Was your 2024 Spotify Wrapped disappointing? A former engineer explains why it felt like a flop this year

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For the first time this year, Spotify Wrapped used Google's AI to make a podcast about users' favorite songs.

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Spotify Wrapped was a flop for some music listeners this year

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Spotify Wrapped 2024 debuted this week with some new features — and not everyone loved the results.

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Spotify Wrapped is always a mess for parents. The new AI 'podcast' version just makes it worse.

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Spotify Wrapped uses Google's AI to make a podcast about your favorite songs.

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Spotify employees question lavish spending on events while the company lays off thousands

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Will.i.am, Florence Welch, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, and Jack Harlow at a Spotify event during Cannes Lions 2023 in France.

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Apple Music is going after Spotify Wrapped with a monthly recap of what you listened to most

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Apple Music Replay.

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Resy tried its own version of Spotify Wrapped — but it went horribly wrong

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Resy's year-end review shows the query to populate instead of the personalized info for each user
Resy's year in review wasn't quite filled out the first time it was sent; it was sent with placeholder text.

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Something is up with Spotify Wrapped's new feature — it's telling way too many people they belong in Burlington, Vermont

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The author's Spotify city matching his music taste.
A disproportionate number of Spotify users seem to have been matched with Burlington, Vermont.

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Feeling read by your Spotify city? You just have the musical taste of a depressed liberal college student.

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The author's Spotify city matching his music taste.
The author's Spotify city matching his music taste.

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Spotify Wrapped has a new feature that tells you which city shares your taste in music

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Spotify's 2023 wrapped includes a new feature called "sound towns."

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How to find your Spotify Wrapped 2023 and see all the music you loved this year

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You can now see your Spotify Wrapped for 2023.

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