I think it’s been about a year since I discovered Spotify daylists, and ever since I’ve been addicted. I’m currently writing this article as I listen to my “beach goth jangly thursday morning,” daylist, and it is so super perfect! I feel like it’s a little crazy how well Spotify matches your mood according to the day, the time, and your recent and overall listening history. I would say daylists might be the best technological innovation I’ve seen in quite a long time.
I love how Spotify daylists mesh my current music tastes with a few blasts from the past, and they’ve honestly put me on SO much new music and different artists. For instance, I’ve found some of my new favorite musicians and bands just from listening to my daylist. Coconut Records, The Kooks, and Passion Pit have definitely been some of my daylist discoveries. I especially like how it finds me artists that are more and less well known, and they all compliment the music I’ve been listening to in such perfect ways.
Probably since I was about 12 years old, I’ve been formulating and creating my own playlists with precise detail. I would curate my sleepy, happy, folksy, new artists, old artists and girlie rock playlists by scouring the suggested titles based on the few songs I started them with, and adding to them over time when I heard songs that fit the vibes of my various collections. I still do this today, but I think having daylists makes the entire process so much easier and less time consuming. I don’t have to spend hours perfecting playlists and constantly creating new ones when I get sick of others.Â
On this point, daylists have definitely helped me stop overlistening to music. In the past, I’ve had to actually remove myself from different types of music because I would listen to the same songs over and over again. Unfortunately, I had to work hard to rebuild my relationships with many artists such as Tame Impala (now very strong) and The Head and the Heart (I may have buried this one). Daylists are so great for this because they mesh new songs with old ones which helps me keep listening to music for longer without getting tired of it too quickly. Additionally, I can find more music in different genres that I enjoy. For instance, my indie/folk music playlist has expanded significantly, but that may also be the Colorado of it all.
One of my favorite parts of the daylists is that they literally refresh every few hours; it’s like they know there’s a difference between morning, midday, afternoon, evening, AND late night listens. Spotify knows how to hype me up on Fridays and get me through a rough Monday.Â
My only critique of Spotify daylists is that I can’t save them. Although, it might be that I haven’t figured out how to save them, so maybe it’s my own fault. But anyways, it definitely can be annoying when I get a super banger daylist and then it just disappears forever.Â
Overall, this is my love letter to daylists. I’ve probably spent 75% of my time on Spotify listening to them, and I am so happy and thankful for them. I don’t know if I could continue if they all suddenly disappeared. And honestly, if Spotify is stalking me, it’s fine because they’re absolutely killing it on creating these playlists. I love them and that’s all.Â
Basically, if you haven’t, please go listen to your daylists and just thank me later.