Hi everyone! Welcome, or welcome back, to The Teen Safe Zone where it's safe for teens to be themselves. I'm back from my unexpected almost-six-month hiatus (fingers crossed)! It seems as I'm getting older, I pop on here to info-dump helpful advice that I've learned while away, and then I leave again for another few months lol. And so the cycle repeats...
Just kidding! We're putting a stop to that this year! Happy 2025! I hope you all had a happy and safe New Year's! I have so much to share with you all and a lot to look forward to this year, but we'll save that for another time!
Today's blog post is all about Spotify Wrapped! I know, I know, I'm about a month late, but I just COULDN'T miss this blog's tradition of sharing my Spotify Wrapped results!
So here we go!
My Overall Thoughts:
If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll know that just like many others, I'm always super excited for Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year. I'll take it as far to say that I view it as a mini "Christmas gift" from Spotify lol! However, I found this year's Wrapped to be extremely disappointing. Not only from the execution of it, but also from the results I got (which I felt wasn't at all accurate).
Luckily, I kept a playlist and added my favorite songs throughout the entire year to track my listening habits (which is far more accurate in my opinion). 2024 was a great year of music, and though Wrapped didn't capture it, 2024 was the year I felt most proud of within finding my music taste outside of mainstream music.
Due to this, I'll be sharing the results I got from Wrapped, as well as my own personal predictions and data from the playlist I kept over the year.
As always, you can click on the link to view my Spotify Wrapped playlist in it's entirety (this time it is the one I created)!
Listening Minutes:
Drum roll please...!
22,757 minutes (which calculates to 15 days of nonstop music)
To be honest, this was the only element I enjoy in this year's Wrapped, as I made a fun little goal at the beginning of the year to get higher listening minutes on Spotify compared to 6,269 in 2023. I did it! Now I plan to (hopefully) do the same for 2025!
Predicted Top Artists:
As mentioned above, 2024 was the year of finding my music taste, and I was so sure that these three artists would end up on my Wrapped (and to my disappointment, neither showed in the algorithm)
d4vd
I absolutely LOVED his music this year and I was so sure he'll end up in my top three artists. I remember finding him through his viral song "Here With Me" in 2023, but I didn't discover his other music until 2024. I personally enjoy his Indie Rock songs and listened to songs like "You & I" NONSTOP this year! I'm not sure what went wrong in the algorithm, but there's no doubt d4vd should've been on there.
Gigi Perez
Okay, granted I was late to the party and didn't find her until October, and since Spotify stops counting somewhere around that time, it makes sense that she wasn't one of my top artists of the year. However, when I tell you, I'M OBSESSED! I'm obsessed. I've been listening to Sailor Song and Please Be Rude since October, and I'm still not tired of it yet! I love that indie artists are getting more recognition in mainstream music, and that people are paying more attention to the talent of lyricism than the beat. Gigi was literally the doorway to me stepping into finding the entire indie genre, and I absolutely adore it! Already, my playlists in 2025 are filled with artists like Adrianne Lenker and similar artists thanks to finding music like hers! Her songs are so different from what we typically hear. I can't wait to hear more of her music in 2025! (Also, she has so many other underrated songs such as Normalcy and Glue! Love, love, love it!)
Lexi Jayde
I personally would have liked to see Lexi Jayde in my top artists this year too! I've been listening for a few years now, but for some reason I'm hooked to her song "What's The Matter With You?" It's so catchy in tone, but relatable as well!
Top Artists Of 2024:
For the moment of reveal. This (above) is what I wanted. . . and this (below) is what I got (dramatic sobbing lol)
Ariana Grande
I enjoyed her new album Eternal Sunshine, and her older songs are practically my childhood. So I do enjoy a lot of her music, but I was slightly disappointed that this was my top artist of the year. I feel that maybe if she was in the top five artists of the year, it would make sense, but definitely not in the top three, and certainly not the first. :(
Taylor Swift
Again, I like some of her songs, but I don't enjoy them that much to end up on my top artists of the year.
