Tag: sydney

Around the World With Spotify Wrapped: 2025 Fan Destinations You Had to See

December 16, 2025

2025 Wrapped arrived bigger and bolder than ever. This year’s experience is designed to be ultra personal and shareable, with new features like Wrapped Party, Clubs, Fan Leaderboard, and more. To mark the moment, we brought fans, artists, and creators together at unique destinations and live events around the globe, turning listening into a celebration for all.

From Miami to Manchester, here’s a peek at some of the can’t-miss experiences that brought Wrapped to life.

 

Lady Gaga in Rio

Lady Gaga Monster Claw

A massive Monster Claw landed on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, letting fans relive one of Lady Gaga’s most iconic performances of the year.

 

JADE in London

Jade Plastic Box pop-up

JADE surprised fans in London with a pop-up inspired by her song “Plastic Box.”

 

GIMS in Paris

GIMS surprise pop-up

After claiming France’s top album of 2025, GIMS celebrated with a surprise pop-up for fans in Paris.

 

Oasis in Manchester

Oasis giant tambourine

A giant tambourine in Manchester spotlighted Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher’s instrument of choice.

 

KAROL G in Miami

Karol G tropical oasis

A tropical oasis paid homage to the 1 million+ Miami listeners who kept KAROL G’s “LATINA FOREVA” on rotation.

 

Megan Moroney in Nashville

Megan Moroney Nashville bow

A bow on Nashville’s famous Broadway Street echoed Megan Moroney’s “Am I Okay?” era.

 

Tate McRae in Toronto

Tate McRae immersive activation

At Tate McRae’s Garage in Toronto, fans got in the driver’s seat with an immersive activation.

 

Orange in Ho Chi Minh City

Giant orange for Orange in Ho Chi Minh City

A giant orange in Ho Chi Minh City for Orange herself—a nod to fans’ favorite joke of the year: “Hey Orange, can you get me an orange juice?”

 

DON WEST in Sydney

Don West 130 million grains of local sand

 

A container of 130 million grains of local sand on the Northern Beaches of Sydney celebrated DON WEST’s year of global streams…all 130 million of them.

 

Darwin Rev in South Africa

Darwin Rev amagwinya truck

Fans swung by a Wrapped amagwinya truck serving the popular South African street food in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Pretoria in celebration of Darwin Rev’s hit “Amagwinya Aphelile.” 

 

Himesh Reshammiya in Mumbai

Himesh Reshammiya cap installation in Mumbai

Himesh Reshammiya’s “Cap Mania” tour inspired a larger-than-life installation of his image, built entirely out of caps in Mumbai.

 

Mata in Warsaw 

Mata sand statue in Warsaw

Poland’s most-streamed artist, Mata, was depicted in a 5-meter-tall sand statue in front of the Cultural Palace in Warsaw, celebrating his charting EP and ushering in the rapper’s next phase.

From landmarks to local hangouts, Wrapped fan destinations made it clear: When music brings us together, the world becomes a stage.

Explore your personalized 2025 Wrapped and learn more about this year’s campaign and experience on our 2025 Wrapped hub.

At SXSW Sydney, RADAR, EQUAL, and K-Music Take Over Spotify House

October 26, 2023

Blusher performs during the RADAR Artist Showcase & Party at Spotify House during SXSW Sydney on October 19, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Gourley/Getty Images for Spotify)

For the first time in its history, Austin’s iconic South By Southwest (SXSW) festival expanded beyond its Texas watering hole and traveled all the way to Australia for SXSW Sydney. Fashioned as the Asia-Pacific extension of the original event, SXSW Sydney took place over eight days and included a series of creative sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and more. And you can bet Spotify was along for the ride.

We took over Sydney’s Lansdowne Hotel and transformed it into Spotify House across four days. During the day, it was the place to be for panels, networking sessions, and fireside chats. At night, Spotify House became a live-music venue with performances by a stellar line-up of artists from across the Asia-Pacific region. Spotify House was an opportunity to highlight some of our artist-first programs, like RADAR and EQUAL, as well as feature popular genres like K-hip-hop.

On our RADAR

We introduced our latest group of up-and-coming artists during a special RADAR showcase: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Vv Pete, and Blusher. 

“We are so grateful to be Spotify Australia’s new RADAR artist! We cannot believe the amazing support that we have received so far,” exclaimed the band members of Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. “We have absolutely loved seeing new people all over the world listening to us little Teeny Jeanies and we really can’t thank Spotify enough!”

RADAR is our global emerging artist program that supports rising artists, and that includes RADAR Australia and New Zealand, both of which we launched in 2020. Since then, we’ve played a significant role in helping regional artists like PANIA, merci, mercy, CHAII, Genesis Owusu, Youngn Lipz, Baker Boy, grentperez, Larissa Lambert, and Royel Otis cross over into international markets.

The response from a sold-out crowd deeply moved the artists. “We started making music in our bedrooms, and support from Spotify has made it possible to play our music to audiences all over the world,” shared Blusher. “Seeing new listeners connect with our project, being able to share not just our songs but our creative vision through visuals and playlists of the music that inspires us, makes us so excited to bring people into the Blusher world that we’re creating.”

It wasn’t just high-energy performances that amplified RADAR. Hannah Beeching, Spotify’s Lead for Global Music Program RADAR, spoke to industry veterans Andrew Klippel, Artist & Label Manager for Ourness Label, and Mardi Caught, founder of The Annex, a music marketing company, as part of the “RADAR Across Borders” session. “RADAR artists have been added to over 5,000 Spotify playlists since the program launched in 2020, and more than half of these artists have gone on to be added to more playlists in over 10 markets around the world,” Hannah remarked during the talk.