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Do you think you know how your year went? You may be in for a rude awakening.

Spotify Wrapped 2024 rolled into inboxes on Wednesday morning and undoubtedly carried some hard truths. Maybe you listened to 40 hours of heartbreak pop or a whole week of Taylor Swift. Maybe you were in the top 1% of Defying Gravity listeners, beating even the most passionate theater geeks.

Whatever the revelation, music streamers can rejoice or despair as Spotify releases personalized, data-driven reports with insights into whose music they listened to the most and for how long.

The highlight of the year, the release of Spotify Wrapped has become a cultural phenomenon. It offers a glimpse into “a point of reflection and a reminder of the past year,” says Sulinna Ong, Global Head of Editorial Head of Spotify. Taylor Swift was the world’s leading artist for the second year in a row.

Here’s how to access your Spotify Wrapped and what’s new this year.

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How to Watch Spotify Wrapped: Easily access yours

To access your Spotify Wrapped, go to the app and find the tab labeled “Wrapped” at the top, which will take you to your fully personalized experience.

If you’re an author or podcast creator, you can access insights about your own content separately.

If you don’t see the Wrapped option, update your app and try again.

More:Spotify Wrapped is here: Update the app to get the full experience, the platform says

When does Spotify Wrapped stop tracking? Does it include December?

We don’t know – and that’s intentional.

While it can be assumed that the platform will not track your listening in December as it is excluded from the monthly report, an exact end date for data collection is not disclosed.

That’s partly because Wrapped’s popularity stems from users being pleasantly surprised (or horrified) by its music choices. If a specific date were specified, listeners could attempt to manipulate the results and clean up any “edgy” streams that might creep into the data.

Spotify would rather you press play on the “Glee” cast album with abandon or not think twice about streaming screams to “MMmbop” on your car ride to work.

What’s new in Spotify Wrapped 2024?

While some elements of this year’s report seem familiar, there are plenty of shiny new bells and whistles.

One such feature is Your Music Evolution, a data-driven history of the music phases you’ve gone through throughout the year. With up to three distinct phases, the concept seems appropriate for 2024, where Taylor Swift broke records with her “Eras Tour” and changed the lexicon as laypeople began to coin their own “eras.”

Like Apple Music’s Replay feature, Spotify has also added Listening Streaks to its year-end report, which shows how many days in a row you tuned in to a particular artist. The Share button has also been revamped to show users whether the song or album they are sending is on their list of most listened to songs.

AI is at the heart of Spotify Wrapped

Spotify entered the artificial intelligence game in 2023 with its AI DJ feature, now offered in Spanish, which curates a playlist for listeners. Now AI DJ is integrated into Wrapped to allow premium users to search for music with prompts like “Find me more artists I liked the most.”

This year’s Wrapped also features a dedicated AI podcast with an overview of your listening habits, powered by Google’s Notebook LM.

Spotify Wrapped includes not only music, but also podcasts and audiobooks

As the soaring popularity of audiobooks blurs the lines between reading and listening, Spotify opened its Wrapped screen to report on the trends dominating virtual bookshelves.

This year’s report provides an overview of the top authors and audiobooks consumed worldwide, as well as a feature that allows authors themselves to see who has heard their work (musicians and podcasters have access to the same feature).

Podcasts have also become a must-have for streaming platforms as people increasingly rely on the chatter of real crime detectives, quasi-dating experts and cultural commentators for daily background noise.

“Podcasts are an important factor in the way we communicate ideas today,” Jordan Newman, head of content partnerships at Spotify, said at a briefing. From Joe Rogan to Alex Cooper, podcast hosts have become influential pundits, and their shows are the “digital town squares where political discourse takes place,” says Newman.

Spotify offers a mix of video and audio, and this year Wrapped will feature short videos from popular podcast hosts thanking their most loyal listeners. The app will also feature an editorial hub called “2024 in Podcasts,” which will provide listening recommendations for users looking for a new show.

The Spotify logo gets a new look

Wrapped is no small event and Spotify’s iconic bright green logo is dressed to the occasion. As part of the launch, the streamer is introducing several new “expressive” logos that are inspired by punk, coquetry or western aesthetics.

When will Spotify Wrapped be released?

Spotify Wrapped was released on Wednesday, December 4th at 8 a.m. ET.

The accompanying physical campaign also appeared on billboards on Wednesday, with displays dedicated to the streaming habits of cities around the world. In Mexico City, Peso Pluma graced billboards, in West Hollywood, Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” came to life, and in New York, Manhattan received a Tinashe billboard as the “nastiest” borough.

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