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6 December 2017, 13:51
Spotify Genre. Picture: Disney, Universal Music GroupUsers have been scratching their heads trying to figure out why this type of music is in their most played lists for 2017.
Spotify users around the world have been discovering which tracks, artists and genres they have spent the most time listening to in 2017, thanks to the annual Spotify Wrapped graphics.
However, many streamers have been pretty confused upon discovering that among their top genres, next to Rock, Hip Hop or even Country, is something called 'Stomp and Holler'.
Nope, we don't know either.
Upon further investigation, it would appear that this is the oddly worded name given to the likes Of Monsters & Men, The Revivalists and all those other bands that sound a bit, um, stompy and hollery.
Anyway, everyone is confused, delighted and occasionally horrified to discover just how present this genre is in their lives:
I love listening to what spotify calls "stomp and holler" music while I work. So good.
— samantha darcy (@65thvictor) December 5, 2017
I still haven't figured out which bands make up stomp and holler!
— Lauren Edmonds (@lalaedmonds) December 5, 2017
thank you spotify for that new "stomp and holler" tag because it gives me a name for the shit i hate the very most
— leeway (@radio_format) December 5, 2017
What the fuck is stomp and holler and why is it my second most listened to genre on spotify
— an aggressively high speed turbo thot (@joyeuxn0el) December 5, 2017
“Stomp and Holler” is code for gentrified folk music.
— Nethony Neutralo (@theneedledrop) December 6, 2017
Not for everyone is it...
Oh, and if you are still confused, here's a wee snippet.
Pretty appropriate name tbh.
If you haven’t noticed yet, you soon will: your social media feeds are probably absolutely overwhelmed by people sharing data from that neat little Spotify end-of-year stats roundup. (Head on over to HERE to find out if you listened to Skepta as much as I did last year.)
The app provides you with your most-listened genre among all the artist and song stats, and a few people are quizzically posting a somewhat unorthodox genre: ‘stomp and holler’.
WTF is 'Stomp and Holler' pic.twitter.com/xxOsQon0zO
— Dave Hanratty (@HanrattyDave) December 5, 2017
"stomp and holler" yes I do I love the lumineers why pic.twitter.com/fnZe0zP8Ww
— the scoob (@emdubin) December 5, 2017
I'm assuming that "Stomp and Holler" and "Indie Pop" are both code for The Mountain Goats, in which case, yes. pic.twitter.com/ZCy9nsaicK
— Paige Breisacher ????️???? (@WhimsicalNerd) December 5, 2017
wtf is stomp and holler and why do I listen to so much of it pic.twitter.com/gRvZdAljFX
— McKenzie (@regrettablebabe) December 5, 2017
I didn't even know 'Stomp and Holler' was a genre! pic.twitter.com/NWYiu501b1
— Micheal Boudreaux (@Wordslinger_TX) December 5, 2017
Let me give it to you straight: ‘stomp and holler’ is not a genre which exists outside Spotify. There are songs named ‘Stomp & Holler’ – which is a great name for a song, don’t get me wrong – but musicians and critics do not use the phrase ‘stomp and holler’ as a genre descriptor.
Where it does seem to come from is a Spotify playlist called Stomp & Holler, which comes with the following descriptor:
Driving rhythms, intricate instrumentation, and full harmonies…. This is the new face of folk.
So basically its bands like Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Of Monsters And Men, Vance Joy… so on and so forth. It’s just a cool name for the various trends in big poppy indie folk over the past few years. Do these genres make you want to – as the name implies – stomp and holler? I dunno, you tell me.
Did you get any weird-as-hell Spotify genres in your yearly roundup? Sound off in the comments.
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The mysterious category came up in the streaming service’s 2017 Wrapped feature
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potify fans are stumped by an amusingly-named genre that’s found on the streaming service – ‘Stomp and Holler’.
The categorisation has appeared in Spotify’s latest ‘year in review’ website, 2017 Wrapped.
The site allows listeners to log in and find out their most-streamed songs and artists of the year, as well as their favourite genre.
Alongside the usual suspects – modern rock, pop, indie R&B – some listeners found out they were fans of ‘Stomp and Holler’ music, even if they weren’t sure what it actually is.
1) Ed Sheeran 2) Drake 3) Little Mix 4) Eminem
5) The Weeknd
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1) Dua Lipa 2) Rihanna 3) Ariana Grande 4) Taylor Swift
5) Beyonce
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1) Little Mix 2) Coldplay 3) The Chainsmokers 4) Arctic Monkeys
5) Imagine Dragons
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1) Ed Sheeran 2) Drake 3) Eminem 4) The Weeknd
5) Calvin Harris
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1) Ed Sheeran - Divide 2) Drake - More Life 3) The Weeknd - Starboy 4) Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
5) Ed Sheeran - Multiply
1) Camila Cabello 2) Harry Styles 3) Liam Payne 4) Lil Pump
5) Trippie Redd
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1) Coldplay 2) Imagine Dragons 3) Maroon 5 4) Linkin Park
5) Migos
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1) Ed Sheeran 2) Drake 3) The Weeknd 4) Kendrick Lamar
5) The Chainsmokers
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1) Rihanna 2) Taylor Swift 3) Selena Gomez 4) Ariana Grande
5) Sia
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1) Ed Sheeran 2) Drake 3) The Weeknd 4) Kendrick Lamar
5) Daddy Yankee
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The genre caused plenty of confusion on Twitter, where Spotify users were sharing their results.
Those left scratching their heads can find answers in Spotify’s very own Stomp & Holler playlist, which sheds some light on artists included in the genre.
The image linked to the playlist is of Mumford and Sons, and the track listing includes five Mumford songs from their first two, more folk-inflected, albums.
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Also included are Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Ben Howard.
The year in review site, 2017wrapped.com, offers Spotify users a playlist of their top 100 songs of the year, and also reveals how many minutes of music they’ve listened to since the start of 2017.
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