Monday, January 29, 2024

Yearlong Song Challenge, Day 14: Galia

Prompt: "The most recent song you heard for the first time"

Selected by Galia


"Rush"
Ayra Starr
19 & Dangerous, 2021

Ever since last year when I started listening to Burna Boy more, Spotify's suggestions have slowly all turned into Nigerian afropop/afrobeats artists. And of course, the more I listen to the suggested artists and songs (Asake, Kizz Daniel, Fireboy DML), the more suggestions in the category I am given. My listening got to the point where in my Spotify wrapped the place that my listening was most alike to was Idaban, Nigeria. I know that part of Wrapped is defs a sham... BUT I feel unique that my area didn't wind up being Burlington, VT, or Berkeley, CA, which apparently happened to many people I know.

Anyway, "Rush" is the newest song that showed up in my Spotify algorithm, and it has quickly grown to be one of my favorites.

2 comments:

Galia said...

Okay so I think I misinterpreted the prompt! I thought it was the song that you heard for the first time most recently. I want to clarify that I have listened to music that is newer than 2021

Joe K said...

Disagree that you misinterpreted! I'd say that both interpretations are correct. The interesting part was seeing how each person read it. Split pretty much half and half!