Last.fm
Real example chats* showing what you can do with the Last.fm toolkit.
According to my Last.fm data, show me what I was listening to a year ago today. I'd love to see the shape of the day.
lastfm.get_recent_tracks According to my Last.fm data, show me what I was listening to a year ago today. I’d love to see the shape of the day.
lastfm.get_recent_tracks Here’s how that day played out — five sessions spread across nearly nineteen hours, plus two lone strays:
The day has a sprawling shape. It opens just after midnight with an eclectic late-night run — Kate Bush, PJ Harvey with Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Daft Punk, closing on Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” at 1:30 AM. Then a single Coldplay track at 3 AM, alone in the dark.
Midday brings a tighter, poppier ten-track stretch (Daft Punk, Metric, Future Islands), and the real centre of gravity is a dense 4 PM hour — sixteen tracks across thirteen artists, wandering from Travis to Rammstein to Patti Smith to Metallica. It’s the widest-ranging stretch of the day by far.
Two things stand out: the lone 3 AM Coldplay track sits by itself with nothing around it, and the day signs off with a single live David Bowie cut at 7:27 PM — two quiet bookends framing the busier sessions in between.
Using the Last.fm toolkit in Toolforest, analyze my compatibility with t****r.
lastfm.get_user_infolastfm.get_listening_summarylastfm.get_top_artists Using the Last.fm toolkit in Toolforest, analyze my compatibility with t****r.
lastfm.get_user_info lastfm.get_listening_summary lastfm.get_top_artists This compatibility read was generated in Grok using Toolforest’s Last.fm toolkit, with usernames and profile details redacted.
Compatibility analysis
You have a large, long-running Last.fm history: 100k+ scrobbles across several years, with broad rock, indie, pop, electronic, and metal listening. Your top artists suggest a wide orbit: classic guitar music, alternative rock, mainstream pop, electronic dance, and regional artists mixed in.
t****r has a smaller but still substantial profile, around ~50k scrobbles, with a heavier centre of gravity. Their top charts lean toward metal, hard rock, and darker guitar-driven music, with Metallica standing out as the strongest common point.
Shared ground
The clearest overlap is high-energy guitar music. Metallica is the strongest bridge: both profiles show real listening history there, not just a stray play. AC/DC is a secondary bridge, and the broader classic-rock/hard-rock lane gives the two profiles enough shared language to work from.
There is also likely overlap around adjacent bridge artists: Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Opeth sit close to the middle of these two taste maps. Those artists are useful because they connect your broader rock/alternative side with t****r’s heavier focus.
Where the tastes diverge
Your library spreads outward into pop, electronic, indie, classic rock, and varied regional listening. t****r’s profile is narrower and heavier, with more consistent weight around metal and hard rock. That means the overlap is real, but it is not dominant.
The biggest gap is breadth versus intensity. You appear to move between many scenes and moods, while t****r’s strongest signal is a more focused heavy-music lane. Compatibility is strongest when the conversation stays in classic metal, hard rock, and guitar-heavy alternative music.
Rating
Moderate compatibility — roughly 40-50% overlap.
This is not a mirror-match profile, but it is not a mismatch either. The shared artists are meaningful, especially around Metallica and classic hard rock. The gap is that one listener has a much wider generalist library, while the other has a more concentrated heavy-music centre.
What to explore next
- Compare recent tracks rather than all-time charts. Recent listening may show whether the overlap is active now or just historical.
- Check loved tracks or repeat plays for Metallica, AC/DC, and nearby artists to separate casual overlap from actual favorites.
- Use bridge artists — QOTSA, Soundgarden, Opeth, Black Sabbath — as a compatibility playlist seed.