What Is The 'Completely Unorganized Playlist' Meme And Is Spotify Scared?

The sheer power of a completely unorganized playlist on Spotify, Soundcloud or YouTube is unspoken, akin to man-made horrors beyond your comprehension. It's possible that everyone might have one, barely hidden in the archives of their music-listening habits.

The absurdity of the fairly common phenomenon is what makes the completely unorganized playlist a perfect topic in memes. Since the concept was first unearthed, creators across platforms like Twitter, TikTok and Instagram have inserted their own fandom references into the original video template.

However, for those online whose playlists are completely organized… What's your secret? Do you think you're better? And now you've come to learn about this meme and why it's trending? Fair play, let's explain.

Where Is The 'Me Listening to My Completely Unorganized Playlist' Meme From?

The format started roughly four months ago in June 2022 on TikTok. A TikToker named @_wlife uploaded the first known iteration. They demonstrated what their reactions were to different songs playing from their unorganized playlist when put on shuffle, using screen-recordings of YouTuber Young Dabo's videos. The imagined 400-hour-long playlist was the butt of the joke, but the over-dramatic reactions portrayed brought the whole meme template together.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7110899235800943918

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7140758027749035307

Who Is The Guy In The 'Me Listening to My Completely Unorganized Playlist' Meme?

As stated, the young man in the video template is YouTuber Young Dabo, who is known online for his music reviews and memorable reactions to iconic tracks. His thumbnails are always egregiously crazy, expressing soyjak-esque ecstasy over Yeat and Carti releases.

How Did It Spread To Twitter?

There's a simple answer to this question and its K-pop stans, who started using the format to amplify the work of their favorite groups. This most notably happened in early September 2022, eventually encompassing Vocaloids as well. Thereafter, the format was palpable on the platform, raising further awareness of the completely unorganized playlist enjoyers among us.

me listening to my purple kiss playlist pic.twitter.com/HLf4V9h3Ue

— yukimallow (@youples) September 12, 2022

vocaloid be like pic.twitter.com/2iuUeeW5M1

— Central da Miku (@centraldamiku) September 21, 2022

For the full history of Completely unorganized playlists and even more memes, check out our entry on the topic here.