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Word on the Street: Students predict what their Spotify Wrapped will look like

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Every year around Thanksgiving, Spotify releases their Spotify Wrapped to users with their most listened to songs, artists and genres. While it has not yet been released this year, Adele Harris asked students what they thought theirs would look like for 2024.

Siobhan Reidy, sophomore business administration and exercise and sport science major

Top song: “us.” by Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift

Top artist: Taylor Swift

Most influential song of 2024: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter.  “I feel like everyone’s been so used to Taylor Swift being a number one female artist, icon and now Sabrina Carpenter has totally come out as, not challenging that, but now all the national attention is on her," she said.

Alan Archer, sophomore biology major

Top song: “Wish” by Blood Orange

Top artist: Kendrick Lamar

Most influential song of 2024: “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar.  “I mean, the hype around it when it came out was so, so peak," he said. 

Catherine Green, first-year nursing major and health and society minor

Top song: “Drew Barrymore” by SZA

Top artist: SZA or Noah Kahan

Most influential song of 2024: “Sticky” by Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne. “I thought it incorporates lots of different genres together, and I think it exposed a lot of people to a sound they’ve never heard before," she said.

Marilyn Samuels, sophomore psychology major and neuroscience minor

Top song: “No Wind Resistance” by Kinneret

Top artist: Maggie Rogers or Gracie Abrams

Most influential song of 2024: No specific song for her, but she said “probably a Taylor Swift song because of The Eras Tour.”

Mila Spain, first-year biology major

Top song: “Champagne Coast” by Blood Orange

Top artist: Kid Cudi

Most influential song of 2024: “Bed Chem” by Sabrina Carpenter because “she’s a new artist, and I feel like everyone’s on their, I don’t know, on their bad B energy vibes this year and I feel like that kind of represents that," she said.

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Haedyn Mills, sophomore media and journalism and communication studies major and history minor

Top song: “I’m Not Pretty” by Megan Moroney

Top artist: Sabrina Carpenter

Most influential song of 2024: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter because she said “‘Espresso’ is ingrained in everybody’s brains right now.”

Emma Mize, sophomore exercise and sport science and biology major

Top song: “F2F” by SZA

Top artist: Caamp

Most influential song of 2024: “Messy” by Lola Young. “It’s kind of becoming a big song and it's not really like what else is out there," she said. 

Megan Mullaney, first-year environmental sciences major

Top song: “Vienna” by Billy Joel

Top artist: Noah Kahan

Most influential song of 2024: “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan because “I think you really couldn’t get away from it at any point this year,” she said. 

Ben Kane, first-year business administration major

Top song: “The Time (Dirty Bit)” by Black Eyed Peas

Top artist: Whiskey Myers

Most influential song of 2024: “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar because he said “Kendrick had that dog in him.”

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