Wow! Spotify wrapped is obviously in the stars. Brandon Taylor recently wrote about it on his Substack Sweater Weather too. Thanks for inspiring me to check out my own!
Thanks so much for letting me know! I just read it and was amazed, allow me to quote these lines here, "We love Spotify Wrapped because it tells us who we are...While we have been commuting, sorting our spreadsheets, making our sad solo dinners, getting ready to see friends, running late, reading, writing, painting, crying, jogging, thinking about jogging, sitting by bedsides, holding hands, going on dates, driving to the river, shopping for gifts, practicing our coming out, practicing holding our breath, waiting to be called back for blood work, processing claims, and doing all the thousand things we must do in a day to get by, we have been, perhaps, playing music. Not always listening. Sometimes singing along. Sometimes crying along. Sometimes seized by a desire to hear that song that our mother used to play when she got dressed for Saturday night. In busy, busy mess of life, music was there all along, in the background. We may not remember what were playing on the train the day we stepped off and there was a man with a gun on the platform. We may not remember what were playing in the back of the car on our way to Thanksgiving with a friend. We may not remember the first song we played at the start of the year as we hoped it would be better than the last. We may not remember that. But Spotify Wrapped remembers."
Have you read ‘Kintsugi’ by Anukrti Upadhyay? It’s a lovely anthology of short stories
Just looked it up! Such a gorgeous cover.. will try to find and read it. 🌺 Thanks for sharing..
Wow! Spotify wrapped is obviously in the stars. Brandon Taylor recently wrote about it on his Substack Sweater Weather too. Thanks for inspiring me to check out my own!
Thanks so much for letting me know! I just read it and was amazed, allow me to quote these lines here, "We love Spotify Wrapped because it tells us who we are...While we have been commuting, sorting our spreadsheets, making our sad solo dinners, getting ready to see friends, running late, reading, writing, painting, crying, jogging, thinking about jogging, sitting by bedsides, holding hands, going on dates, driving to the river, shopping for gifts, practicing our coming out, practicing holding our breath, waiting to be called back for blood work, processing claims, and doing all the thousand things we must do in a day to get by, we have been, perhaps, playing music. Not always listening. Sometimes singing along. Sometimes crying along. Sometimes seized by a desire to hear that song that our mother used to play when she got dressed for Saturday night. In busy, busy mess of life, music was there all along, in the background. We may not remember what were playing on the train the day we stepped off and there was a man with a gun on the platform. We may not remember what were playing in the back of the car on our way to Thanksgiving with a friend. We may not remember the first song we played at the start of the year as we hoped it would be better than the last. We may not remember that. But Spotify Wrapped remembers."
Would love to know what your SW does to you :)
As ever your writing stirs the soul , this time this is with lilting music 🎶 ❤️
Thank you, Neena. Grateful for your reading and responding. Oh and I loved your post on gratitude. :) ❤️
Many thanks Raju