Spotify will release users' top songs for 2022 in the coming days. Reuters
Spotify will release users' top songs for 2022 in the coming days. Reuters
Spotify will release users' top songs for 2022 in the coming days. Reuters
Spotify will release users' top songs for 2022 in the coming days. Reuters

Instafest app: How to create your dream festival line-up ahead of Spotify wrapped release


Katy Gillett
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While a firm release date for Spotify Wrapped has yet to be announced, we can expect the story of our years in music to come out any day, most likely December 1 as in previous years.

In the meantime, a new feature called Instafest is allowing users to create their dream three-day festival line-up by drawing from their Spotify data.

Instafest is a third-party website, created by University of Southern California student Anshay Saboo, and will display 36 of your top artists in the form of a poster for an imaginary three-day festival, with headliners for each day.

You can do this through the website instafest.app on your phone or desktop, and then sign into your Spotify account, allowing the app to access your listening history.

Once your line-up is created, you can change it up by adjusting the time period the artists are chosen from — the past four weeks, six months or of all time.

It also gives you a score out of 100 on how niche your festival music is. A low score means very niche and a high score shows your line-up is pretty basic.

The name of the festival is your username with "fest" added and you can change the dates on the artwork generated. You can also change the background art from Malibu Sunrise to LA Twilight or Mojave Dusk.

Once you're happy with the poster, download and share on social media, which many users are doing.

When will Spotify Wrapped come out?

A specific release date has yet to be announced, but in previous years it has been December 1.

Six days ago, Spotify Wrapped teased that it's coming out "soon" on its social media platforms. "We're so ready," it wrote on Instagram.

The most listened-to artist last year was Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, as his songs were streamed more than 9.1 billion times, followed by Taylor Swift, thanks to Fearless and Red.

K-pop superstars BTS came third, followed by Drake and Justin Bieber.

Filipino-American singer Olivia Rodrigo's Driver's License was the most-streamed song of the year and was played more than 1.1 billion times.

Taylor Swift's 10 solo albums ranked, from '1989' to 'Midnights' — in pictures

  • The cover album of 'Midnights'. Taylor Swift's 10th album crashed Spotify moments after its release. Photo: Republic Records
    The cover album of 'Midnights'. Taylor Swift's 10th album crashed Spotify moments after its release. Photo: Republic Records
  • While unremarkable, Taylor Swift's self-titled 2006 album put her on the list of ones to watch. Photo: Big Machine Records
    While unremarkable, Taylor Swift's self-titled 2006 album put her on the list of ones to watch. Photo: Big Machine Records
  • 'Fearless' (2008) was an assured collection of songs by the increasingly confident Swift. Photo: Big Machine Records
    'Fearless' (2008) was an assured collection of songs by the increasingly confident Swift. Photo: Big Machine Records
  • 'Speak Now' (2010) had Swift lyrically detailing her growth from adolescence to adulthood. Photo: Big Machine Records
    'Speak Now' (2010) had Swift lyrically detailing her growth from adolescence to adulthood. Photo: Big Machine Records
  • With 'Red' (2012), Swift made her bid for mainstream success. Photo: Big Machine Records
    With 'Red' (2012), Swift made her bid for mainstream success. Photo: Big Machine Records
  • The spectacular '1989' (2014) remains Swift's best album. Photo: Big Machine Records
    The spectacular '1989' (2014) remains Swift's best album. Photo: Big Machine Records
  • 'Reputation' (2017) was overwrought and too dark to be fully embraced by her fans. Photo: Big Machine Records
    'Reputation' (2017) was overwrought and too dark to be fully embraced by her fans. Photo: Big Machine Records
  • 'Lover' (2019) was a welcome course correction, yet sounded messy and unwieldy. Photo: Republic Records
    'Lover' (2019) was a welcome course correction, yet sounded messy and unwieldy. Photo: Republic Records
  • 'Folklore' (2020) was a stunning effort that had Swift write more narrative-driven songs. Photo: Republic Records
    'Folklore' (2020) was a stunning effort that had Swift write more narrative-driven songs. Photo: Republic Records
  • 'Evermore' (2020) was atmospheric and cinematic. Photo: Republic Records
    'Evermore' (2020) was atmospheric and cinematic. Photo: Republic Records
Updated: November 30, 2022, 5:30 AM