Now off to listen to all 102 songs on my list, all six hours and 12 minutes of them. Most people like to feel seen, and most people don't have many opportunities to make that happen. Zamoyski’s highly readable account brings non-technical insights to the music itself and he is superb at conveying what is known of Chopin’s own playing. Or you can just look and see how happy music makes people feel. Whatever you listened to when you were sad, what you fell asleep to, the soundtrack of your life-it doesn't matter whether it's “interesting” or “cool” or “unusual.” Does it make you feel happy to see many things you love in one place? Does it make you feel good to put those things out into the world? You can look at other people's Spotify Wrapped to get to know new artists. Looking at a person’s Spotify Wrapped isn’t like peering into their soul or reading their diary, but it is like walking past their messy room and getting a quick glimpse. It's jarring, if you think about it-we want our paid, monthly streaming sites to show us our data in a way that flatters us but doesn't pander. People dislike this, I think, not because it's actually that annoying but because the function of Spotify Wrapped is to make you feel like an individual, and these jokes unintentionally demonstrate how alike many of us are. They use slightly stale slang, like “You understood the assignment.” They try to be zeitgeist-y by talking about skin-care routines. Yes, every year Spotify gets a little more smug about how much people like this feature. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.