“Readers seem more tolerant of music with vocals” than before and, in general, are seeking out daily working music more than they had been previously.” Flow State, a newsletter that sends out two hours of music every day hand-picked for working listeners, has had a 57% jump in paid subscribers since 1 March, according to the service’s pseudonymous MC. It’s not only Spotify that has seen a change in use. Where once it was used to drown out the sounds of an open-plan office or an annoying co-worker, now a playlist is as likely to be focused on trying to make a quiet house feel less empty, or force the shift in mindset from “home” to “work” that a commute once filled. Animal Crossing-themed playlists are up 1,000%,” said the streaming service.Īs workers have shifted from offices to their own homes, the purpose of their weekday music has shifted too. Users are also combining music with a popular family-friendly, at-home escape that might ring a bell: Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons video game. Hot on the heels of working-from-home playlists was a tenfold increase in the number of playlists themed around homeschooling.Īccording to Spotify, Supalonely by Benee and Gus Dapperton, Sucker by Jonas Brothers, Circles by Post Malone, and Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa are among the most popular song choices on these playlists. The streaming service looked at worldwide patterns of use between 17 April and 17 May to spot ways in which changed lives were changing music preferences. More appropriate songs follow, such as Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, with Beethoven, Bach and the pianist Lang Lang’s version of Für Elise making up the more classically inclined remote-working playlists. The song, a collaboration with the rapper Ty Dolla $ign, is actually about pining at home waiting for your lover to return from a late night, but that hasn’t stopped it from leading the pack.
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Working-from-home-themed playlists have seen a 1,400% increase compared with the first 10 days of March, Spotify says, with Fifth Harmony’s single the most-added track to those playlists. In the first month of lockdown, according to data from Spotify, the song has become a clear beneficiary of the shift in people’s listening habits as white-collar workers and schoolchildren were sent home around the world.
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Work from Home, the bouncy lead single from the American girl group Fifth Harmony’s second album, has taken on a second life since its 2016 release, when it peaked at number two in the UK singles chart.