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My favorite songs, on repeat, day after day.

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Favorite Songs

☆ Australian artist

A

AJR
  • Three-Thirty
Alisa Xayalith
  • I'll Be There
  • High Fidelity
Andrew Belle
  • Swimmers
  • When The End Comes
Angie McMahon☆
  • Saturn Returning
Arizona
  • Cross My Mind
  • Freaking Out
  • Nostalgic
  • Oceans
  • Problems
Ayokay
  • Half Past You
  • I Still Need You
  • Kings Of Summer
  • Sleepless Nights

B

Bleachers
  • Don't Take The Money
  • Goodmorning

C

Caroline Kole
  • Fool's Gold
Cavetown
  • Home
Charli XCX
  • I Might Say Something Stupid (Feat. The 1975 And Jon Hopkins)
  • Spinning
Coin
  • Lately III
Coldplay
  • Aliens
  • A Sky Full Of Stars
  • Adventure Of A Lifetime
  • Clocks
  • Church
  • Everyday Life
  • Fix You
  • Hymn For The Weekend
  • Lovers In Japan
  • Major Minus
  • Orphans
  • Paradise
  • Something Just Like This
  • Strawberry Swing
  • Viva La Vida
  • Yellow

D

Dayglow
  • Can I Call You Tonight
  • Crying On The Dancefloor
  • December
  • Hot Rod
  • Listerine
  • Medicine
  • Turn Around

E

Explo
  • Ikutaro
  • Puppets
  • Puzzles
  • Spycraft
  • Symbolic Gesture

F

Fat Freddy's Drop
  • Blackbird
Filous
  • Goodbye
Flor
  • Back Again
  • Heart
  • Hold On
  • Imho
  • Overbehind
  • Unsaid
  • Warm Blood
Fly By Midnight
  • The Ad Above Your Head

G

Godspeed
  • Don't Be
Gorillaz
  • Baby Queen
  • Fireflies
  • Magic City
  • New Gold

H

Hailee Steinfeld
  • Most Girls
Half Alive
  • Arrow
  • Pure Gold
  • Still Feel
  • Summerland
  • Tip Toes
  • Trust
Half An Orange
  • Champagne & Cocaine
Henry Jamison
  • Gloria
Her's
  • Harvey
  • She Needs Him
Hippo Campus
  • 2 Young 2 Die
Hollow Coves☆
  • Coastline

J

John Mayer
  • Born & Raised
  • Gravity
  • Half Of My Heart
  • Heartbreak Warfare
  • If I Ever Get Around To Living
  • Last Train Hime
  • Queen Of California
  • Shadow Days
  • Waiting On The World To Change
  • Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967
JVKE
  • Golden Hour
  • This Is What Falling In Love Feels Like

K

Kid Bloom
  • Different State Of Mind
  • Evrwndr
  • Have U Seen her
  • Wounded Surrounded
Knox
  • Not The 1975
Kygo
  • For What It's Worth
  • I'll Wait
  • Riding Shotgun
  • Stay
  • This Town

L

Loote
  • Are You Sure?
LP
  • Dayglow
  • Lost On You
  • One Like You

M

Mark Ambor
  • Good To Be
Mat Kearney
  • Anywhere With You
  • Can't Look Back
  • Changes
  • I Don't Really Care
  • Kings & Queens
  • Pontiac
  • Powerless
  • Say It Now
Mehro
  • Chance With You
  • Lightning
Metallica
  • Nothing Else Matters
Mumford & Sons
  • Hopeless Wanderer
  • I Will Wait
  • Little Lion Man
  • The Cave
  • Whispers In The Dark

N

NF
  • Gone
  • Happy
Nightly
  • Dry Eyes
  • Miss You Like Hell
Night Traveler
  • Dreams You Don't Forget
No Rome
  • Narcissist

O

ODESZA
  • Everything At Your Feet
  • Higher Ground
  • Just A Memory
  • Line of Sight
Of Monsters & Men
  • Black Water
  • Crystals
  • Dirty Paws
  • Human
  • Hunger
  • King & Lionheart
  • Little Talks
Oh Wonder
  • All We Do
  • Drive
  • Happy
  • My Friends
  • Technicolor Beat
  • Ultralife
Omar Apollo
  • Spite
OneRepublic
  • Counting Stars
Owl City
  • Cinematic

P

Petit Biscuit
  • Sunset Lover
  • You
Porter Robinson
  • Knock Yourself Out XD
  • Mirror
  • Shelter
Post Malone
  • I Had Some Help
  • Missin You Like This
  • Nosedive
  • Sunflower
  • What Don't Belong To Me
Powfu
  • Mario Kart

