How It's Related

Episode 52 - Spotify Wrapped 2025


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This one was chaos in the best way — starting with Wakanda Forever, somehow detouring through Seinfeld reenactments, and then landing right into the nostalgia of record stores, new-music Tuesdays, and the absolute disaster that is our Spotify Wrapped.

Adam and Mike compare their 2025 listening stats and uncover some truly questionable trends—like Adam accidentally sleep-streaming The Wallflowers 180 times and Mike openly admitting he listens only to music he manually chooses because he “doesn’t trust the algorithm.” We dive into lost traditions like scanning CDs at Blockbuster Music, waiting for Tuesday releases, and discovering new bands before Spotify spoiled us with instant singles and album leaks.

From age predictions (which were uncomfortably accurate), to top genres that sound like they were born in the same strip mall, to the artists we’re apparently “top 0.00% fans” of… this episode turns into a hilarious breakdown of who we are musically — and who Spotify thinks we are.

Plus: upcoming changes to the show, a preview of the brand-new 2026 studio, and why new episodes will now drop on Tuesdays.

If Spotify wrapped can reveal our souls… maybe it shouldn’t.

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How It's RelatedBy Adam Merino Mike Merino