By: Adison Poole  

From Pink Pilates Princess users to Boujee Football Rap users, students listened to hours and hours of music to get through 2024.  

To end every year streaming services put out a “wrapped” which is made up of the users’ top artists, top songs and the number of minutes listened.  

Students were eager to share their stats and talk about their favorite artists of the year.  

“My top artists were Ariana Grande, SZA and Billie Eilish,” senior Greg Paravate said.  

Artists varied from student to student, even teachers shared their music taste from the year.  

“My top artist was Khruangbin, they make very chill music,” Math teacher Mr. Al Toret said.  

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Mr. Toret’s top five songs on Apple Music.

Photo courtesy: Mr. Al Toret

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Spotify and Apple also released data from every user overall. This includes top artists from the year which would make Taylor Swift 2024’s Global Top Artist.  

Following the top artists, users were able to see their total minutes spent listening to music in 2024. 

“Overall, I had about 30,000 minutes listened,” Paravate said.  

Other users only listened occasionally or used the music as background noise.  

“I had 15,218 minutes because I only really listen when I’m driving,” junior Andrew Lehnhardt said.

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Lehnhardt’s top Spotify artists and songs.

Photo courtesy: Andrew Lehnhardt

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While these streaming services do provide several different pieces of information and stats for their users, many spoke of the things they wish they could see more of or what they would change if it was up to them.  

“I’d want to see what song or songs I skipped the most throughout the year,” Lehnhardt said. “That way I’d know what songs I should probably take off my playlist.”  

Students also wanted to see the minutes they listened to divided up into each playlist and how long they spent with each.  

“I would really like to see stats on how long or often I listened to each of my playlists,” Paravate said.  

While both streaming services release the users’ “stats,” many believe that the wrapped isn’t completely accurate.  

“Most of my top artists didn’t shock me,” Mr. Toret said. “However, my fourth artist felt wrong. I don’t think I listened to her nearly that much.”  

Many users claimed to have a few artists or songs in their wrapped that felt a little off, but for the most part felt like what they saw made sense.  

“Some of them were shocking, but for the most part I guess it made sense,” Toret said.  

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Mr. Toret’s top five artists on Apple Music.

Photo courtesy: Mr. Al Toret

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