Spotify daylists, explained: The quirky-named music playlists that fans are sharing everywhere as memes

Spotify daylists and their funny-named playlists are all the rage right now.

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you seeing some posts on social media about Spotify playlists and something called a “daylist”? And you have no idea what that’s all about? Don’t worry. We’re here to help.

Spotify — the streaming music service — has given fans so many fun things to enjoy, from the annual Wrapped roundup to a thing that lets you do karaoke while listening.

Now? We’ve got something called Daylists. And people are sharing them everywhere for a variety of reasons. Let’s dive in below, with a bunch of examples: