Blogger Wrapped 2024 by Andi Q. '25

Oh boy, it’s finally here! Everyone’s favorite time of the year that we’ve all been awaiting anxiously for so long…

The fall final exam period at MIT!

wait… that’s not quite right…

Uhh, the weekend before EA decisions release!

hmm… not that either…

I meant, it’s time for the annual Blogger Wrapped, where we expose our music tastes for the internet to judge (and help you take a break from thinking about those previous two things)!

The other bloggers were kind enough to let me make this post this year. Probably because this year’s Spotify Wrapped content is somewhat… lacking in substance (what is Spotify Wrapped if I can’t find out which random European town matches my music taste 😔). But Gangnam Style is finally not one of my top five songs this year, so I’m at least happy about that.

Here are the previous editions of Blogger Wrapped if you’re interested: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018.

But without further ado…

In 2024, the MIT Admissions bloggers listened to 686,742 minutes of music on Spotify, Apple Music, and *checks notes* YouTube Music. For reference, there are 525,600 minutes in a year.

Congratulations to Angie and Janet for being our most avid listeners this year, with 89,029 minutes and 86,156 minutes respectively on Spotify (about 2 months nonstop each)! On the other end of the spectrum, we have Allison and Emiko (the two non-Spotify bloggers who filled out this part of my survey) with 13,471 minutes and 20,629 minutes respectively – no doubt a result of their cursed non-Spotify platforms.

Ella didn’t even fill out my survey because she uses Apple Music too 😔

Just like last year, Gloria put us all to shame in the number of songs she listened to, with over 1.5x more unique songs than the next highest person (me). And it looks like even though Emiko didn’t spend much time listening to music, she listened to a diverse range of songs.

But when comparing the number of artists we listened to, I managed to pull slightly ahead of Gloria. It’s probably because I mostly listen to orchestral music, and Spotify often lists at least three different artists for those pieces.

Unsurprisingly, Angie once again tops the rankings for the most minutes spent listening to a single artist, with an impressive 132-day listening streak for The Smiths. That’s almost 7x longer than the next longest streak: Aiden’s 19-day listening streak for Taylor Swift! Veronica also makes a surprise appearance near the top of the rankings here, even though Apple Music apparently stops collecting data near October.

What makes you say that, Angie?

Specific top artists for each blogger:

• Angie: The Smiths (top 0.005% fan)
• Veronica: Taylor Swift (Apple Music does not report top % 🤡)
• Andi: Leonard Bernstein (top 0.001% fan)
• Janet: Zeph (top 0.005% fan)
• Aiden: Taylor Swift (top 2% fan)
• Jebby: Childish Gambino (top 0.1% fan)
• Kano: Billie Eilish (top 1% fan)
• Gloria: Bladee (top 1% fan)
• Petey: Kendrick Lamar (top 1% fan)
• Ellie: Cavetown (top 0.5% fan)
• Kai: beabadoobee (top 0.5% fan)
• Kayode: Future Teens (top 0.5% fan)
• Uzay: Elliot Smith (top 1% fan)
• Emiko: Noah Kahan (Apple Music does not report top % 🤡)
• Allison: Lin Manuel Miranda (top 2% fan but on YouTube Music so…)

Moving on to top songs, Jebby easily takes the crown here with 503 streams of Lithonia by Childish Gambino. Angie said she fell asleep to No. 1 Party Anthem playing on repeat twice, but even that was not enough to place her in the top three. (Surprisingly, No. 1 Party Anthem is not a song by The Smiths! Scandalous, I know…)

Specific top songs for each blogger:

• Jebby: Lithonia by Childish Gambino (top 0.001% fan)
• Janet: miss me by Zeph (top 0.001% fan)
• Kano: An Unhealthy Obsession by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra (top 0.005% fan)
• Angie: No. 1 Party Anthem by Arctic Monkeys(top 0.005% fan)
• Veronica: Bassically by Tei Shi (Apple Music does not report top % 🤡)
• Gloria: Save Your Tears by The Weeknd (top 0.001% fan)
• Kai: do or die by aldn & carolesdaughter (top 0.01% fan)
• Ellie: Meteor Shower by Cavetown (top 0.01% fan)
• Kayode: Friend of God by Israel Houghton (top 0.005% fan)
• Emiko: A Bar Song by Tipsy (Apple Music does not report top % 🤡)
• Andi: Mass A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers I: XVI. Fraction: “Things Get Broken” by Leonard Bernstein, Alan Titus, Scribner Choir, and The Berkshire Boy Choir (top 0.005% fan)⁠01 This song only has like 13k streams to begin with, so it's very possible that I was *the* top fan this year
• Petey: Euphoria by Kendrick Lamar (top 0.05% fan)
• Aiden: Skinny by Billie Eilish (top 0.05% fan)
• Uzay: Ferrari by Alice Gas (top 0.05% fan)
• Allison: Dead Mom from Beetlejuice (YouTube Music does not report top %)

Fun fact: Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish was the song that appeared most in the bloggers’ top-five lists. It features in Aiden’s, Kai’s, Veronica’s, and Kano’s lists.

Shout out to Kano for spending almost 20 hours one day listening to Spotify. Hang in there – the semester is almost over.

So true Petey

Here are everyone’s top fives (artists and songs) wrapped up (haha get it?) in convenient images:

And I didn’t forget our two token non-Spotify bloggers:

Unfortunately, Spotify did not report our top genres of the year (apparently because they fired the one guy who knew how that system worked and then it broke). Instead, we got some cursed “2024 Music Evolution”. Interpret at your own risk:

• Andi:
  • February: Surf Crush Beach Indie
  • March: Romanticism Concert Band Classical
  • July: Mcbling Strut Pop
• Jebby:
  • March: Pink Pilates Princess Vogue Pop
  • April: Scenecore Scratch Hyperpop
  • August: Chill Turntablism Trip Hop
• Aiden:
  • January: Pumpkin Spice Permanent Wave Indie
  • April: Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop
  • October: Boujee Skateboarding Hip Hop
• Petey:
  • January: Mallgoth Guidance Metalcore
  • February: Scene Rock Out Electronicore
  • June: Boujee Clean Rap Hip Hop
• Angie:
  • New Wave Pumpkin Spice Slow Dance
  • Hacker Strut Soundtrack
  • Indie Apple Cider Permanent Wave
• Janet:
  • January: Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop
  • March: Surf Crush Alt Z Indie Pop
  • May: Mangas Jam Band J-Pop
• Kayode:
  • January: Goblincore Banjo Folk Punk Phase
  • March: Twinkly Beach Midwest Emo Season
  • April: Atmospheric Vocal Ensemble Gospel Moment
• Ellie:
  • February: Romanticism Ballet Classical
  • March: Theatrical West End Broadway
  • September: Liminal Instrumental Soundtrack
• Gloria:
  • March: Sweater Weather Softcore Indie
  • May: Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop
  • October: Chill Beats Lo-Fi
• Uzay:
  • Rainy Day Harpsichord Singer Song Writer
  • Indie Sleaze Mid Tempo EDM
  • Royalcore Soft Piano Classical
• Kano:
  • February: Coastal Grandmother Slow Dance Oldies
  • June: Pink Pilates Princess Catwalk Pop
  • July: Theatrical West End Broadway
• Kai:
  • May: Mallgoth Rock-ish Emo Phase
  • July: Hallyu Jam Band K-Pop Season
  • October: Indie Sleaze Strut Pop Moment

(Wtf indeed, Kai. Nothing in this section aligns with what we’ve seen above. What even is “Mcbling Strut Pop”?)

(I originally planned to use the Spotify API to create my own version of the genre list they used to have, but then I decided to study for my statistics final instead. Maybe I will replace this paragraph with that image after my finals are over…)

Finally, here’s the playlist with everyone’s top five songs. Enjoy!