Embarrassed Spotify users hack their “Wrapped” results

Embarrassed Spotify users hack their “Wrapped” results

The countdown is on to reveal your most degrading music search history.

Spotify Wrapped is about to drop, and some music lovers are manipulating their results so they can showcase their most listened to tracks of 2024 – without judgment.

“I’m going to hack Spotify HQ before Spotify Wrapped comes out because I’d rather be in jail than be my top genre country,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

This was just one of the many tweets about the anticipation for the upcoming Spotify Wrapped 2024 drop.

Spotify packed. Instagram / @spotify

“Imagine hating me, a girl just in her room trying to change the trajectory of her Spotify lock before it’s too late,” another Spotify user said.

“I just realized Spotify is almost ready… I have great taste in music so I don’t need any last minute changes,” someone else said in a seemingly sarcastic message.

Spotify announces that Wrapped 2024 is coming soon. Instagram / @spotify

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“I think I need to tamper with my Spotify packaging before it turns out to be the exact same thing as last year,” another person wrote.

“I now need to upgrade my Spotify so I can turn my most listened song into one that doesn’t accidentally make me fall asleep on repeat,” another tweet said.

A young woman listens to headphones. Getty Images

Meanwhile, an X user called out Spotify users for being involved in the manipulation.

“People who deliberately manipulate their Spotify so that a song has insanely many hours and do PMO sooooo badly,” they tweeted.

A young man listens to music on his cell phone. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Spotify announced the upcoming Wrapped drop in a press release on Wednesday, saying that “the best time of the year is just around the corner.”

The company also encouraged users to update their app, which includes the Wrapped package, so they can see their activity over the past year.

In 2023, Spotify Wrapped was released on Wednesday, November 29th, almost a week after Thanksgiving.

Spotify packed. Instagram / @spotify

On Reddit, fans have speculated that the 2024 Spotify Wrapped may be released on Monday, December 2nd or Wednesday. Dec 4th

“I’ve noticed it’s gone down every Wednesday for the last three years, but I REALLY hope we don’t go down until December 4th. have to wait 😭😭,” one person wrote in the Reddit thread.

A girl listening to headphones. Getty Images

“I can’t wait,” said another Spotify user, while someone else replied: “I’m dying bro.”

“Why do I want this so bad lmao? Like last night at midnight I kept checking hoping it would show up. And as soon as I woke up. Like I can’t wait the excitement is killing me lol,” another person wrote.

Spotify Wrapped was first released in 2016. It is released annually between November 29th and December 6th.

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