After a long year of fateful listening, Spotify users are granted a holiday gift in the form of their music statistics each December. While my own Spotify Wrapped is typically disappointing, many are eager to share theirs, as the data snaps dominate Instagram stories each December 1st. Many take this chance to get and analyze their peers, as music taste can definitely provide a certain insight into one’s psyche. Even Spotify capitalized on this trait this year, including an “aura” alongside each users’ yearly stats in an attempt to further capture the personality of each listener.

The Talon has also taken note of the popularity of this music-sharing platform, curating a monthly playlist based on staff writer suggestions (self promo…). So, inspired by the genius of my fellow staff writer, Regan Brown, I decided to formulate a test of our readers’ music wits. How well do you really know your Talon writers? Can you match the writer to their yearly music record?

1. An all-female top 5. Taylor Swift shorted of the number 1 spot by none other than Lana Del Rey. Whose top song could be “deja vu?”

a. Gracie Mochizuki

b. Teagan Domm

c. Hallie Cole

d. Regan Brown

2. A very pop top 5 artists. A Mac-filled list of top songs. Whose 2021 Wrapped could include both “Ribs” and “BLEACH?”

a. Kaylin Morris

b. Mary Archambault

c. Kristen McLeod

d. Jack Norman

3. This one is fun. Fruit Bats, Drake, and father-to-be A$AP Rocky? Which writer has this unique mix resulting in a top genre of Indie Rock?

a. Mark Owens

b. Inés Carrillo

b. Lucy Manuel

c. Lauren Peagler

4. Oh boy. All top 5 songs are Mitski ladies and gentlemen. Whoever could this be?

a. Mia Matthews

b. Mary Archambault

c. Regan Brown

d. Ms. Hurt

5. Okay Raptors. Taylor Swift has occupied many of the top spots we’ve seen so far but who would have John Mayer as their year’s top artists?

a. Gray Willits

b. Lucy Manuel

c. Brett Cox

d. Marshall Fleming

6. This writer’s top artists are mostly pop but their top genre is Classic Rock. What an enigma! Whose stats are these?

a. Kaylin Morris

b. Kristen McLeod

c. Nola Webb

d. Taryn Crowley

7. Hard to believe this listener’s top genre was Indie Pop as it doesn’t seem to be represented by their top artists… Besides that, whose 2021 Spotify Wrapped is in Spanish?

a. Mark Owens

b. Hallie Cole

c. William Hyatt

d. Gracie Mochizuki

8. Had to include an Apple Music user’s report for some diversity. Whose is this?

a. McKay Collins

b. Charlie Kuyper

c. Teagan Domm

d. Mia Matthews

9. Arctic Monkeys, The Last Shadow Puppets, and Miles Kane, all overlapping artists. Kanye West and country artists Tyler Childers fill the gaps on this user’s top 5. Perhaps I’m revealing too much here… Whose Wrapped is this?

a. Taryn Crowley

b. Anson Clark

c. Nola Webb

d. McKenna Ronchetto

And finally, the answers I’m sure you all dearly desire:

1. Teagan Domm
2. Jack Norman
3. Lucy Manuel
4. Regan Brown
5. Gray Willits
6. Taryn Crowley
7. Hallie Cole
8. Mia Matthews
9. Nola Webb