R

Rory Webley
  • Friendly Neighborhood Poltergeist

S

Sasha Alex Sloan
  • Thoughts
Slowdive
  • Sugar For The Pill
Soccer Mommy
  • Circle The Drain
Syn Cole
  • Sway

T

Tears For Fears
  • Everyone Wants To Rule The World
  • The Tipping Point
The 1975
  • A Change Of Heart
  • About You
  • Be My Mistake
  • Frail State Of Mind
  • Give Yourself A Try
  • Guys
  • Happiness
  • I Like America & America Likes Me
  • If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)
  • I'm In Love With You
  • It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)
  • Looking For Somebody (To Love)
  • Love It If We Made It
  • Oh Caroline
  • Paris
  • Part Of The Band
  • Roadkill
  • Robbers
  • Sincerity Is Scary
  • Somebody Else
  • Surrounded By Heads & Bodies
  • The 1975
  • The End (Music For Cars)
  • The Sound
  • Then Because She Goes
  • TooTimeTooTimeTooTime
The Chain Gang Of 1974
  • Forget
The Chainsmokers
  • Closer
  • I Hope You Change Your Mind
  • I Love U
  • iPad
  • Maradona
  • Riptide
  • Solo Mission
The Ghost Club
  • See Below
The Japanese House
  • Follow My Girl
  • Sad To Breathe
  • Sunshine Baby
The Midnight
  • Aerostar
  • Days Of Thunder
  • Devil Make A Deal
  • Gloria
  • Los Angeles
  • Lost & Found
  • Sunset
  • The Years
  • We Move Forward
The Naked & Famous
  • Come As You Are
The Spacies☆
  • Forever This Way
  • Gravity
  • Hesitate
  • Infinity
  • Kiss You
  • My Own Way
  • Out Of Time
  • Short Stories, Long Life
  • Slow Mo
  • The One That Got Away
  • The Price Of Flight
  • This One
Tobu
  • Return To The Wild
Tomos
  • Holding Together
Troye Sivan☆
  • Better Now
Tyler Lyle
  • Ditchdigger
  • Eighteen
  • Feel Free
  • Lost & Found
  • Lucky Ones
  • Somebody's Someone
  • Tyler Vs The Black Hole
  • Winter Is For Kierkegaard

U

UFO UFO
  • Fools
  • Strange Clouds

V

Vacations☆
  • Next Exit
Vansire
  • Metamodernity

W

Wallows
  • Calling After Me
  • Dig What You Dug
  • Uncomfortable
Wave Racer☆
  • Look Up To Yourself
Wynne
  • Come Alive
  • Stay

Y

Yoste☆
  • Arc
  • Blue
  • Chihiro
  • Flaws
  • Friends
  • How It Was
  • Howl
  • I Don't Want To Lie
  • Moon
Yumi Zouma
  • Powder Blue / Cascine Park

Spotify Statistics

My listening statistics from three years of Spotify. Funny how my taste in music and podcasts hasn't changed much, but merely expanded.

2021

Minutes Listened: 64,744 (1,079 Hours | 45 Days)

Top Artists

  1. Vexento (Minutes: 3,219 | Most Played Song: Let's Run Away)
  2. Yoste
  3. Valley
  4. Coldplay
  5. The Spacies

Top Genres

  1. Lo-Fi Beats
  2. Indie Poptisim
  3. Indie Pop
  4. Indie Folk
  5. Electropop

Top Podcasts

  1. Ologies by Alie Ward (Minutes: 2,464)
  2. The Happiness Lab by Dr. Laurie Santos
  3. The Tim Ferriss Show
  4. The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers by Joanna Penn
  5. A Slight Change of Plans by Dr. Maya Shankar

Top Songs

  1. There's Still A Light In The House by Valley (Times Played: 72)
  2. Chihiro by Yoste
  3. I Only Go South by Yoste
  4. Imho by Flor
  5. The Movies by Nightly

Audio Aura: Chill and wistful.

