Backstage Intro: Meet Mattosaurus!

[MichaelW]

Our Community Rock Stars with the Wordsmith role can submit blog posts to be published on the Spotify Community Blog. To find out more about the Rock Star Program click here.

Hey there, @Mattosaurus (Rock Star)! Tell us something about yourself.

Hey! I'm Matt, and I live in Pennsylvania, USA. I'm one of the youngest Rock Stars being only a Freshman in High School. I love to listen to Spotify, ski, play football, run, workout, and have fun with my friends. I also like to help people out, and I try to be as friendly as possible, which makes being able to help this Community so amazing.

So, what kind of music are you into?

Honestly, I listen to everything except Country and Heavy Metal. It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm doing something physical, I'll lean more towards hip-hop (Drake, Lecrae, Migos, T.I.) or trap (Carnage, Take/Five, Yellow Claw, Flux Pavilion). If I'm doing homework, then I go more EDM (The Chainsmokers, Elephante, Mako, Zedd) or indie/alt (Flume, Parade of Lights, Two Door Cinema Club, ARJ). Whatever it is I usually like it upbeat.

If you had to live on an island forever, what songs would you pick for your playlist? (only one playlist)

Oh geez. So let's say my ship crashed on some random island. First I would play something really dramatic since my ship just crashed: "Protectors of the Earth" by Thomas Bergersen.
Then I would play a song about meeting strangers on a new island; "Land Down Under" by Chachi.
Then I would just play whatever my favorite songs at the moment are ("Ray Charles" by Chiddy Bang, "Ongoing Thing" by 20syl, "I Get Up" by Autoerotique, "Stole The Show" by Kygo, "Smile More" by Mike Jones, "Wake Up" by No Wyld, and "iSay" by Wiz Khalifa).

As a runner, you probably got excited with the latest announcement: Spotify + Runkeeper! So, running all day, all night?

Yeah! I'm pretty sure the only thing that's going to be able to stop me from running for the rest of my life is me looking for new music to put on my running playlist.

Thanks for taking the time to chat with us. Before we go, what joke always makes you laugh?