For as long as we’ve been making music, we’ve been using it as a way to communicate with others. Before the advent of recording, we performed our music face-to-face. Soon, physical music on vinyl, ...

Whether you’re a lifelong punk, devoted bluegrass fan, or high-brow purveyor of 18th-century symphonies, music can be a strong foundational aspect of our personal identities—and, according to a 2023 ...

Our music taste isn’t static — it grows, shifts, and sometimes circles back to our teenage favorites. Research shows we explore widely when young, then focus more as we age, often driven by nostalgia.

Each birth month brings different cosmic influences that shape our preferences, affecting what we find energizing, calming, ...

If you really want to know a person, figure out their fandoms. And check out their playlists. A consumer’s fan affinity for music is a reliable guide to tastes in other areas of fandom, such as gaming ...

Toward the end of every year, social feeds overflow with Spotify Wrapped flexes—colorful, curated snapshots of our year in music. But I'm too impatient to wait that long. There's an easier, better way ...

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