Movie Soundtrack

  • Opening Credits: There's Still A Light In The House by Valley
  • Moment Of Reflection: Fix You by Coldplay
  • Big Game: Digital Kiss by Vexento
Spotify Wrapped card showing 'My Top Podcast' as 'Ologies with Alie Ward'. The podcast cover features scientific illustrations. Minutes streamed: 2,464. Spotify Wrapped 'My Top Podcasts' list. #1 Ologies with Alie Ward, #2 The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos, #3 The Tim Ferriss Show, #4 The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers, #5 A Slight Change of Plans. Spotify Wrapped 'My Top Song' card. Song: 'There's Still A Light In The House' by Valley. Album cover shows denim jacket with 'MAYBE' patches. Total streams: 72.
Spotify Wrapped 'My Top Songs' list. #1 'There's Still A Light In The House' by Valley, #2 'Chihiro' by Yoste, #3 'I only go south' by Yoste, #4 'Imho' by flor, #5 'the movies' by Nightly. Spotify Wrapped 'My Top Artist' card featuring Vexento. Abstract portrait of artist with blank face. Minutes streamed: 3,219. Most played song: 'Let's Run Away'. A Spotify Wrapped 2021 summary showing a movie soundtrack theme. The opening credits song is 'There's Still A Light In The House' by Valley. The 'moment of reflection' song is 'Fix You' by Coldplay. The 'big game' song is 'Digital Kiss' by Vexento.
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A Spotify Wrapped 'Audio Aura' showing the top music moods as 'chill' and 'wistful'. A blurred green and blue gradient represents the audio aura visually. A Spotify Wrapped summary with top artists and songs. Top artist is Vexento, top song is 'There's Still A Li...' The user listened for 64,744 minutes, and their top genre is Lo-fi beats. The image includes an abstract portrait with a white mask. A Spotify Wrapped infographic showing the user's top 5 artists: 1. Vexento, 2. Yoste, 3. Valley, 4. Coldplay, 5. The Spacies. The background is pink and green with flame-like decorations at the top.

2022

Minutes Listened: 62,876 (1,048 Hours | 44 Days)

Top Artists

  1. The Chainsmokers
  2. Vexento
  3. The Spacies
  4. Yoste
  5. Smallpools

Top Genres

  1. Lo-Fi Beats
  2. Pop
  3. Indie Pop
  4. EDM
  5. Indie Poptisim

Top Podcasts

  1. The Creative Penn Podcast for Writers by Joanna Penn
  2. Ologies by Alie Ward
  3. Write Now by Sarah Werner
  4. Imaginary Worlds by Eric Molinsky
  5. The Art of Manliness

Top Songs

  1. I Hope You Change Your Mind by The Chainsmokers (Times Played: 49)
  2. iPad by The Chainsmokers
  3. The Price of Flight by The Spacies
  4. Riptide by The Chainsmokers
  5. Collapse by Tennyson

My Audio Day

  • Mornings: quiet, soothing, tranquil.
  • Afternoons: Energetic, upbeat.
  • Nights: Bittersweet, enthusiastic, golden hour.

Listening Personality: The Adventurer

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A Spotify Wrapped infographic titled 'My Audio Day' with three sections representing morning, afternoon, and night. Each section lists mood descriptors: mornings are tranquil and soothing, afternoons are upbeat and energetic, and nights are enthusiastic and bittersweet. A Spotify Wrapped card showing the top artist as The Chainsmokers, with 3,677 minutes listened. The card features an abstract design with blurred colors. A Spotify Wrapped 2022 infographic titled 'Your top genres', listing: 1. Lo-Fi Beats, 2. Pop, 3. Indie Pop, 4. EDM, and 5. Indie Pop. The background is a blue and purple gradient.
A Spotify Wrapped 2022 infographic showing 62,876 minutes listened, which is more than 98% of other listeners in Australia. The background is a vibrant purple. A Spotify Wrapped 2022 card showing a listening personality of 'The Adventurer'. The card features abstract, colorful shapes and lines. A Spotify Wrapped 2022 summary card. It shows the top artist as The Chainsmokers, with the top song 'I Hope You Change Your Mind'. The user listened for 62,876 minutes, and their top genre is Lo-Fi Beats. The background is a swirling purple, blue, and pink.

2023

Minutes Listened: 23,163 (386 Hours | 16 Days)

Top Artists

  1. The Chainsmokers (Minutes Listened: 419)
  2. John Mayer
  3. The Spacies
  4. Ayokay
  5. Petit Biscuit

Top Genres

  1. Lo-Fi Beats
  2. Hopebeat
  3. POV: Indie
  4. Pop
  5. Indie Folk

Top Podcasts

  1. Deep Questions by Cal Newport
  2. The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers by Joanna Penn
  3. The Tim Ferriss Show
  4. Queerstories by Maeve Marsden
  5. Gastropod by Cynthia Graber & Nicola Twilley.

Top Songs

  1. This Is What Falling In Love Feels Like by JVKE
  2. Baby Queen by Gorillaz
  3. Mario Kart by Powfu
  4. Ordinary World by Green Day
  5. I Don't Want To Lie by Yoste

Addendums

  • Musical Villian: Vampire
  • Sound Town: Madison, United States
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