


In all, I listened to 48 different genres of music on Spotify for 6,664 minutes this year an amount of time that is more than 51% of other listeners in the United States, Spotify helpfully noted. A brightly colored highlight reel played, showing me what I (mostly) suspected: My top songs included “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa, “Banana Boat (Day-O)” by Harry Belafonte (a favorite of my kindergartener) and “Ship to Wreck” by Florence and the Machine (Florence and the Machine was also the top artist I listened to - Spotify Wrapped informed me I spent 699 minutes listening to the band). I cringed while tapping the message to learn more.

Like many other Spotify users, I opened the music streaming app on Wednesday and received a cheerful message: “Your 2021 Wrapped is here,” it read, imploring me to explore the top songs, artists, and podcasts I listened to “in a year that was far from normal.”
