Crush Spotify playlist Messages
Photo via Jack Sipes/Twitter Woman confesses her crush with song titles on a Spotify playlistWho says romance is dead?Jay Hathaway Internet Culture Published Apr 18, 2017Updated May 24, 2021, 5:09 pm CDT We used to confess our secret crushes through mixtapes on cassette, or dumb little notes written on college-ruled notebook paper. (Do you like me?Check one.) But those days in firmly in the past. Now the kids are doing it with Spotify playlists that spell out theirintentions in song titles. One womans effort to that effect is going viral this week. And, even better, it seems to have gotten her the guy. Featured Video Hide I kinda like you and I wanted to tell you. You might not feel the same and that is okay, but I thought you should know. If u dont feel it I still wanna be friends. I am corny, Hannah Woodley wrote out in track names. Advertisement Hide
The message includes two Kendrick Lamar tracks, as well as songs by the Backstreet Boys, AWOLNATION, and Empire of the Sun. The 1975s You appears twiceits a very useful title for this sort of thing. Advertisement Hide The object of Woodleys affection is one Jack Sipes, who posts beats on SoundCloud under the handle moon. Hes confessed to being the guy on his Twitter and on his account at Q&A social network curiouscat. Howd you tell her you liked her too??? Did u also make her a playlist , someone asked him.nah i was like girl u look like a snack, he replied. A good line, although itsnotexactly the same level of effort Woodley put into her confession. Woodleyspost aboutthe playlist is now nearing 200,000 favorites, and both she and Jack are reveling in it. Advertisement Hide
She even asked Spotify for a little kickback in exchange for all the free publicity.
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Advertisement Hide Although Woodleysmight be the most popular message ever spelled out with Spotify track names, its certainly not the first. Earlier this month, a college student used a playlist to dump a guy she had gone on a couple of dates with. I am kinda lovin someone else but we can still be friends, she wrote. And its also not the last. People are responding to Woodley on Twitter with their own joke playlists, and its turned into a minor meme:
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Advertisement Hide Oh, the internet, where for every sweet gesture, there are 10 people demanding send nudes. H/TDistractify Share this article *First Published: Apr 18, 2017, 6:13 pm CDT Jay HathawayJay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dots news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News. |