![]() Spotify’s delivery to my inbox yesterday afternoon revealed my top five genres of 2016: Indie R&B, Deep Indie R&B, Indietronica, Indie Rock, and… For instance, one of my top genres in 2015 was “dreamo,” an obscure combination of “dreamy” and “emo” that only came up on my list because I binge-listened to MUTEMATH’s discography (and no other dreamo artist) that year. If you listen to a wide-enough range of music on Spotify, some pretty bizarre genres can emerge in your year-end roundups. For 2016, the streaming service decided to take a slightly more subdued approach, opting for a one-off email campaign and a collection of playlists on the service as opposed to the colorful, standalone websites that we saw in 20. ![]() What makes reliving one’s year in music so appealing and enjoyable? In 2016-and in every other year-it’s all about the weirdness.Įvery December, Spotify publishes a data-driven annual recap of individual and collective listening trends called the Year in Music. Paak (right), your classic Escape Room artist, performing at his NPR Tiny Desk Concert.
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