{"id":17762,"date":"2024-12-05T09:06:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T10:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17762"},"modified":"2024-12-05T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T10:24:15","slug":"cinnamon-softcore-art-deco-spotify-wrapped-falls-flat-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17762","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cinnamon Softcore Art Deco\u2019? Spotify Wrapped Falls Flat for Some"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">The Sound Towns of 2023 have been replaced with features such as an A.I.-driven podcast about users\u2019 listening habits and word-salad-like genre summaries.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Sydney Brown, the annual release of Spotify Wrapped, the personalized rundown of her music streaming habits, has always been a momentous occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAll of my friends say it is like my Super Bowl,\u201d said Ms. Brown, 23, who lives in Manhattan. But when she logged on to the streaming platform on Wednesday to see how Spotify would define her musical tastes this year, she found that instead of flashy new features like the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/30\/arts\/music\/spotify-wrapped-burlington-vermont.html\" title>Sound Towns<\/a> of 2023, the offerings were lackluster and felt impersonal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her Spotify Wrapped, she said, \u201cfelt like a homework project that was turned in late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sydneygbrown\/video\/7444554758494670126\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ms. Brown<\/a> is part of a vocal cohort of Spotify\u2019s 640 million users who typically share their Wrapped results proudly, but this year she and many others found that new features generated by artificial intelligence \u2014 such as a podcast about their listening habits and word-salad-like summaries of their favorite genres \u2014 fell flat. On Reddit, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/discover\/spotify-wrapped?lang=en\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a> and Twitter, users posted about their disappointment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-67c7bacb\">A delayed Wrapped built anticipation with little payoff.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Spotify Wrapped was released a few days later in 2024 than in previous years, leading many users to believe that exciting new features were in store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Posts and videos on social media described users on the edge of their seats. \u201cI try to be the chill girl but WHERE IS SPOTIFY WRAPPED,\u201d one user said on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe hype was so loud,\u201d said Casey Lewis, who writes the youth trends newsletter <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/afterschool.substack.com\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAfter School,\u201d<\/a> in which she recently included a TikTok with the caption: \u201cThe wait for Spotify has driven me to insanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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But when she logged on to the streaming platform on Wednesday to see how Spotify would define her musical tastes this year, she found that instead of flashy new features like the Sound Towns of 2023, the offerings were lackluster and felt impersonal.Her Spotify Wrapped, she said, \u201cfelt like a homework project that was turned in late.\u201dMs. Brown is part of a vocal cohort of Spotify\u2019s 640 million users who typically share their Wrapped results proudly, but this year she and many others found that new features generated by artificial intelligence \u2014 such as a podcast about their listening habits and word-salad-like summaries of their favorite genres \u2014 fell flat. On Reddit, TikTok and Twitter, users posted about their disappointment.A delayed Wrapped built anticipation with little payoff.Spotify Wrapped was released a few days later in 2024 than in previous years, leading many users to believe that exciting new features were in store.Posts and videos on social media described users on the edge of their seats. \u201cI try to be the chill girl but WHERE IS SPOTIFY WRAPPED,\u201d one user said on X.\u201cThe hype was so loud,\u201d said Casey Lewis, who writes the youth trends newsletter \u201cAfter School,\u201d in which she recently included a TikTok with the caption: \u201cThe wait for Spotify has driven me to insanity.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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