Wrapped isn't just stats, it's a sneaky mirror. It catches the patterns you ignore all year: the moods that sneak up, the escapes you lean on, the sounds that glue the chaos together. For me, 2025 was a blur of hustle, late nights, and that low hum of "what's next?" Over 11,000 minutes of music (yeah, that's seven straight days on repeat), it all boiled down to one question: How did these tracks hold me up when everything else felt like quicksand? Screenshots ahead; they're the proof.
11k minutes. Not a flex, a survival kit. The year in neon.
🎸 The Song That Stuck Like Glue
Some things refuse to fade. For the second year running, Rocco DeLuca's Crash of Worlds (from the RDR2 soundtrack) topped my list with 260 streams. This track hits like a slow unraveling, raw guitar and gravelly voice cutting through the noise. I hit play every time a deadline loomed or a plan crumbled, it's the one that pulled me back from the edge, every damn time. In a year of shifting gears, it was my anchor. Loyalty like this isn't random; it's choosing the familiar when the world's too loud. Rocco gets it: Redemption isn't flashy, it's the quiet pull to center.
Two years, one throne. Proof that some stories don't end.
⚡️ The Genre Pivot: Smooth Sails to Storm Mode
Last year's grooves were all velvet, Jazz, Motown, Blues keeping things mellow. 2025? I cranked the dial to survival. UK Drill took over, that pounding bass and sharp flows becoming my daily jolt. Not for the aesthetic (though the beats slap hard); it was fuel. When the grind felt endless, deadlines stacking and energy dipping, Drill's edge cut through the fog. High-stakes lyrics for high-stakes days. It wasn't a phase; it was adaptation. Music as armor, not just wallpaper. Moments like that make you wonder what else we lean on without noticing.
From chill to charge. Drill: The year's unsolicited upgrade.
🌱 Roots Calling Louder Than Ever
Amid the global shuffle, something pulled me back: Persian tracks flooded in. Ali Yasini and Mehrad Hidden cracked my Top 5, a leap that surprised even me. It's not nostalgia for show, it's human wiring. In a packed year, when everything's surface-level, these songs hit deep: Familiar rhythms, lyrics that echo unspoken family stories, beats that feel like home soil under city concrete. Yasini's flows? Pure fire for the restless nights. Hidden's edge? A reminder that roots aren't chains; they're reset buttons. For anyone caught between places, this is the pull you know too well, subtle but seismic.
Persian surge: Not a trend, a tether. Yasini & Hidden leading the charge.
😂 Turns Out, My Ears Are 80
Spotify clocked my listening age at 80, early '60s classics dominating the vibe. Laughable? Sure. But it's the perfect contradiction: Drill blasting for momentum, then Leonard Cohen's whispers for the pause. Old soul tracks like Cohen's aren't relics; they're breathers in the frenzy. They say, "Slow down, feel it all." In 2025's rush, that balance kept me sane, one foot in the fire, the other in the embers. Age is just a number; tastes are timelines colliding.
80 going on timeless. Because why rush the good ache?
🥂 The Tracks That Carved the Chaos
Tastes shift, but the core stays sacred. My Top Songs list? A mosaic of melancholy and muscle: Cohen's poetry for the quiet unravelings, Tonic Walter's underrated pulses for the unexpected wins. These weren't background noise, they were the score to breakthroughs, breakdowns, and those reset mornings that somehow turned the tide. Crash of Worlds leads, of course, but the full lineup? It's the year distilled: Evolving, unpolished, real.
The keepers. Melancholy meets momentum, repeat on loop.
🎧 This Playlist? Your Invite to the Mess
If words are too much, the soundtrack says it better. My Your Top Songs 2025 playlist isn't a flex, it's a handoff. Drill's grit, Persian fire, vintage soul: All crammed into hours that mirror the madness. Crank it during your own grind, and maybe it'll spark something. Not everything made sense this year. But the music did. Press play, and let's compare notes: What's the one track that refused to let 2025 win?
The full snapshot. Chaos curated. What's yours?
Drop your surprises below; let's unpack together. What's one pattern you didn't see coming?
Top comments (4)
My top genres. True, but I don't only listen to music on Spotify
My listening age. Haha, I like this because I'm a lot older (Gen X)!
That’s a really nice spread of genres 🙂
Ambient and neoclassical especially stand out to me.
It’s funny how the “listening age” thing works too. Yours makes total sense, and mine leaned more toward older sounds as well, just in a different way.
Makes sense if Spotify isn’t the whole picture for you.
What platform do you usually use for listening to music?
Cool. I love that you have such diverse taste in music. And a "listening age of 80" is actually pretty awesome! Shows you appreciate how music evolves and the roots and influences of modern music. Nice.
Thanks, Mikey, I appreciate that.
I really liked how you framed it around influences and evolution, that angle resonates a lot.
Lately I've been seeing Wrapped less as stats and more as a snapshot of where my head was during the year.
The "listening age" part was a fun reminder that old sounds still hit in ways new ones sometimes don't.
Thanks for taking the time to read and share your thoughts, really appreciate the comment.