{"id":55994,"date":"2020-06-02T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=55994"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T03:49:52","slug":"spotify-records-a-spike-of-listeners-for-tunes-perfect-for-home-based-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/06\/02\/spotify-records-a-spike-of-listeners-for-tunes-perfect-for-home-based-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Records a Spike of Listeners for Tunes Perfect for Home-Based Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast its shadows upon us, a large percentage of the society is left scouring for productive activities highly workable at home. These range from cleaning one&#8217;s home, gardening, and cooking to painting, reading, and even taking online courses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And in the midst of each pursuit lies music that keeps people company, which was then manifested in the music platform Spotify.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56003\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/Spotify-Streaming-at-Home-Trends-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/Spotify-Streaming-at-Home-Trends-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/Spotify-Streaming-at-Home-Trends-1-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/Spotify-Streaming-at-Home-Trends-1-768x293.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As per the data that\u00a0it has drawn between April 17 to May 17, 2020, listeners are soundtracking activities that encompass gardening, homeschooling, painting, and dyeing their hair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And lest we forget cleaning, which showed more than 40% increase in listeners around the world creating playlists to enthusiastically clean their homes to, with TLC&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;No Scrubs&#8221;<\/strong> being the popular song choice in these playlists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2020\/04\/03\/how-to-sanitize-your-grocery-items-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Sanitize Your Grocery Items At Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For Filipinos in particular, popular song additions to <em>cleaning-themed<\/em> playlists include <strong>\u201cShake It Off\u201d<\/strong> by Taylor Swift, <strong>\u201cParty in the U.S.A.\u201d<\/strong> by Miley Cyrus, <strong>\u201cthank u, next\u201d<\/strong> by Ariana Grande, <strong>\u201cIDGAF\u201d<\/strong> by Dua Lipa, and <strong>\u201cShut Up and Dance\u201d<\/strong> by WALK THE MOON.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Listeners are highly likely to be in search of learning new craft skills too, as indicated by the 125% increase in the streaming of the podcast <strong>\u201cJust Wanna Quilt\u201d<\/strong>, and by the more than 60% increase in the podcast <strong>\u201cWeCrochet\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56004\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/spotifylite_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/spotifylite_.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/spotifylite_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/spotifylite_-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For the record, here&#8217;s a round-up of the new social distancing trends observed by Spotify:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Hair gone wild<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Spotify has seen about a 50% increase in the creation of playlists to inspire people while dealing with hair maintenance. It was deemed so by looking at the keywords in playlist titles that include \u201chaircut\u201d, \u201cdyeing hair\u201d, and \u201chair dye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some popular song additions to all these hair-themed playlists are as follows: <strong>\u201cComplicated\u201d<\/strong> by Avril Lavigne, <strong>\u201cSugar, We&#8217;re Goin Down\u201d<\/strong> by Fall Out Boy, <strong>\u201cThe Middle\u201d<\/strong> By Jimmy Eat World, <strong>\u201cHigh Hopes\u201d<\/strong> by Panic! At The Disco, <strong>\u201cStressed Out\u201d<\/strong> by Twenty One Pilots, and <strong>\u201cHair Cutter\u201d<\/strong> by Animal Collective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Homeschool hysteria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It seems parents and students are turning to music to get through the challenges of homeschooling because there was more than 1,000% increase in the creation of homeschool-themed playlists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Popular tracks added to these playlists include <strong>\u201cSupalonely\u201d<\/strong> by BENEE and Gus Dapperton, <strong>\u201cSucker\u201d<\/strong> by Jonas Brothers, <strong>\u201cCircles\u201d<\/strong> by Post Malone, and <strong>\u201cDon\u2019t Start Now\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>by Dua Lipa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It\u2019s not all work and no play, though; as Spotify has seen a more than 1000% jump in playlists being created around Nintendo\u2019s popular <strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/strong>, a family-friendly life simulation video game that\u2019s providing an escape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>People are exploring their creativity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While it was observed that there was an increase of about 40% in the global creation of coloring-themed playlists, there\u00a0was a more than 90% increase in the creation of painting-themed playlists. And Ed Sheeran\u2019s <strong>\u201cShape Of You\u201d<\/strong> is a popular song pick in these.