Harry Styles
Okay, I'm not complaining this year lol. I've come to terms that he has ended up on my top artists for, I believe, THREE YEARS in a row now, so I must enjoy his music much more than I realize haha.
Billie Eilish
I enjoyed a few songs from her newest album (such as Wildflower, The Greatest, Chihiro, and Birds of a Feather) but I wasn't exactly planning for her to end up on my top artists this year.
Sabrina Carpenter
The Princess of Pop in 2024 I can give her that. Fun fact, I used to be a major SC fan back in 2017-2019 long before she became mainstream (any other og fans?!). So possibly I listened to a lot of her older songs that I used to enjoy for nostalgia, but otherwise than that, I'm still not sure how she ended up on my top artists. Her songs are pretty catchy though, but not my fav.
Overall, I would say the top artists were a big disappointment for me. I enjoyed a lot of indie and smaller artists this year, and was sad to see the algorithm overwrite them with mainstream artists. It seems that Wrapped only showed results from the first three months of 2024, and not the rest of the year. My listening tastes are off to a significantly different start this year, so fingers crossed that newer artists will show next time.
Predicted Top Song of The Year:
Out of all the songs I've listened to in 2024, I had this one on repeat since April (which personally holds memories from the spring break/solar eclipse era of my life, good times, good times). I had a feeling it would have been on my top songs of the year.
You & I by d4vd
If I found Gigi Perez earlier in the year, Sailor Song and/or Please Be Rude (or at least one of her songs) would've been there as well.
Top Songs of the Year:
Eternal Sunshine by Ariana Grande
Like it, but not that much to result on the top. Once again, I feel that the algorithm only tracked the first few months of the year, because I only had this on repeat in March...
This Love by Taylor Swift
Now this is a song that I actually really liked this year (it's an older one, but I found it in 2024). I was kinda prepared for this one being in the top five.
Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls
One of my favorite songs of all time! Not complaining about this one! It's soo pretty!
Say Yes To Heaven by Lana Del Rey
I feel that this song should've been on the 2023 Wrapped, because I played it most then. I'm not sure how it ended up on the 2024 Wrapped :/
Ur So Pretty by Wasia Project
Again, I played this song more towards the end of 2023. Somehow the algorithm got it listed under 2024...
Genres:
Hellooo?! Genres wasn't even a thing during this year's Wrapped. It was skipped entirely (and I, like many other people, am not considering the AI genres as legit lol). Spotify please bring back the genres next year!
But this is what I got:
January was my "Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop" phrase... (? This is just a bunch of random keywords put together lol)
September was my "Lovecore Slow Dance Bedroom Pop" season
Apparently, everyone was supposed to get three months picked, but I only got two... it is what it is lol
My Favorite Songs of 2024:
Now moving on from the disappointment of Wrapped, and onto my personal favorite part of this blog: an overview of my favorite songs of 2024!
Remember the playlist I talked about earlier in this post? This segment lists a highlight of songs I've liked from January to November (December songs are included in my 2025 playlist, which you will see next year!), all categorized by genre (the real genre lol). I will only be listing a handful, as the entire playlist is over 8 hours of collected beauty haha. But you can listen to the full playlist if you'd like with the link above :)
Enjoy my favorite songs of the year... as well as occasional commentary and "shouting" the lyrics lol
Christian Songs:
Love Note + Fairest - UPPEROOM (these two songs make me SOB every single time.)
Rest - Kari Jobe
Nothing To Something - Grace Tena
Love Never Ceases - Kaye-Marie
Lifeline - Angie Rose
First Love - Kari Jobe
Did It For Me - Jackie Legere
Give Me Jesus - UPPEROOM
Broken Melodies - Maverick City Music
COUNT 'EM - Brandon Lake
Indie Rock/Rock:
You & I - d4vd
Trust Me - The Fray
Absolute - The Fray
Say When - The Fray
Leave Her - d4vd
Decide - d4vd
i'll remember tonight - sombr
Dirty Secrets - d4vd
Take Me To The Sun - d4vd
Fly Away - d4vd
Worthless - d4vd (so much d4vd.. aren't you just as confused that he wasn't on my top artists lol?!)
