I just listened to my Spotify Wrapped AI podcast - and it's weird

Spotify Wrapped has officially arrived. We listen to music all year round and Spotify remembers everything. It meticulously tracks your favorite songs, artists, and other music trends throughout the year, providing you with fun images to share on social media so everyone knows about your passion.

But this year, Wrapped has a new trick up its sleeve – an AI-generated podcast that analyzes your music tastes. A male and female AI voice, powered by NotebookLM, pours over your Wrapped, talking about the bands and songs you’ve listened to most.

As you might expect, it’s strange. Hearing two people who sound almost human talk about how you spent the last year feels different than watching pretty animated videos on the traditional Wrapped.

Luckily, the podcast is short: mine lasted just over three minutes (here’s a link if you want to listen to it over my music), about the same time it takes you to go through the traditional Spotify Wrapped package. And that’s because the AI basically repeats everything you’ve already read, albeit in a more conversational tone.

I was hoping for some analysis that wasn’t included in the main feature. However, since it’s essentially the same thing, I don’t understand why this feature exists outside of Spotify and would like to say that it includes some AI functionality (as every company seems to do at the moment).

Dave LeClair's Wrapped AI podcast

(Image credit: Spotify)

Aside from the information and analysis not being new, the conversation just felt wrong enough to throw me off. As soon as the female AI voice started inserting strange pauses into Dance Gavin Dance, my number one artist of 2024, it threw me for a loop.

While it’s a nice feature of Spotify that sets Wrapped apart, it doesn’t feel like the AI podcast is ready for prime time yet. Given the rapid advances in AI technology, I expect things to get a lot better next year if it stays that way.

In the meantime, I’ll stick with traditional Wrapped instead of listening to almost-human AI bots talk about my love of deathcore, post-hardcore, and other music.

I just listened to my Spotify Wrapped AI podcast – and it’s weird

ByAmelia Journalton

By Amelia Journalton

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