aoty szn
The period of intense album-ranking and year-end list discourse, typically peaking in October through December when critics and fans argue over the best releases of the year.
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The period of intense album-ranking and year-end list discourse, typically peaking in October through December when critics and fans argue over the best releases of the year. A genuine fixture of music Twitter and RateYourMusic culture.
It's aoty szn and the discourse is already unbearable — everyone's defending their picks to the death.
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- aoty mode80%
The state of being in peak creative or critical form, as if every release is a potential Album of the Year. Used to describe artists on an exceptional run or listeners fully immersed in end-of-year list culture.
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The act of obsessively optimizing one's listening habits, review scores, or release timing with the goal of crowning or claiming an Album of the Year. Can describe a fan campaign, a label's rollout strategy, or a critic's year-end posturing.
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A prompt to assess whether an album deserves Album of the Year status, used by music fans on forums and social media to solicit opinions or call attention to a record's contender-level quality mid-cycle.
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