{"id":2176975,"date":"2025-11-25T21:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2176975"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:04:53","slug":"the-youtube-music-recap-for-2025-is-rolling-out-now-with-new-ai-tricks-heres-how-to-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-youtube-music-recap-for-2025-is-rolling-out-now-with-new-ai-tricks-heres-how-to-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The YouTube Music Recap for 2025 is rolling out now with new AI tricks \u2013 here&#8217;s how to get it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr id=\"e2a7094c-13dc-44d1-8e06-61f937047dfb\"\/>\n<ul id=\"ce37c497-b958-4ab3-9023-c299189ce717\">\n<li><strong>Check the app for the YouTube Music 2025 Recap<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s distilled stats from your listening across the year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>You can also get AI answers about your music tastes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"e4fb76a6-6cde-499f-9147-124d16a0c91e\"\/>\n<p id=\"a66b6854-ed7d-4495-a022-c497ca07e9d4\">It&#8217;s the season of music recaps, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a> Music is getting in ahead of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/spotify\/when-will-your-spotify-wrapped-2025-be-released-here-are-the-most-likely-dates-based-on-recent-history\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/spotify\/when-will-your-spotify-wrapped-2025-be-released-here-are-the-most-likely-dates-based-on-recent-history\">Spotify Wrapped 2025<\/a> with its own annual rundown of user listening history: if you use the service, check inside the app now to see if your summary has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/24\/youtube-music-2025-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/24\/youtube-music-2025-recap\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">9to5Google<\/a>, the YouTube Music 2025 Recap is now starting to appear for users. If you don&#8217;t see it immediately after opening the app on your phone, tap your profile picture (top right), then pick <strong>Your Recap<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"a66b6854-ed7d-4495-a022-c497ca07e9d4-2\">The format is similar to previous years, with a social media story-style format that takes you through your stats for 2025. You&#8217;ll see the artists, albums, and tracks you listened to most, as well as the total for minutes listened overall.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nBest picks for you<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>YouTube Music will also tell you how diverse your choice of tunes was over the past 12 months, and tell you where your favorite artists are from. You can tap and hold on the screen to pause the recap, and restart it at any time.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-e9232205-56e1-4c56-ae46-fa72201d9ce9\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-songs-of-2025-3\">The songs of 2025<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"9c81730c-f7a5-4ace-a7d0-d267a3770864\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WFNGzifXJCLMirgWQqDfx-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WFNGzifXJCLMirgWQqDfx-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WFNGzifXJCLMirgWQqDfx-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WFNGzifXJCLMirgWQqDfx-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WFNGzifXJCLMirgWQqDfx-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WFNGzifXJCLMirgWQqDfx-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">You get a full recap playlist for the year <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"cebaa813-12d9-4f64-bfa1-3ec4639eaa5b\">As with previous years, a playlist of your year is created automatically: tap the button on screen in your recap to save it permanently to your library. You can also jump back to specific sections of your recap once it&#8217;s finished playing.<\/p>\n<p>New for this year is the option to ask questions about your year in music, which \u2013 as you can probably predict \u2013 is powered by AI. You&#8217;ll see an <strong>Ask about your listening<\/strong> box on your recap page: just tap in it to ask a question.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube Music suggests prompts such as &#8220;what&#8217;s my musical mascot?&#8221; or &#8220;write a haiku about my listening&#8221;, but you can really ask anything you like \u2013 bearing in mind the usual &#8220;AI can make mistakes&#8221; disclaimer is displayed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-J5yJrCGdDwCL7rL6eQXnUi\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-J5yJrCGdDwCL7rL6eQXnUi slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I asked the AI about the oldest song I listened to in 2025 and got <em>Laughing<\/em> by R.E.M. from 1983 \u2013 then asked again, and told the bot to really think about it, and got <em>God Only Knows<\/em> by the Beach Boys from 1966&#8230; so be wary about what you&#8217;re being told.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"207dc16c-6e5a-443f-a9c4-e54024a2e779\"\/>\n<p id=\"bbf5e4bd-d58d-42ef-86b6-7df334f90f26\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em><strong>Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and<em> <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em><strong>add us as a preferred source<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. 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