


If you want to be bullied by a piece of technology today, be our guest.

Spotify’s “2020 Wrapped” was all positive reinforcement, neatly packaged and made to share on social, but people who go through the dragging that is “How Bad is Your Spotify” are also sharing their results on social media to demonstrate just how hard the AI came for them. So that feels gratuitous.įinally, the AI will tell you just how bad your taste in music is, qualifying it with labels that feel oddly specific, including, but not limited to, “learns-about-rap-from-tiktok bad” or “scented-candle-and-hard-seltzer bad.” It’ll also react to some of your most-played music asking you if you’re OK – a condition we are all very clearly not in 2020. It’ll wonder, with a disparaging air of incredulity, if you listen to certain songs. It’ll ask if ur okay after scanning your playlist, and. If it sees too much Taylor Swift (and let’s face it, it probably will), it’ll point that out. This bot isn’t afraid to call your playlists albanian-pop-agenda levels of bad or rib you over how basic your musical tastes might be. This bot has no patience for any of your guilty pleasures. This year, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny was the most streamed artist on Spotify, with more than 8.3 billion listens, while Billie Eilish was the most-streamed female artist for the second year in a row.Īpple Music users can also join in with the fun, with the "Replay" feature launched last year.Spotify got a big boost this year from an unexpected audience Features on Spotify Wrapped include a playlist of the top songs from 2020 that you may want to hear, as well as a playlist that combines your favorite artists of the year with talk and music. Spotify users who haven't looked at their Wrapped and want a more detailed insight into their listening habits than The Pudding offers can visit.

"knows what's good" because it has been "trained on a corpus of over two million indicators of objectively good music, including Pitchfork reviews, record store recommendations, and subreddits you've never heard of." This gives a rundown of tracks you listen to "too much," artists you stan "to an uncomfortable extent," rates how basic your tastes are, and highlights the decade you're "stuck" in.Īccording to the website, the A.I. Users can also play a game of "f*ck marry kill" featuring artists they have listened to on Spotify, before getting a final score. will ask you questions about your listening habits, like whether you "really listen" to certain songs, and poke fun at your favurite genre and artists. It can sometimes take a moment for the website to load as Spotify limits how many people can use the app at once, according to The Pudding.
