I love liking songs on Spotify. When you tap on that little heart icon, it immediately saves your songs in your ‘Liked Songs’ playlist. This allows me to create a powerful chronology of songs.
I’ve saved about 1,000 songs since early 2017, and when I scroll back through this date-ordered list I can identify periods, themes, and motifs in my listening. There’s the country phase, the a capella and musical theatre era, and the 70s period; all of it interspersed with a healthy mix of pop.
Each song I save adds to my musical story. It’s a fingerprint, a record, a set of breadcrumbs in the forest that can transport me back to moments, emotions, and periods in my life.
That’s special, and it’s something I look forward to continuing for years to come.