A system and method for generating a personalized playlist is provided. A plurality of media tracks from a user device of a user is received. The plurality of media tracks is analyzed for metadata and the metadata is assigned to the media tracks in the plurality of media tracks. One or more user attributes of the user is generated. The one or more user attributes includes a first time period when the user is between 20 and 30 years old. The metadata of the media tracks is compared to the one or more user attributes. The metadata includes metadata for relevant dates of media tracks. The relevant dates include a date of performance of the media tracks and are compared to the first time period. A target mood for generating a playlist is generated. A playlist is generated based on the target mood and based on the comparison of the metadata to the one or more attributes.