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NPR News: 12-05-2025 2PM EST
A user's listening age is based off their preferred era of music, according to the songs they listen to all year.
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NPR News: 12-05-2025 2PM EST
Spotify says its calculations rely on the, quote, reminiscence bump, the idea that adults feel most connected to music from their teenage years.
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NPR News: 12-05-2025 2PM EST
For example, someone fond of 1970s music might get a listening age in their 60s, as if they had been a teen at that time.
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NPR News: 12-05-2025 2PM EST
That might explain why electro pop star Charlie XCX, who popularized Brat, has a listening age of 75.