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Working from home is better with music<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The most added track to the working-from-home-themed playlists, which has seen a more than 1,400% increase in playlist-creation, is <strong>\u201cWork From Home\u201d<\/strong> by Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla $ign). Other popular songs added to these playlists include <strong>\u201c9 to 5\u201d<\/strong> by Dolly Parton, <strong>\u201cBlinding\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Lights\u201d<\/strong> by The Weeknd, <strong>\u201cLight On\u201d<\/strong> by Maggie Rogers, <strong>\u201c10,000 hours\u201d<\/strong> by Dan + Shay (with Justin Bieber), <strong>\u201cBoss Bitch\u201d<\/strong> by Doja Cat, <strong>\u201cDelicate\u201d<\/strong> by Taylor Swift and <strong>\u201cThe Less I\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Know the Better\u201d<\/strong> by Tame Impala.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sonatas from Beethoven and Bach are also popular additions, with pianist Lang Lang\u2019s version of <strong>\u201cF\u00fcr Elise\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0as a top classical pick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Baking is the new \u201cOmmmm\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In terms of <em>baking-themed\u00a0<\/em>playlists that have shown a 120% increase creation-wise, the popular songs added include <strong>\u201cSunday Best\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>by Surfaces, <strong>\u201cBanana Pancakes\u201d<\/strong> by Jack Johnson, <strong>\u201cWatermelon Sugar\u201d<\/strong> by Harry Styles, <strong>\u201cSugar\u201d<\/strong> by Maroon 5, and <strong>\u201ceverything I\u00a0<\/strong><strong>wanted\u201d<\/strong> by Billie Eilish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Listeners created approximately 225% more banana bread-themed playlists between April 17 and May 17 too. There are now more than 2,750 banana bread playlists on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>People are channeling their inner <em>plantitos<\/em> and <em>plantitas<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An increase of more than 430% was recorded in terms of\u00a0the creation of gardening-themed playlists on Spotify. Popular song picks in these playlists include<strong>\u201cGardening At Night\u201d<\/strong> by R.E.M, <strong>\u201cAvant Gardener\u201d<\/strong> by Courtney Barnett, <strong>\u201cMr. Blue Sky\u201d<\/strong> by Electric Light Orchestra, and <strong>\u201cSunflower\u201d<\/strong> by Post Malone and Swae Lee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Podcasts are providing inspiration too, with the most popular gardening-themed podcasts on Spotify over the past month\u00a0being <strong>\u201cThe Joe Gardener Show\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cEpic Gardening: Daily\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Growing Tips and Advice\u201d<\/strong>, and <strong>\u201cThe RHS Gardening Podcast\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Listeners have been busy cleaning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Spotify has seen about a 30% increase in streaming of its popular <strong>&#8220;Cleaning Kit&#8221;<\/strong> playlist, about a 40% increase in <em>cleaning-themed<\/em> playlists being created, and a more than 65% increase in the streaming of those playlists in the past month. Users have particularly created more than 940,000 cleaning playlists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Popular song choices include <strong>\u201cUptown Funk\u201d<\/strong> by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson, <strong>\u201cNo Scrubs\u201d<\/strong> by TLC, <strong>\u201cRoar\u201d<\/strong> by Katy Perry, <strong>\u201cToxic\u201d<\/strong> by Britney Spears, <strong>\u201cMr. Brightside\u201d<\/strong> by The Killers, and <strong>\u201cWork\u201d<\/strong> by Drake and Rihanna.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>People are trying to recreate those summer vibes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the weather warms up in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, listeners are investing time in creating a soundtrack with the right summer vibes\u2014thus recording an increase of about 245% in summer-themed playlists being created globally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/07\/11\/spotify-launches-new-and-lighter-music-streaming-app-for-android-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify Launches New and Lighter Music Streaming App for Android Devices<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This is a\u00a0press release. 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