Create Your Perfect Spotify Playlist And We'll Guess Your Age
- by Dylan Jacob
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- in Entertainment
Remember the days of having to go to a CD store or a Target to get your music? Remember record shops? 'Member iTunes? I 'member!
Thankfully for both my wallet and ease, we have outlets like Spotify and Apple Music to where, for a monthly fee, you get all of those albums and don't have to worry about spending $15 for 15 songs you may listen to once or twice. Today, we're going to not only help you build a music playlist, but learn how old you are.
Rather than rating musicians or groups, you're going to pick from a select few in each question, which will tell us how old you are as they're linked to an age group. It will be fun!
And while some of these applications and outlets have certain artists that aren't avaliable (i.e. Jay-Z on Spotify), just ignore that for today and pretend you can listen to Jay-Z on Spotify. I mean, you can. Songs that either feature Jay are still avaliable without any consequence, so pretend!!
If you're ready to build the perfect playlist and be amazed at how good we are at guessing ages, grab your headphones (or a portable speaker) and let's get to work.
Pick your favorite music genre
This seems like a question that would make sense to have, right? We've given you four of the more popular genres to pick from - if you're into metal, you can count that with rock despite the two being different - and if your favorite genre isn't on here, just pick other. It may come up later...
Pick a rapper
Not everyone is going to be a rap fan, but these are four of the most prominent artists in the genre's history. Each has their own controversy or extremely memorable moment - or in Eminem's case, both - and have dipped over into other genres plenty of times. Who are you picking?
Katy Perry or Taylor Swift?
We're only doing one "or" on this quiz and it's between two of my personal favorite artists - wait, this picture was taken all the way back in 2010? Both look so stunning now that, like the Britney and Tay Sway pic from earlier, you'd think it was from this year. Whaaat? Pick one.
Pick a pop singer
Would you believe this picture is ten years old? Both Taylor Swift and Britney Spears are looking so beautiful today that it'd be easy to think this was taken a month ago, not 121 months. We think we did the math right there. Anyways, take your pick of pop singers - and yes, Tay Sway fans, we know she does country as well.
Pick a country singer
We've talked about rap for so long that we may as well branch out into other genres, no? We've listed five country singers, one of whom is ancient by today's standards, and we think that you know how things are supposed to work at this point. (If you like Chesney, he just released a live album on Spotify.)
Pick a hard rock band
All five of these bands are awesome - well, four are and Mötley Crüe is pretty good. Seriously, don't hate on Bon Jovi's work from the mid-2000s. I Love This Town was the soundtrack to some postseasons where the Yankees disappointed and the Red Sox were winning, sadly. Pick a band!
Pick a modern heavy metal band
Yeah, we could put acts like AC/DC or Metallica here, but we wanted to make sure all our metal-heads still taking this quiz felt included. We do care about you, we promise! And if you're someone who has never heard of these bands and doesn't want to, you can pick that.
Pick another rapper
Rap is everywhere, what can we say? All three of these artists dropped albums in 2017 - Em's received mixed reviews, while Jay's and Kendrick's were universally beloved - and all three will likely continue to drop new songs throughout this year. Then, there's Migos. Which of these four acts do you prefer?
Pick a 2017 album
2017 was definitely a weaker year for music, though there were some artists who took advantage of that to release high-quality products. Yes, we did love 4:44 and DAMN was really, really good (still no GKMC, but we digress). Which of the following albums were you a fan of most? Or, had the best singles. Whatever works.
Pick a one-hit wonder
It's Friday, Friday, we're writing this quiz on a Friday! You may have forgotten about some of these songs for a year or three, but the titles and the thought of how often you heard them on the radio should be enough to make you remember, right?
Pick a 2016 album
2016 was a stronger year than 2016, though it did have an extremely misleading and divisive album in Kanye West's TLOP. Was TLOP really that good? If you pick it, that's your choice, but we personally feel the other albums on this list were better. Hey, it's your choice here.
Pick a female country singer
America's game, been waiting all day - oh wait, that's not how Something Bad by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood goes. That doesn't mean we don't love these two artists, nor does it mean we don't love Carrie Underwood on Sunday Night Football. Which of the following female country singers do you like most?
Pick a 2015 album
Heading back nearly three years now to 2015, Peyton Manning's final season in the NFL and likely the last album we'll see from Dr. Dre. As per the trend, we've listed some albums and feel free to pick based on either your favorite album or which album generated your favorite singles.
