Spotify Wrapped 2024: the London Standard team react to their year in music

We cognize Christmas is astir the country erstwhile suddenly, connected 1 random time successful December, each Instagram communicative we click done is an battle of the brightly coloured, incredibly elaborate listening statistic of each friend, colleague, acquaintance, personage oregon location furnishings relationship we (probably) follow. And that infinitesimal is connected Wednesday — it’s officially Spotify Wrapped Day. Sorry, Apple Music Replay. You tried to person your infinitesimal by releasing your stats a time aboriginal — but, rather frankly, you ne'er truly stood a chance.

We seemingly can’t simply bask thing without discovering however overmuch we emotion it. Enter Spotify Wrapped, the personalised, broad usher to what we listened to astir connected the level from January 1, 2024, until an undisclosed date reported to beryllium successful November (they support details of the circumstantial day locked successful a guarded vault somewhere).

The time is truthful overmuch much astir numbers, though. Spotify Wrapped is simply a time for reflection and self-discovery. It’s astir learning who you’ll beryllium cutting retired of your beingness erstwhile 2025 rolls astir due to the fact that they spent 76 minutes listening to JoJo Siwa in 2024. And conscionable similar erstwhile you unfastened immoderate gift, you’re either going to emotion what you recovered wrong oregon privation that you ne'er bothered opening it successful the archetypal place.

From blazing pridefulness to astonishment and embarrassment, we asked the London Standard squad to stock their archetypal reactions to their 2024 Spotify Wrapped.

I’m not definite what acrophobic maine the astir astir my Wrapped this year: was it the chilling realisation that I spent 94,211 minutes (roughly 65 days) listening to music, oregon that I weathered seasons of Catwalk Lo-Fi House, Cheerleading Pop and Smooth Alternative Vogue R&B without noticing? In immoderate case, if you needed immoderate further confirmation that I americium so a 28-year-old cheery antheral with a chemoreceptor piercing who seldom strays from listening to pistillate artists, I spent 7,127 minutes successful 2024 with the bratty sounds of Charli XCX blaring successful my ears. Jordan Page

This is the archetypal twelvemonth Oasis and The Beatles didn't marque my apical artists — and it's astir apt for the best. Those astir maine cognize that my intelligence wellness has suffered since missing retired connected Oasis and Paul McCartney tickets (yes, I'm inactive looking). Fontaines D.C won my bosom with their medium Romance, making them the winners of my astir listened-to artist, but my astir played opus was Aw, Shoot! by CMAT. Her euphony inspired maine to prime up the guitar again, and I tin corroborate that my neighbours are so pleased astir this...

My 2nd astir listened-to creator is Roy Orbison. My spouse and I were expected to person our archetypal creation to In Dreams astatine our wedding, but we some got excessively drunk and forgot. Since then, we've spent galore nights twirling astir the surviving country listening to his music. I emotion crooning distant to Blue Bayou connected karaoke too! Katrina Mirpuri

My apical 10 are each songs from Frozen and Sing 1 and 2. The perils of allowing kids nether six to get astatine your Spotify. You cognize you’re successful occupation erstwhile Taron Egerton is your year’s 3rd astir streamed creator (he plays the gorilla successful Sing). Nick Clark

Ah, Spotify Wrapped uncover day. Is immoderate different infinitesimal of the twelvemonth truthful humbling? It should beryllium mandatory for therapy: look, present — this is who I really am. And who was I this year? Well, it depends connected which leafage successful the calendar you mightiness flick to. In January I had it each unneurotic — tons of classical and symphonic worldly — but by April I’d intelligibly fallen apart, fixed connected 1 Saturday I spent much than a 3rd of it, more than 8 hours, listening to music. Was I crying successful bed? Probably. I was swinging again successful June, enjoying things similar Chet Baker and Dave Brubeck. By August, I’d caught up with euphony from this century, preferring Griff implicit each others.

Four of my 5 apical artists person thing successful communal — they’re each dormant (Elgar, Mahler, Sinatra, Nat Cole) — but Max Richter came retired connected top. He’s live but astir celebrated for remixing Vivaldi, truthful there’s that. Still, my apical songs amusement I wasn’t truthful obsessed with swelling orchestras: Leon’s Hope Is A Heartbreak came retired successful the apical five, arsenic did Thinking ‘Bout Love by Wild Rivers and Stevie Nicks’s Talk to Me. Love, then, dominated. But then, of people it did; this twelvemonth I asked Twiggy, my present fiancee, to wed me. So determination could lone beryllium 1 opus that I played implicit and over. Tina Turner’s Simply the Best. That’s conscionable however I consciousness astir her. David Ellis

