Spotify Your Part of the Years: App quietly releases ‘Wrapped’ feature for all-time listening habits

It’s time to take a walk, way back down memory lane: Spotify has released a surprise ‘Packed’style function, and this time they expose our entire listening history in one fell swoop.

For better or for worse (definitely worse in my case), Spotify is new ‘Your Party of the Year(s)’ compilation has exposed our most shameful listening habits.

If we rewind to the present day, the feature contains incriminating evidence, like your all-time top artistthe very first song you streamed on the app and your most streamed songs of all time – down to the exact number of times you streamed them.

It’s a nice idea in theory, but look at it this way: if you happen to stream Taylor Swift’s Right where you left me 229 times during a particularly long breakup, the whole thing can prove a little hard to swallow.

Nevertheless, if you’re prepared for humiliation at its most data-driven, you can find the feature exclusively on the Spotify mobile app by searching for “Spotify 20” or “Party of the Year(s).”

As you get past the introductory gold wax seal, a very candid time capsule awaits – collected to commemorate the app’s 20th anniversary.

Party 20 will immediately reveal your Spotify app version.

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In my case, this was July 4, 2017 – a date that paints a very clear picture of my spending habits as a teenager.

Let’s just say that purchasing a premium subscription just days after receiving my very first part-time paycheck was certainly no coincidence.

My first song stream was a 2017 leftover from an H&M Coachella ad campaign, featuring model Lucky Blue Smith and the short-lived band his equally beautiful siblings had formed at the time.

But just to remind you in time that things could always be worse: one user mentioned a specific hit from early 2010 as their very first Spotify stream:

“I joined in July 2011 and my first streamed song was (cringe)…Party Rock Anthem.”

After counting the exact number of all the songs you’ve streamed through the app – my surprisingly low number of 3,423 indicates that I know what I like and pretty much stick to it – the shame really begins.

Thanks to my Star Boy obsession of ’17, followed closely by a similar pre-pandemic fixation on Blinding lights, The Weeknd ranked first as my most listened to artist of all time.

The only conclusion I have drawn from this revelation is that I desperately need to work on myself.

Then you have the option to explore a playlist of your 120 most played songs of all time.

Aside from a few rift-induced lapses in judgment, the All-Time Top Songs playlist is, by design, a nostalgic offering that results in few to no skips.

Speaking to nine.com.au, Spotify AUNZ head of music Ben Watts describes the feature as a “birthday gift” from Spotify to its loyal listeners, highlighting “the moments that have defined your time with us”.

“The last twenty years have been defined by the fans discovering, the artists shaping culture and the world listening together. Here’s to the next twenty!”

But although the release was a nice surprise for some, not all listeners were equally impressed by Party 20’s limited offering.

Several Reddit users The famous Party of Your Year(s) neglected to include fan-favorite “Wrapped” insights, such as genre maps, as well as gradual shifts in listening habits.

“Kind of cool but this is so disappointing for what it is, this could have at least had genres,” one person commented.

“They have so much data about their users that can create deeper content, travel insights, self-identification stories, social dynamics… but they give everyone the same information,” wrote another.

Many listeners also expressed frustration over a technical glitch on the app, speculating that the influx of users trying to access ‘Party 20’ had caused it.

“Is this the reason Spotify crashed?” One commented. “My sh… isn’t working.”

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