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How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm
The rise of algorithmic curation and AI-generated content has sent this into overdrive: On Spotify, music is detached from its human creators and flattened into algorithmically-generated playlists with hashtag-able labels like “Lo-Fi Chillwave Anime Vibes.”
404 Media • The Digital Packrat Manifesto
Music has always adapted to the culture enabled by its dominant format . When radio was king, you needed to grab attention in the first 15 seconds or risk getting skipped. But radio DJs were gatekeepers who could champion unique picks to their taste if they believed in them. When Jay-Z and Kanye West 's “Otis” premiered in 2011, Funkmaster Flex... See more
Dan Runcie • Pop Culture Isn't Broken, But It's Different
Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome? - The New Yorker
Hua Hsu • Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome? — The New Yorker
Breaking the Spotify algorithm
https://tompendergast.substack.com/p/digging-my-way-out-of-an-algorithmic