Indie Pop:
Disco - Surf Curse
Til I Die - Sophie Holohan (end of the year GEM!)
Cognitive Dissonance - Sophie Holohan (as a current psychology major, I love the reference)
Being Your Friend - Katherine Li
Can't Breathe - Vivi Ricon (Love this one!)
Indie/Alternative:
Sailor Song - Gigi Perez ("I sleep so I can see you and I hate to wait so lonnng" ahh I love this song!)
Please Be Rude - Gigi Perez ("It's easy runnin' through your hair, like fields of poppies in salt air")
I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers
Megan's Song - Sophie Holohan
Everyone But You - Maggie Antone (also goes with country)
Black Beauty - Lana Del Rey
Over-The-Ocean-Call - Lizzie McAlpine
. . . What Are We - Lizzie McAlpine
Hate To Be Lame - Lizzie McAlpine
Glue - Gigi Perez
Normalcy - Gigi Perez
Can't Catch Me Now - Olivia Rodrigo
Matilda - Harry Styles
Pop:
Wish (Sped Up) - Diplo, Trippie Redd
Safety Net - Ariana Grande
This Love - Taylor Swift
You Are In Love - Taylor Swift
Moon and Back - JVKE
Tunnel Vision - Justin Timberlake
Clouds - JVKE
Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish
Eternal Sunshine - Ariana Grande
Run Away With me - Carly Rae Jepsen
Beautiful Things - Benson Boone
Supernatural - Ariana Grande
Another One - Sam Smith
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
Strawberry Bubblegum - Justin Timberlake
Complete Mess - 5SOS
Slow It Down - Benson Boone
Satellite - Harry Styles
Die With A Smile - Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga
Feel It - d4vd
42 - Diplo, Maren Morris
I'll Show You - Justin Bieber
R&B:
Damage - H.E.R
Not Another Love Song - Ella Mai
You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
Calling All My Lovelies - Bruno Mars
Superstar - Usher (Super Bowl Halftime show anyone?)
By Album:
Eternal Sunshine (2024) - Ariana Grande (Eternal Sunshine, Bye, Supernatural, Don't Wanna Break Up Again)
Hit me Hard And Soft (2024) - Billie Eilish (Chihiro, Wildflower, Blue, The Greatest, Birds of a Feather)
Short n' Sweet (2024) - Sabrina Carpenter (Don't Smile, Dumb & Poetic)
Danielle (2024) - Danielle Bradbery (That's Why (You Love Me), Wake Me Up, You Could, Real Ones)
Love Goes (2020) - Sam Smith (Another One, For The Lover That I Lost, Forgive Myself)
The 20/20 Experience (2013) - Justin Timberlake (literally was obsessed with this album during the summer; Tunnel Vision, Strawberry Bubblegum, Mirrors, Blue Ocean Floor)
Country:
Blue Tacoma - Russell Dickerson
Say - RaeLynn, Dan + Shay
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Sorry, this isn't much to see in the country file lol.
And that's a wrap (no pun intended, I just noticed I already used that joke last year haha). I hope you all enjoyed reading my Spotify Wrapped 2024 and overall listening tastes of the year!
2025 is going to be an excited year and I can't wait to keep you all in the loop! I plan to attempt to post more consistently this year before I go off to college in the fall! See you all then!
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The Teen Safe Zone is a blog created in 2021 by then-14-year-old, Lexi, in an effort to share real teenage experiences and advice to fellow adolescents trying to figure out this thing called "life". Being a teenager or young adult isn't easy with having your entire life at your footsteps. On The Teen Safe Zone, you can read relatable content tailored from friendships, relationships, peer pressure, high school, self-esteem, social media, and more! Join the blog for free by becoming a member. Use the "Contact Us" tab to reach out, and we will respond as soon as possible. New posts on the blog every Monday at 3 PM CST
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