Bad Bunny surpasses Taylor Swift as Spotify’s 2025 Global Top Artist | Yap Session
It’s that time of the year. Spotify wrapped. Spotify raft. This is my silver ball. I’m so excited. Spotify wrapped. Apple’s end of year. What do they call it? It’s called an Apple replay. I’m already feeling left out as an Apple Music user. Me, too. Yes. And I had a replay and I felt seen for like a minute until my entire feed was Spotify. What music age are you? You definitely threw a wrench into things and people got a little triggered. Oh, wait. You don’t get the age thing over at Apple. Apple Music respects its users. That’s what happened. Yeah, that’s what it is. Okay. How old were you? 75. Uh oh. Oh, don’t do me. I was 38. Thank you. Thank you. 38. Okay. I was a younger girl. I’m I listen to the young I’m young. Yeah. I saw a lot of 17 or 81 or 70s. Sorry. 83. Oh, to be exact. I was 83. What are you listening to? Okay. Here is my beef with my fake age. My top five artists which you would think would contribute to my musical age. Taylor Swift, not 83. No. Sabrina Carpenter, young 25 Gen Z. Luke Combmes was my third, but he’s like he’s young in his 30s. Okay. Little bit of country. My fourth one was Chapel Rone. Yeah. Yeah. She’s also Jinzy. Very young. Yeah. And Eric Church was my fifth. Okay. He’s a little bit older in the country music scene, but not 83. Yeah, you’re not listening to like What are you not telling us, Ashley? I listen to a lot of Frankie Valley in the fourth season. 1950s do music, right? Listen, I listen to Dorothy Dandridge sometimes. So, I mean, if I was on Spotify, you know, I might have been a You might have been This might have been the old couch getting ready in the morning. Yeah. Yeah. My top artist was Role Model who had a a viral song this year and it was Sally When the Wine Runs Out and so I don’t think next year Role Mod is going to be on my list, but this year it was like it was on repeat, you know? I was going to say, are you one of those people that hears a song and then you play it over and over again until you’re sick of it because I am. Yeah. Wait, does Apple tell you how many times you played your top songs? Cuz Spotify does if it doesn’t over there. Yes, it they do tell us. Yes. Oh, they do tell you. No, because my top song was Where is My Husband by Ray. I was manifesting honey all over here. Um, and they told me I think I played it like 84 times and it was literally just this one day where I became obsessed with the song and played it over. Does anyone know this song? Where the hell is my husband by Ray or Where is my husband? She’s very throwback and I would say that should have brought your musical age up a little. She’s a throwback, but her actual age is young. So, sorry. I’m still a young thing out here. No, but there was the one day I learned I was like trying to learn the lyrics. So I played it over and over and over again and I learned those lyrics. Sure. Sure did. You know what Apple Music does? What? They do tell you what songs were like top lyrics read. So if you had Apple Music like maybe you could have maybe worse my husband would have been there but it would have been there for sure cuz I was reading them the whole time. One of my top songs this year was Chapel Resway which I definitely play on loop non-stop. And the song kind of sounds like it’s just keeps going. Yeah. Like at the end it’s like that refrain. She got away. She got away. And so I do think that is part of the algorithm. You know, Abracadabra I saw on a lot of friends because when that album came out um Mayhem, you know, that song had these crazy complicated classic Gaga lyrics and people were like, I need to I need to memorize this today. Yeah, that’s what I feel. It’s a challenge. And then my second song was also a ch I like to challenge myself. My second song was Nissan Ultima by Doi. And that’s also another fact cuz the songs I’m learning are like fast. Like it’s like a You’re trying to nail those lyrics. and nail the I’m like again from the top do it again. She’s like I was outside this summer. I need the lyrics down and l and that was also my fifth song outside by Cardi B. But we’re not going to get I have two Cardi B songs. I was in I was into that. So we know on past the app sessions that Cardi is your girl. No, Cardi’s my girl. And I think I saw that Bad Bunny actually got more streams this year than Taylor. He did. He still glo. One thing that the Apple Music uh users definitely feel left out about is I never got a personal message from the artists that said, “Thank you for listening.” I’m like, “Wow, that would have been nice.” I want Orville Pek, my number three artist of the year. I’d have loved to be like, “Hey there, Brian. Thanks so much for listening to my weirdo country music.” You know, just slide into role models DMs, right? Say, “Number one, I want to be your Sally. Number