My 2025 in music: A review

I’ve written this post for years — comparing Spotify Wrapped with my Last.fm data, exploring how Spotify put together their music data categories and how the results of Spotify Wrapped doesn’t quite capture my music taste, pointing to my Last.fm data instead (I’m especially proud of last year’s deep dive). It’s still relevant to compare these different patterns, but in reviewing my 2025 in music, the reading and research I’ve been doing for years culminated in some continued realizations. Thi...