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Existential Crisis, Unwrapped

Why music fans should consider the artist at this "special time" of year, but don’t feel shame... it’s not your fault!

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Sean Adams
Nov 30, 2023
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Unwrapping a Nothingburger. Created using Dall-E

The annual data dump has begun. That’s what Spotify Wrapped feels like, right? A social feed full of big ketchup dollops of stats, rather than someone offering you an ice cream tub of love to share.

Of course, it’s a lovely marketing exercise for a service with 551 million users (far more than Apple Music’s…

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