December is here, and that means it’s time for Spotify Wrapped—the one true holiday season that music lovers look forward to all year long. With 2024 Wrapped, Spotify continues to turn a simple yearly summary into a full-blown cultural phenomenon, with a fresh dose of innovation, introspection, and a sprinkle of artificial intelligence.
Spotify Wrapped 2024 is here
This year, Spotify has taken Wrapped to new heights, offering a suite of features designed to make your musical year-in-review more personal, more social, and a whole lot more fun.
What makes Spotify Wrapped so addictive?
There’s an undeniable joy that comes from reminiscing about what made up the soundtrack of your year—those songs that captured your best days, those podcasts that got you through commutes, and those late-night playlists that set the mood. 2024 Wrapped is all about celebrating not just the music itself but also the journey you took with it. This year, Spotify celebrates fans, artists, and creators with a richer, more immersive Wrapped that turns each listener’s audio journey into a uniquely tailored storytelling experience.
This year, Spotify has amped up its Wrapped experience, adding several layers of personalization that elevate the fun of looking back on your listening habits. If you’ve been waiting to see how your taste evolved throughout the year, who you listened to the most, and how much time you spent exploring new sounds, you’re in for a treat.
Musical phases and the evolution of your taste
New to Wrapped this year is the “Your Music Evolution” feature, which takes your listening habits to another level. We know your taste changes—sometimes it’s a steady drift toward new genres, and other times it’s an abrupt shift that changes everything (maybe Taylor Swift’s surprise tour announcement made you fall down a folk-pop rabbit hole?). This evolution of taste is something Spotify wanted to celebrate, and now it’s delivered in the form of “Your Music Evolution”—a new storytelling element that maps out your musical journey across 2024.
Your “Music Evolution” feature delivers up to three musical phases that defined your year, complete with descriptors, genres, and artists that signpost your evolving moods. Alongside this, your “Music Evolution Playlist” bundles these phases into a soundtrack that’s all yours—with old favorites and new discoveries mixed into one cohesive story.
Wrapped gets visual: Music videos and artist clips
Another first for Wrapped: Premium listeners in selected markets can enjoy a personalized playlist featuring music videos—a fresh way to reconnect with the songs that soundtracked your 2024. It’s a cool opportunity to re-experience the music that mattered with visuals that enhance the emotional impact.
The experience also goes deeper with “Your Artist Clips,” where fans get to hear from their favorite artists directly. It’s a sweet touch that bridges the gap between listeners and their idols. Imagine Billie Eilish or Peso Pluma speaking directly to you, adding a personal touch to the soundtrack of your year.
The AI magic in Wrapped: Personalized podcasts and DJ commentary
Wrapped 2024 goes beyond playlists and stats—it also brings AI into the fold to enrich your experience. For the first time, Spotify offers an AI-generated podcast summarizing your Wrapped in audio form. Created in collaboration with Google’s NotebookLM, this podcast features two AI hosts, providing commentary on your top songs, artists, and genres of the year. It’s available to both Free and Premium users in English-speaking regions, giving a spoken-word twist to the music and artists that defined your 2024.
Spotify’s fan-favorite AI DJ also steps into the Wrapped spotlight. This AI DJ, available in both English and Spanish, curates a blend of music and editorial insight that highlights your journey. Imagine a DJ who knows exactly what you like, giving context to your top tracks, talking about the cultural moments that shaped them, and even describing the arc of your listening year with expert flair.
Get creative with AI playlists
One of the biggest changes to Wrapped this year is the introduction of AI Playlist prompts. This new feature lets you take your Wrapped insights to the next level by creating personalized playlists based on prompts like “my top 5 genres” or “artists similar to my top 5.” It’s an incredible way to push beyond what you already love and explore more—whether it’s finding new music that aligns with your core tastes or diving into something different.
Wrapped: A social event
Spotify knows the thrill of seeing how your musical habits stack up against friends, so they’ve made sharing even more fun. This year, when you share music or podcast links, Spotify will show how it ranks in your listening stats—for instance, if a song you’re sharing made your top 100 songs, top 20 artists, or top five podcasts.
This level of insight adds extra flavor to the share—like saying, “Hey, this song was one of my top listens this year.” Plus, thanks to Spotify’s new sharing integration with TikTok, you can now post your Wrapped results directly to TikTok’s feed. This means your love for “Crime Junkie” or ROSÉ’s latest hit can shine on TikTok’s For You Page and Stories, making Wrapped a more interactive experience than ever.
Wrapped for creators, advertisers, and even authors
This year, Spotify has rolled out personalized Wrapped microsite experiences for artists, songwriters, podcast creators, advertisers, and, for the first time, authors. Wrapped gives creators access to their own individualized analytics, showing them how fans have engaged with their work across 2024. For artists, it’s a chance to understand their fanbase better and to share in the joy of seeing how their music has resonated globally.
Voice-enabled wrapped: The smart speaker experience
If you have a smart speaker, simply use a voice command like “Play top songs 2024” to immerse yourself in your Wrapped experience. It’s the kind of accessibility that makes Wrapped even more engaging—the ability to revisit your favorite music without lifting a finger.
Let the Wrapped magic begin
Spotify Wrapped has always been more than just a collection of stats. It’s about memories, moments, and the unique power of music to capture how we feel at different times of our lives. Wrapped 2024 takes this idea and expands it—not only giving you a snapshot of your year but also adding depth through artist clips, AI-generated commentary, and insights into how your tastes evolved.
The evolution of Spotify Wrapped from a simple recap to a full-fledged experience speaks volumes about what listeners crave. It’s not just the numbers—it’s the context, the nostalgia, the story behind the music. We all love to see that we were among the top 1% of listeners for our favorite artists, but Wrapped also gives us something more—a narrative that turns data into a story. Wrapped 2024 is about turning listening habits into something meaningful, reminding us why we fell in love with certain songs, artists, or genres at different points in the year.
So, as you dive into your Wrapped, take a moment to appreciate how this year’s soundscape unfolded for you. Was there an album that perfectly captured your summer road trip? Was there a podcast that kept you sane on tough days? Music is personal, and Wrapped 2024 ensures that the way you experienced it is uniquely celebrated.
And if you love what you see, don’t forget to share it. Whether it’s with a friend who shares your taste or just to show off that rare 0.1% badge, Spotify Wrapped is best enjoyed when it’s shared. Because at its core, Wrapped is a celebration of our love for music—and that’s something we’re all in together.
2024 was a year full of surprises, genre-hopping, and finding new sounds. Spotify Wrapped 2024 encapsulates all that—with more personalization, more connection, and a lot of fun features that elevate our year-end listening. Dive into your Wrapped and experience what made 2024 your year in music. Celebrate the artists, albums, and songs that were there with you every step of the way, and see just how your story—in playlists, podcasts, and more—played out. And as you post it across your social feeds, remember, it’s all about celebrating the music that moved us, made us think, and maybe even defined us.
Happy Wrapped season—here’s to the music that shaped our 2024.
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