two, please send me a personalized message.” Mine was from Taylor Swift. Obviously my number one my my top album actually is a 2000’s album of Erica Badu Mama’s Sky. Okay. Now opposite of you. I mean I feel like I listen to a lot of like upbeat music too. So but she’s like something I want to listen to when I need to like cool down. We’re in New York City. It’s over stimulating. I need something to like calm my senses. Like that’s what soothes me. That’s what’s funny about a lot of these though. It’s like some people’s top songs of the year was like rain because that’s what they used to sleep. Yeah, it’s like rainforest sounds, you know? I feel like they should exclude those. That’s a great They’re not like song songs. They’re for emotional regulation. No one, right? I know. Mine also I do listen to a lot of audio books on Spotify. So, my Spotify rap included how many listening minutes I had for audio book, which is which might have added to my 83year-old age, but I had a lot of listening minutes to audio books. Wait, but how many listening uh music listening minutes did you have overall? Do you remember? Cuz I think I beat you all. I’m just saying. I was going to say I think mine was pretty low. Only like 2,000 or something. Okay. Really? Yeah. That’s pretty That’s real low. Cuz I do listen to a lot of audio books. Maybe I’m like over consuming with the music. Mine was like 30k. No, mine’s mine’s low. 26. Oh, shoot. You I did. That’s I was talking big. You won. Okay. Period. Do you know how many you got or not yet? No. I I I see. This is the problem. Apple doesn’t make it easy to find. You get like an email. You’re like, “Your Apple Replays here.” And then I like can’t find it in the app and you It really is a humbling experience this time of year. Meanwhile, Spotify has these cool like genre names are like your top genres, you know, bubblegum, bubblegum, bedroom pop. I’m like, Apple does not suffer that. They just go, they say hip-hop, honey. You like hip-hop. You know what though? Apple does need to step it up a little bit cuz I really do like the age thing. I feel like they could do something with like zodiac signs, right? Like you listen to music like an Aries, you know? You know what’s so funny? You like it this year, but they’re saying that the Spotify rap this year is worse than previous years because they’re um and they’re using AI. That’s what the streets tell me. I don’t know. But um they’re using like AI or whatever, so it’s like a little bit less robust than most years. I still had a ball though. I love seeing it cuz it’s like I love analytics. I love to learn about myself. Give me all the data. It’s so fun. Are we all on the same page for like I personally don’t care if people are sharing theirs. I kind of want to see what everybody’s listening to. Everyone’s posting. No one cares about your Spotify, right? I’m like, wait, I kind of do. I like seeing what I want to know. If if one of my friends has a top album, you know, it’s like Tame and Paula put out a new album this year and I listened to it once and I was like, uh, but then a friend of mine, it was one of his top albums. I said, “Okay, I’m going to give it another I’m going to give it another listen.” There you go. And you learn a lot about people through their Spotify or their rap thing. Like it’s like, “Oh, I didn’t know you.” Oh, okay. You get down like that. And for it to be in your top five, you listen to it a lot. So, it says something about you. It exposes you. I know. Literally, that’s how I felt about mine because a lot of my songs were like angsty Taylor Swift songs and I’m like, “Oh, what is this saying about me?” But I just love angsty Taylor Swift. I love when she has those like killer one lines and I’m just like, “Yeah, Taylor. Yeah, that’s how I feel about Cardi B. Honey, Cardi B is my tailor. Yes. I’m like, tell him everything, girl. Give it to him. And wait, you’re a lamb, right? Was Mariah on your top list? Mariah was not. I’m not I wouldn’t consider myself a lamb, but I do like Mariah a lot. It’s kind of unfair, though, because I feel like December, Mariah’s on all of our top fives, but then the list comes out first week of December. She was on mine, you know. I I did like her new album, you know, but I always am playing throwback Mariah. So, she’s like she’s on my list every year somewhere. This might be an oddball out, but Summer Walker’s album just released in November, and she was on like my top November list. Like, she has this song called Go Girl, and people are making fun of it because it’s like it reminds you of like a YouTube like they’re calling it Sunday reset music, but I’m like, I’m here for it. Yeah, sometimes. And you know what it is? Every Spotify, every year that they do this, I have songs that are just won’t leave my playlist. Like certain old songs I just listen to over and over again. And it’s