I Finally Listened to Spotify’s AI-Generated Podcast, and It’s Slightly Underwhelming

If you haven’t yet listened to Spotify’s AI-generated podcast all about your Wrapped for 2024, you really should. Even if you can’t remove it as intended, it’s worth seeing what all the fuss is about. After all, AI isn’t going away anytime soon, so we might as well see exactly what it’s capable of, right?!

How to listen to Spotify’s AI-generated Podcast for Wrapped

Spotify Wrapped dropped on December 4, 2024, and one of the new items this year was an AI-generated podcast. Spotify is leaning heavily on AI for its 2024 Wrapped, with its AI DJ having its own section, as well as other AI elements included. However, the most surprising inclusion was an AI-generated podcast.

This podcast was generated by NotebookLM by Googlean AI-powered note-taking app that made headlines in 2024. While the entire app is worth exploring, NotebookLM has come to most people’s attention because of its ability to generate podcasts on any subject, including your Spotify Wrapped results.

To listen to your Spotify Wrapped AI Podcast, search for the Mix it up tab at the top of the Spotify mobile app. Once you open it, you should see it Your Podcast AI Wrapped. Tap that, and you’ll have the chance to hear two AI hosts discuss your year in music.

If the Wrapped tab has disappeared from the top of Spotify, you can search for “Your Podcast AI Wrapped Spotify” or go directly to spotify.com/wrappedaipodcast.

I listened to my AI podcast and was a little disappointed

I spend time absorbing my Wrapped every year, which is how I add our guide get the most out of Spotify Wrapped 2024. However, it took me longer than I expected to properly sit down and listen to my AI podcast. Mine is just over three minutes, but yours can be shorter or longer depending on how much there is to discuss.

The podcast features two AI hosts who discuss your Spotify Wrapped as if they had the stats in front of them. Mine starts with the host they mention my total listening timeAnd they seem impressed by how long I’ve been listening to Spotify. I then discuss my most listened to song (Radiohead’s “Creep”), my top artist (The Beatles), and my musical journey through the year.

Most of the podcast is a bit meh, as it literally repeats information already visible to you via your Wrapped roundup. In this sense, it is like having an artificial intelligence chatbot that repeats information in a robotic manner. And while this shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that this is how the AI ​​works, I was expecting a bit more.

The most interesting parts of the podcast are when the host dives a little deeper. Like when, after hearing that the Beatles were my main artist of 2024, I mention how the Beatles have inspired so many artists, and even refer to Mark Ronson as a fan. I also appreciated the positivity that was present throughout, as the AI ​​hosts praised my “incredible” musical tastes and willingness to seek out new sounds.

Spotify’s AI Wrapped podcast is a work in progress

I have to say that I was a bit underwhelmed by Spotify’s AI Wrapped AI podcast for 2024. Especially when I explored NotebookLM beyond this collaboration and was blown away by some of the AI ​​podcasts it produces.

Ultimately, these AI podcasts are just a work in progress. While impressive, NotebookLM is still a work in progress, so the AI ​​podcasts it produces are only likely to get better. This makes me hope that Spotify maintains its collaboration with Google and includes another AI podcast in Spotify Wrapped 2025.