Unlike Spotify’s catchyWrapped, YouTube Music’s recap is more of an informative yearly roundup and the company has also announced three features: custom album art, music moods and the ability to pair Google Photos memories with songs.
How to access YouTube Music 2023 Recap
- Open your Recap in YouTube Music.
- Go to the YouTube Music app on your mobile device.
- Make sure you’re signed in.
- Select your profile photo and then ‘Your Recap’.
YouTube Music shows users’ top five artists, songs, moods, genres, albums and playlists, longest listening streak as well as how many total minutes users have listened to in 2023.
The Recap page will be among the playlists, along with top stats in stories. To view stories, select Watch now and users can also download, or share the stories.
YouTube also announced that it is also bridging this feature to the YouTube app, where users will see a dedicated Recap page featuring the same stats and insights available on YouTube Music.
YouTube Music features
Custom album art: YouTube Music will now create a customised artwork by pulling a collection of colours, vibes and visuals from top track, energy score and top moods from this year, and to blend it to create the album art. “If you were an album, this would be the cover,” YouTube said.
Matching mood with music: The second feature is mood matching wherein YouTube Music will classify the top songs with terms that suggest mood, like fun, chill and love, among others.
Pairing Google Photos with top songs: Last year, YouTube Music introduced shareable cards highlighting top songs from each season which users could personalise by adding images directly from Google Photos. Now, with 2023 Recap, users can now shuffle and customise the photos to create a unique visual.