Since its launch in 2016,SpotifyWrapped has become an end-of-year staple that people treat like a holiday tradition.
After all, who doesnt love getting personalized information on their own music tastes?
This time around, Spotify Wrapped lacked its usual charm.
A general view of Spotify’s 2024 Wrapped at London’s Outernet on Dec. 4, 2024, in London.John Phillips/Getty Images
Listeners turned to social media to point out why 2024s specific Spotify Wrapped felt like a huge letdown.
Spotify didnt share the amount of genres users listened to, as it has in the past.
In a previous year, Spotify Wrapped also included a personalizedAudio Aurathat matched listening habits to specific moods.
These apparent one-off features were not included in the 2024 edition, to the dismay of many.
One user wrote, Something feels fishy and sloppy with this years wrapped…
It was very short as well..?
Some commentators even threatened to leave the streaming platform for its competitors.
Some people online blamed 2024s underwhelming Spotify Wrapped on the recent layoffs at the company.
One userwrote, Spotify Wrapped is a bit…underwhelming this year.
It was all very obvious.
The layoffs really show here.