like I’m never not going to have certain songs like uh what’s that song called? Pop style by Drake. Like certain songs by Drake or where like whatever that from from my era when I was in my early 20s and in my teen years. Those are always going to be there. So well it’s interesting. Frank Ocean I saw was one of the top Spotify artists of the year. He hasn’t put out music in years have to obviously. And you know he’s gone viral like individual songs like his song Lost. Of course, people throw it on everything. Any Instagram story where you’re literally lost driving around like I’ll throw on Frank Ocean. But, you know, his songs are now kind of new classics. And I’m happy for him because I’ve always loved Frank Ocean, but now, you know, he’s just like taking his checks. He’s he’s taking his time with things. I do feel like sometimes, at least for me, my results are skewed when I get them because for instance, Taylor being my top artist, it makes sense. But also, she released a new album, so I was listening to her more because I’m listening to every song on the album. I’m kind of like digging in on it, seeing what I like, finding the little Easter eggs and nuances. So, I’m listening to her more because of that. And sometimes you have to like relisten. Like for me, I may not like an album on first listen. Like I I was not the biggest fan of Renaissance by Beyonce when it first came out, but the more and more I listened to it, like I fell in love with the album. Yeah. So, so you kind of have to you have to keep it on repeat. And then it’s skewing your results cuz you’re like next year I’m not going to be listening to this album over and over and over again. That’s how I felt about Cardi B’s album. It came out like I think in September October and I listen to it a lot and for her she’s my number one artist. That’s like kind of almost embarrassing how fast she got up there. But also what was funny was Beyonce was on my list for Cowboy Carter and I’m like well her album came out 2024. That’s a little strange. I went to her concert in May. That’s what it is and I said you know what I love this album. Hold on. Let’s put this back on repeat. And yeah I went to the concert too. So, I had to do a little refresh, right? Exactly. I do have Apple, like Apple Music on my phone also, and I listen to only exclusively Hamilton on there. So, yeah, I’m really learning about myself in this moment. The Hamilton soundtrack. I’ve got Broadway shows and audio books on my listening. You’re obsessed with She’s cultured. No, a very cultured girl. These are not bad things. What you don’t want to find out is that your number one song is something really embarrassing like oh my god or like if you have kids like your kids are going to it’s like baby shark or whatever is like your number one song like well maybe not quite like I think my boss is like was like K-pop demon hunters and stuff and that was like a lot of kids and stuff I saw a lot of K-pop demon hunters some people had like Blippy the Wiggles or whatever and you’re like who has your phone Disney classics do you guys ever like do you guys do a Spotify Hulu package deal or whatever. Like, do you I’ve been Spotify girly way before Hulu, I feel like. So, I I No, I don’t have that. But do you either use Apple Music? You use Apple Music, but you should come on over to the Come on. Find out. I mean, for this one month out of the year, I’m definitely jealous of all the Spotify users, you know. A well, this is a choice you can make. You maybe next year. Spotify is owned by a Swedish company, right? Yeah. So, you know, Apple is an all-American company in that way. I’m just a patriotic guy. Listen, my friend works at Spotify and she’s global. I’m like, “Girl, they’re taking you here, they’re taking you there.” I’m like, “They’re cooking lunch for you, girl.” I mean, they’re making money and not paying their artists very much, right? Yeah. Not too much. Not too much. It’s genius marketing, though, to do this wrapped because everybody’s realizing how often I mean, you guys were saying you’re jealous of the Spotify wrapped at the end of the year. It’s such a simple concept for them to capitalize on people sharing their brand. A little FOMO went a long way. It’s like the blue blue message bubble on your iPhone, you know? Yeah. Oh, yeah. For Android users, our poor. Is anyone Android here? Android. Android. We’re all Apple down. Okay. Well, we have we have that. We have iMessage, so at least we all have that going for us, right?
Is Bad Bunny coming for Taylor Swift’s number one spot? The “MONACO” singer surpassed the pop star as Spotify’s 2025 Global Top Artist with nearly 20 billion streams. Watch as Brian Faas, Malik Cleveland, Brianna Dunkers-Brown and Ashlee McGeehan discuss this year’s Spotify Wrapped in a sneak peak of Yap Session.
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