year.)<\/p>\n

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What Spotify users wanted was the same sort of Top Genre information they had in previous years, the complaints indicate. <\/p>\n

Others found that Wrapped didn\u2019t include their Top Podcasts in 2024, but this feature appears to have been offered to some podcast listeners<\/a>, and not others, posts on X indicate.<\/p>\n

Spotify says users must have at least two top shows in order for Top Podcasts to be a part of their Wrapped experience. A show is eligible if the user listened for at least 60 seconds of two unique episodes and listened to the show on two different days throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Others said that they couldn\u2019t find their Wrapped 2024 playlist. It does appear in the Wrapped feed in the Spotify app as \u201cYour Top Songs 2024,\u201d but your Wrapped interactive experience itself doesn\u2019t link to the playlist, which may be why some folks have missed it. <\/p>\n

The graphics and art design used for Wrapped this year also saw mixed reviews, as some described<\/a> them as \u201cmid<\/a>,\u201d \u201creally simple<\/a>,\u201d and<\/a> much worse<\/a>, though others expressed<\/a> liking<\/a> them. <\/p>\n

The AI podcast also had a mixed reception. Those who hadn\u2019t come across Google\u2019s NotebookLM before were impressed<\/a> by the technology<\/a>, though some expressed a feeling<\/a> of unease<\/a> with the feature. Spotify likely hoped users would share their AI podcasts on social<\/a> video apps like TikTok but, instead, a perusal of the #SpotifyWrapped hashtag on the app<\/a> shows many complaints about the feature didn\u2019t live up to the hype this year, with some suggesting AI was to blame. <\/p>\n

In addition, a number of users connected their disappointment with Wrapped to Spotify\u2019s earlier layoffs, guessing that this year\u2019s downgrade had to do with the lack of staffing combined with an overreliance on AI. The company let go of 2,300 people in 2023<\/a> which CEO Daniel Ek said had impacted<\/a> day-to-day operations more than expected. <\/p>\n

Although a year-end feature, Wrapped is a part of Spotify\u2019s day-to-day operations to some extent, as the company told press earlier this week it has already begun work on next year\u2019s Wrapped. Teams from across the company contribute to the effort, including marketing, product, music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more. Spotify declined to say how many people work on Wrapped, however.<\/p>\n

When asked for comment on how it decided what to include in Wrapped this year, Spotify simply said, \u201cEvery year we look to bring a new and exciting experience to Wrapped for listeners. It\u2019s part of the secret sauce of Wrapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n