Casting your film…
A film of Listener 9702’s Spotify: 5 people live in it (The Post-Punk Pilgrim: Fontaines D.C. brings a scowl; Sufjan supplies stained glass. The Ad-Libber: Yeat's ad-libs turn Drake's patience into a launch sequence. The Mirror Reader: Tame Impala makes this spiral feel suspiciously singable. The Slow Burner: The Weeknd's slow burn gets Don Toliver's low-end gravity. The Perreo Dancer: Bad Bunny and Saint Levant make two languages club-ready.). Together they are IFOM, The Gloom-and-808 Kid: I for Intimate, F for Focused, O for Rooted, M for Mainstream.
A real listener’s reading, shown without their name: The Gloom-and-808 Kid
Who lives in yours?
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Listener 9702’s letters
Four dimensions, read from what Listener 9702 actually plays.
vs Kinetic
You choose closeness before commotion.
At your center you reach for warmth and closeness - voices, guitars, rooms you can hear breathe. The feeling arrives quietly, even when the edges get loud.
vs Eclectic
You follow one thread through the noise.
Your taste holds together as 5 close sides of one sound. You know exactly what you like, and you go deep rather than wide.
vs Rising
You trust the familiar to hold.
Your taste is settled. The sides you love now are the sides you have loved - you return rather than wander.
vs Niche
You let big choruses in without apology.
You meet music where most people are - the artists everyone knows, the songs that fill rooms. Shared taste, big rooms.
Listener 9702’s reading
As Brew wrote it to Listener 9702.
You lead with indie sadness and dream haze, where closeness matters more than spectacle. Fontaines D.C., TV Girl, and Sufjan Stevens make that ache feel lived-in. You return to known sounds, letting familiarity deepen rather than flatten.
Your feral rap-pop ego answers with Yeat and Doja Cat at full voltage. Pretty-pop shimmer, moody R&B, and Bad Bunny’s Latin rhythms widen the room. You want intimacy, but you also want hooks everyone can carry. That balance lets the rush belong to you, even in a room full of people.
5 people
Brew didn’t ask what Listener 9702 likes. It listened until the clusters showed up - press play on any of them.
Fontaines D.C. brings a scowl; Sufjan supplies stained glass.
The one with indie sadness and dream haze
The 4 bars the film plays for The Post-Punk Pilgrim: Marianne - Fontaines D.C.
Fontaines D.C.
TV Girl
Malcolm Todd
Arctic MonkeysYeat's ad-libs turn Drake's patience into a launch sequence.
The one where I go feral rap-pop
The 4 bars the film plays for The Ad-Libber: 2Nite - Yeat
Yeat
EsDeeKid
Doja Cat
Dominic FikeTame Impala makes this spiral feel suspiciously singable.
for pretty-pop and art-pop shimmer
The 4 bars the film plays for The Mirror Reader: what’s wrong with me - Olivia Rodrigo
The Neighbourhood
Artemas
Olivia Rodrigo
Tame ImpalaThe Weeknd's slow burn gets Don Toliver's low-end gravity.
The one that's all moody melisma R&B
The 4 bars the film plays for The Slow Burner: The Morning - The Weeknd
Chase Atlantic
The Weeknd
Don Toliver
Metro BoominBad Bunny and Saint Levant make two languages club-ready.
The one where Latin rhythms take over
The 4 bars the film plays for The Perreo Dancer: MITSUBISHI / متسوبيشي - Saint Levant
Saint Levant
Bad BunnyOne song
Not Listener 9702’s favorite, not the most played. The one song all of Listener 9702’s people share.
“Moody melisma R&B with late-night swagger matches their gloom-and-808 pull”
Listener 9702’s Spotify took the test
Brew listened to 2,978 songs from Listener 9702’s artists and found 5 people living in there. Yours takes about a minute.
The film as it posts: a story, cut to Listener 9702’s songs.
A real listener’s reading, shown without their name: The Gloom-and-808 Kid
Who lives in yours?
Free. Sign in with Spotify and get your own reading like this one. Brew adds one private playlist, Fresh Finds, with new music from your top artists. Remove it any time.