Since 2016, Spotify users have enjoyed what has now become an annual tradition of sharing their brag-worthy — or unabashedly bad — music taste by way of a yearly recap of their most listened-to songs, albums and artists called Spotify Wrapped. But this year, there have been more than a few complaints that the long-awaited year-end data dump was surprisingly "boring," and reeking of AI.
As Forbes detailed in their coverage of the criticisms, unlike previous iterations of Spotify Wrapped, and unlike competitors including Apple Music and YouTube Music, Spotify did not tell users their top genres of 2024, which was a letdown for many. Also missing in this year's roundup was the usual feature telling users their top genres of 2024. And with the added slight of the heavy hand of artificial intelligence, Wrapped may just be a wrap for music nerds from here on out.
