I’m an Apple Music man, however I’ve to confess, Spotify is aware of how one can have enjoyable. While Apple Music Replay has come a good distance, it is nonetheless no Spotify Wrapped. (You all seemed such as you had been having so a lot enjoyable with these final month.) But it is not simply finish of 12 months roundups that makes Spotify a bit extra formidable than Apple. The firm’s “Playlist in a Bottle” characteristic, for instance, is a neat strategy to construct your future self a playlist for the brand new 12 months—2025, that’s.
What is Spotify’s Playlist in a Bottle?
Spotify launched this new characteristic final 12 months. The thought is you’re taking a brief questionnaire from Spotify, offering your solutions being within the type of songs. Once you are accomplished, these songs will kind the idea of playlist, which Spotify will maintain onto for the rest of the 12 months. Once the next January hits, you possibly can check out your playlist once more, see what you mentioned a 12 months earlier, and gauge how your musical preferences have modified (or not).
It’s a enjoyable thought, however I do want Spotify would maintain onto it for longer than a 12 months. Yearly recaps work nicely since you possible take heed to so a lot music that it is enjoyable to look again on stats and tunes you won’t keep in mind taking part in earlier within the 12 months. But a brief playlist of songs is not fairly as novel after a restricted time period. Maybe someday, they’re going to stretch it to 2 years, or 5, or fifty. (If there’s anybody left working at Spotify by then, anyway.)
How to open your 2023 Playlist in a Bottle (if you happen to made one)
If you made a playlist final 12 months, it is time to open it up. On your smartphone, head to http://spotify.com/playlistinabottle, then faucet Claim Your Playlist. Here, you’ll save and take heed to your 2023 playlist everytime you need. If you do not achieve this by Jan. 31, nevertheless, you may miss your probability.
How to make your 2024 Playlist in a Bottle
Whether or not you made a playlist final 12 months, you may make your 2024 playlist to open in January 2025. To begin, head to spotify.com/playlistinabottle in your smartphone. You’ll first begin by selecting what kind of container you are truly placing your playlist in—a cute however finally meaningless choice. There’s “an actual bottle,” however you may as well select a snow globe, a dumpster, a rice cooker, a flip telephone, or a chicken’s nest. Choose one, faucet Next, then reply three questions from Spotify. If you do not just like the query being requested, you possibly can hit New Question to combine it up.
My questions had been thus:
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a tune you’d play for aliens in the event that they visited earth
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a tune that you must hear stay in 2024
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a tune you’d deliver to a desert island
Your questions could also be completely completely different. You solely want to reply three questions in an effort to generate your playlist, however you possibly can hold going in order for you. Whenever you are able to lock in your playlist, hit I’m Done.
Next, you possibly can draw your self a word to incorporate in your “bottle.” Perhaps “Happy 2025,” or “I hope democracy still exists!” (Just kidding! There’s not sufficient room to put in writing that.) Hit Next when completed, then evaluate your choices. You can take away and add songs as you would like. When you are prepared, faucet Lock In.
You solely get one playlist per account, so make it rely! Just be certain that to make yours earlier than the Jan. 31 deadline.
