![]() So, from an analytical angle, why doesn’t this work? When I read this phrase as a whole, there’s a dissonance, because the word “respectfully” isn’t being used in the correct manner. The phrases “it’s just chill vibes” and “respectfully” work in isolation, so they must work when put together like that, right? Well, it’s not that simple. But I can understand if you don’t get why that is. I was so haunted by the phrase “it’s just chill vibes, respectfully” that I willed pen to paper, that’s how much it bugged me. Let’s take a deeper look at this caption: “it’s just chill vibes, respectfully.” If Spotify Wrapped struck the match for me to write this essay, then “it’s just chill vibes, respectfully” poured a gallon of gasoline onto the flames. The playlist Low-Key, which has the caption “it’s just chill vibes, respectfully.” <3 I’ve got a crush on you.” Night Pop has “dancing under the streetlights type beat.” my life is a movie contains “every main character needs their soundtrack” and the playlist fit check has “welcome to your unboxing playlist.” Then there’s the one that, you could say, has been living in my head rent-free for a while now. The playlist big on the internet sports the caption “iykyk.” internet crush features “me gustas mucho. Maybe a moment from a podcast, but not the podcast in and of itself.Īfter this revelation, I started to notice Spotify’s misuasage of slang all over the platform, especially in their playlist captions. In fact, I don’t think a podcast has ever lived in anyone’s head rent-free. I was thinking about how those podcasts had never lived in my head rent-free. ![]() I wasn’t paying attention to the data about the podcasts I frequented throughout the year. I was thinking about how my skincare routine isn’t really that long, it’s just face-wash and moisturizer. Going through the slideshow, I wasn’t thinking about the collection of my most-listened to songs that Spotify had just presented me with. It was a bona-fide lingo salad that came across disingenuous at best and downright pandering at worst. I felt like Spotify was reaching through my screen, desperately attempting to relate to me and be “hip with the youths.” It was a perfect encapsulation of that meme consisting of a screenshot from 30 Rock where Steve Buscemi traipses down a high school hallway in a backwards baseball cap and says “how do you do, fellow kids?” despite clearly having half a century behind him. Incorrectly in a way that made the Wrapped as a whole impossible to enjoy. Even worse, they were using it incorrectly. They were outwardly using the language of different memes and social media trends. Now Spotify wasn’t playing in a gray area. You listened to 131 different genres this year.” “There was one podcast that lived in your head, rent-free, all year long.” “You deserve a playlist as long as your skincare routine.” “In a year like 2021, even your music gets a vibe check.” “You always understood the assignment. ![]() Looking back, I now recognize that it was an omen of what was to come.Īs I continued on, I was met with a barrage of mind-boggling quotes. At the time, I thought I was looking too deep into the usage of a commonly used phrase. In one of the app’s wackier musical moments, the track “Into The Thick Of It!” from the popular children’s cartoon The Backyardigans was used to soundtrack thousands of videos. It was all fun and games until I came across the first red flag, a slide that read “ready to get into the thick of it?” This sentence piqued my interest because while it made sense on its own, I recognized it as a possible reference to a TikTok trend from months before. The first thing I did when I woke up that morning was go into Spotify and pour over my Wrapped. In 2021, Spotify Wrapped dropped on December first. ![]() ![]() As an avid music fan and listener whose tastes and preferences change frequently, it’s a fun way to look back at my music listening journey during the last 12-odd months. When you open the Spotify app, the platform delivers each listener a little slideshow going over their listening habits, including their most listened to artists and songs, how many cumulative minutes they spent in the app, etc. Somehow the music streaming service has made an entire social media event revolving around it. In recent years Spotify Wrapped has become an entity unto itself. December is when I get my Spotify Wrapped. I anticipate December because that’s when I get something even better than time with my loved ones, or meaningful gifts, or even half-price Christmas candy from Walgreens. I spent a good chunk of my 2021 eagerly awaiting the month December, not because of the holidays, or the holiday sales, or the new year. ![]()
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