To absolutely no surprise, Taylor is my top artist and Midnights, after only being out for a month, is my top album. I was surprised though that Omar Apollo made his way into my top 3! I’ve always liked him but after Ivory eviscerated me, I went back and hammered the shit out of his entire discography but I didn’t realize it was that much. Tamagotchi ended up my #2 and Church Girl was my #5 which sounds about right, though I didn’t realize I’d even played it that much. I would’ve thought Thique would take the spot but anything from Renaissance is a win. Doja also remains firmly among the top for me, I only slightly let her discography breathe this year. Bad Bunny also made some appearances (Otro Atardecer had me in a trance for a solid two months). There were some actual surprises and I’d share the stats from Apple Music itself but I am not emotionally stable enough for some of the draggings I’d receive and deserve so that’ll do for now!
Music is so viscerally tied with the passage of time and memory for me, so I’m excited that these type of year end wraps are so big now. It’s a trip for me to listen to the whole playlist and remember exactly how I felt and where I was when certain songs took over. I used to make big year end playlists on my own but they were probably a bit biased because I could just leave stuff out if I decided I was passed a particular phase and it looked a bit more like a highlight reel than anything. The sheer emotional turbulence of music that my Replays have been over the last couple of years…lord.