Poptized Wrapped

As 2021 comes to a climactic conclusion filled with a man spider unable to get home, Glass Animals being nominated for Best New Artist eight years too late, and folks guilting Disney and Google to put aside their greedy differences, it is important to look back at all of the things that sparked joy. So that is why we here at Poptized are doing our very own POPTIZED WRAPPED !!

Although we all have different tastes, it is safe to say the entertainment we received from the music, film, television, and book industries in the last twelve months has been sensational. Check out our team’s biggest standouts from the year 2021!

Abby Stanford

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Album: Inside (The Songs) – Bo Burnham
Favorite Song: “Jealousy, Jealousy” – Olivia Rodrigo
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite TV Show: WandaVision
Favorite Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Alyssa Yung

Best New Artist: Laufey
Favorite Album: Ashlyn – Ashe
Favorite Song: “Mama Werewolf” – Brandi Carlile
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite TV Show: The Sex Lives of College Girls
Favorite Movie: King Richard
Favorite Book: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Favorite Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Betsy Wight

Favorite Album: Jubilee – Japanese Breakfast
Favorite Song: “Bunny is a Rider” – Caroline Polachek
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite TV Show: This Way Up (Season 2)
Favorite Movie: Spencer
Favorite Book: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
Favorite Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Brigid Young

Best New Artist: PinkPanthress
Favorite Album: GLOW ON – Turnstile
Favorite Song: Girlfriend by Rebecca Black
Top Artist: Mickey Darling

Colin Gaughan

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Album: Sour – Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Song: “Overpass Grafitti” – Ed Sheeran
Top Artist: Ed Sheeran
Favorite TV Show: Loki
Favorite Movie: The Suicide Squad
Favorite Book: Beautiful World, Where Are You
Favorite Author: Sally Rooney

Imani Patterson

Best New Artist: The Kid Laroi
Favorite Album: Trip At Knight – Trippie Redd

Favorite Song: “Avalon” – $uicideboy$
Top Artist: Jack Harlow
Favorite TV Show: Insecure
Favorite Movie: Before We Fell
Favorite Book: The Start of Me and You
Favorite Author: Emery Lorde

Ky Kasselman

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Album: The Beautiful Liar – X Ambassadors
Favorite Song: “You All Over Me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” – Taylor Swift
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite TV Show: Loki
Favorite Movie: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Favorite Book: Daisy Jones & The Six
Favorite Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Marc Griffin

Mehreen Mahida

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Album: Seventeen Going Under – Sam Fender
Favorite Song: “Go Away” – Omar Apollo
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite TV Show: Only Murders in the Building
Favorite Movie: The French Dispatch
Favorite Book: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Favorite Author: Helen Hoang

Sara Salamat

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Album: Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night – Bleachers
Favorite Song: Happier than Ever – Billie Eilish
Top Artist: ABBA
Favorite TV Show: Ted Lasso
Favorite Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Favorite Book: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Favorite Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Savannah Seymour

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Favorite Album: Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
Favorite Song: All Too Well (10 Minutes Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite TV Show: Succession
Favorite Movie: Spiderman No Way Home
Favorite Book: People We Meet on Vacation
Favorite Author: Helen Hoang