Pick a movie soundtrack
What good is a movie without some background noise? In fact, there have been plenty of movies that have featured original soundtracks with maybe one or two movies from the film (like 8 Mile) which have been awesome. Seriously, we love 8 Mile's soundtrack. Rabbit Run, baby!
Pick a 2014 album
Four years ago, now! Coldplay's album is still so, so good - I may go listen to it after I take this quiz and you may want to join me - and the rest of these albums all hold up. Even Sam Smith's album is pretty good. Pick one of these albums!
Pick a 2013 album
Man, was 2013 really five years ago? The Marshall Mathers LP 2 remains awesome and was the soundtrack to my junior year of high school...wait, I was a junior five years ago? Please, go and answer this question while I think about my own mortality and the unfortunate reality of me getting old.
Pick a female artist who Eminem dissed
Eminem has taken his fair share of pot shots at plenty of rappers, but female artists - sometimes jokingly, sometimes not - are a target for him as well. With Lady Gaga and Britney, both references were jokes, but people weren't happy when he rapped about raping Iggy, Christina being sexually proactive, and Mariah...listen to The Warning if you really want to know.
Pick a 2012 album
Wow, 2012 was six years ago...and it was a pretty disappointing year for music given how great 2010 and 2011 each were. This was one of those years where it felt like all the best songs on the radio came from the year before...but we did get GKMC this year. Pick an album!
Pick a 2011 album
Spoiler if you haven't guessed it already: I'm personally a huge older rap fan and 2011, which gave out so many great albums, is one of my favorite years for the genre. 2011 also gave us an awesome Lady Gaga album, more hits from Britney...and One Direction. Pick an album!
Pick a 1960s band
Who says we don't care about the older generation? There are some amazing bands from this generation and if you've never heard of any of these people, you're going to hit the option which says so and we're not going to be friends with you anymore. Go ahead and choose!
Pick a 1970s musical act
Yes, The Who and a couple others on this list technically got started in the 1960s, but we count them more as 1970s acts out of personal preference. What? Don't judge us for how our nostalgia takes over our mind. Pick one of the following acts...or not, we guess.
Pick a 1980s musical act
Oh, hell yeah. Michael Jackson is back, baby, at least for this quiz. Yes, we like Michael Jackson the artist and no, Duran Duran does not have any relationship to Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant. You have to have heard of one of these acts, so go pick who you like most.
Pick a current, rising rapper
We've talked enough about the good old days of rap, so why not talk about what seems to be a glorious new day where you can barely understand what they're saying? I accidentally wrote "bearly" instead of "barely", so I'm en route to being a rapper in 2018. Who do you like?
Pick a 1990s musical act
I'm a 1990s baby, so excuse me for putting Tupac and Biggie in one spot because...well, let's be honest: they're mentioned together so often that after so long, you love both if you love one. Which of the following acts are you going to choose. (Show Britney some love!)
Pick another rapper
Even more rappers? Yes, but can you blame us with how many rappers there are today? Remember when people talked about Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group all the time? Now, we just talk about Migos and the current acts who we'll forget about within the next five years. Pick someone!
Pick a 2000s musical act
Now we're getting to the super good stuff. You probably have an idea of where I'm voting - Shady/Aftermath for life! - but you have other options in a decade that was pretty rap-heavy despite a couple mediocre years in the middle. Who are you going to pick for this one?
Pick a 2010s musical act
I'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT I'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY! AND BOY, GOT ME WALKIN' SIDE TO SIDE. Ahem. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj are a great duo on that song and both have been really good this decade, but are you going to pick someone else from this list?
Pick a musical act we're calling overrated
Now, not all of these acts are overrated to us - we love Nas and Radiohead has some good songs. But there are many who call these four acts overrated for one reason or another, so pick who you think fits that category and run before someone catches you saying it. I'm going to hide from Beatles fans.
Pick a Super Bowl halftime show
There have been some really, really good Super Bowl halftime shows throughout the years...and then there was Justin Timberlake a few weeks ago. But these five shows are among the ones many consider the best, so who are we to let you choose anything other than the cream of the crop?
Who did Sunday Night Football's theme best?
Of all the obscure questions to include in this quiz...come on. We had to. I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL DAY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT! While "The Champion" is an amazing song, hopefully NBC won't choose that as the replacement for the regular Sunday Night theme. Also, you can choose from Carrie singing "Waiting All Day" or the newer "Sunday Night..." one.