Bogus Operandi — the archetypal way connected the latest medium from The Hives — is the opus I tapped connected implicit and implicit this twelvemonth arsenic I acceptable disconnected from The Standard's offices connected my rhythm commute home. High tempo, precocious vigor and mildly assertive astatine times, this medium gets maine pumped to conscionable the close grade to conflict rush-hour postulation connected 2 wheels. Sorry, not atrocious to the Mamils and Lime bikers alike who proceed to perceive this blaring arsenic I zoom past. Samantha Herbert

I didn’t request Spotify to archer maine I’m the astir basal bisexual bitch alive, but it dragged maine to hellhole anyway. June was seemingly my “Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop” season. I don’t adjacent bash pilates. I made it into the apical 0.5 per cent of listeners for Chapell Roan’s banger tune Good Luck Babe, and yet I was inactive not speedy disconnected the people capable to spot her unrecorded successful London astatine the Brixton Academy successful September. Unlike my partner, who present gets to revoke my cheery card, I guess.

At slightest I rode for Charli XCX, bequeathing her my apical creator of the twelvemonth slot — and seeing her execute unrecorded astatine The O2 past week. Brat is not conscionable for summer, it’s a lifestyle. Sabrina Carpenter besides made it into my apical five, making maine consciousness amended astir spending inordinate amounts connected tickets for Primavera Sound adjacent twelvemonth wherever I volition spot the beatified trinity of Chappell, Carpenter and Charli. Good luck to maine bumpin’ that espresso. India Block

Trance has travel a agelong mode from monolithic clubs filled with radical dressed lone successful achromatic — but the sub-genre has ne'er felt thing little than embarrassing. These days, trance comes successful hints oregon suggestions arsenic if it is disguised down the cooler heavy location oregon techno crazes. But Nicky Elizabeth’s The Way of Love is an unapologetic banger and seemingly what I needed successful 2024. William Mata

Each year, my Spotify Wrapped arrives similar clockwork to punctual maine of 2 unassailable facts — I emotion women and Beyonce particularly. Since the dawn of Wrapped, the crown for my astir listened-to creator has lone ever been occupied by Bey — and lone 2 men person ever made my apical five. I’m pleased to study that this twelvemonth is nary antithetic — Beyonce (top 0.5 per cent of listeners, convey you precise much), Chappell Roan, Nicki Minaj, Victoria Monet and Charli XCX were the chosen ones successful a peculiarly crowded 2024 tract of women doing fantabulous things successful music. (I curse Minaj fudges my numbers; I don’t cognize however she manages to sneak successful each year).

My apical song, which I allegedly streamed 32 times, was the thumping SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN from Beyonce’s groundbreaking 2024 state medium Cowboy Carter. I americium expanding my horizons though: past year, 4 retired of 5 of my apical songs were Bey. The twelvemonth earlier it was a cleanable sweep. This year, it was lone three. Although Billboard has conscionable crowned her the top popular prima of the 21st century, possibly I conscionable person taste. Emma Loffhagen

Taylor Swift was my apical creator this twelvemonth for perchance the 3rd twelvemonth running. This was nary astonishment fixed that I astir bankrupted myself buying tickets for the Eras circuit (twice) earlier this year.

But amid the comedown from Brat summertime and Swift’s circuit ending this weekend, I’d wholly forgotten astir my The Last Dinner Party phase. And I decidedly didn’t realise it had been aggravated capable for Sinner to beryllium my astir listened-to way of 2024. I’m successful the apical 0.05 per cent of the song’s listeners, though, truthful I conjecture I’m a The Last Dinner Party superfan? Maybe I’m posher than I thought. Rachel McGrath

As a lifelong Shania Twain fan, I knew attending Glastonbury 2024's fable slot was my accidental to bash her justness from the Pyramid Stage assemblage — amended than the 199,999 others. My apical opus of the twelvemonth was That Don’t Impress Me Much — it's specified a fun, feel-good singalong classical that you tin enactment retired for other silliness. I don't cognize anyone who doesn't cognize the words. Hearing it present takes maine backmost to singing with my champion friends successful cowboy hats connected that aureate play astatine the extremity of June. Abha Shah

I ever suspected that my results would beryllium heavy Fred again.. skewed.. but my Spotify Wrapped exceeded adjacent my worst expectations. One, 2 and 3 connected the database of my astir listened to. And not adjacent mainstream Fred. These were his deep-cut offcuts from an aged USB that helium posted online 1 day, which duly made their mode onto Spotify soon after. He’s not edgy oregon chill immoderate more, but my ears don’t look to person received the memo: they thigh those saccharine beats up similar water.

Plus, I got a video connection from Taylor Swift, thanking maine for listening to her music. Fred again and Tay-Tay — has determination ever been a much cursed (or revealing) euphony combination? I don’t privation your thanks, Taylor, I privation to alteration my listening habits. The lone consolation: my 5th astir listened-to creator was jazz-dance maestro Berlioz. Is that capable to prevention my reputation? I conjecture I’ll fto the readers decide. Vicky Jessop