People’s musical choices say so much about what kind of year they have had – because they were decisions made in private

What am I listening to? For the past week, mostly people telling me about their Spotify end-of-year playlists; the personalised ranking of what they have been listening to throughout the year.

There are a number of ways this happens. Some people reveal their lists confidently, fully aware that Sigrid, Kendrick and Young Thug have the BBC 6 Music stamp of approval; a badge that says: “Yes, I am as cool as you think I am.” There are beautiful souls who shyly publish theirs on a public platform – if such a thing is possible – despite the fact that the list is 20 solid hours of Dolly Parton and nothing else. For them, the act is a sort of coming out; a badge that says: “I’m not quite as cool as you think I am.” Then there are people who used to be cool, but now have kids, whose lists are populated by Baby Shark and Peppa Pig, and who are wearing badges that say: “Help!”

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