(One “slow + reverb” podcast appeared for a time this month in Spotify’s Top 40 overall podcasts chart, beating out every single music podcast but Budden’s.) These “slow + reverb” remixes are almost unbearably poignant, with a few simple tweaks that can transport even upbeat originals to a nether realm of romantic ennui and isolation. Some popular entries hint at stranger depths: Podcasts appear in the ranking periodically with titles presenting some variation on “ slow + reverb,” offering syrupy and spectral bootleg reworks of songs by the 1975, Ariana Grande, Cuco, and more, like DJ Screw tapes for Gen Z pop fanatics.

Within a few weeks of its January 10 upload, it became popular enough to compete for space with “Dolly Parton’s America” and “All Songs Considered.”īut other songs, like the aforementioned Alec Benjamin and MARINA demos, bear no obvious relationship to TikTok, and likely serve young and extremely online fanbases that don’t feel like tabbing over to YouTube to hear unofficial tracks by their favorite artists. A year and a half later, someone evidently felt the desire to make up for this absence, so they uploaded “In My Feelings (Spanish Version)” to Spotify themselves under the guise of a podcast. The musician uploaded “In My Feelings (Spanish Version)” to YouTube in July 2018, just days after Drake’s original came out, but for whatever reason-issues around rights and royalties seem a strong likelihood-it is not available as a proper “song” on Juhn’s Spotify artist page. In the second row, there was “Juhn - In My Feelings (Spanish Version),” a “podcast” with only a single three-minute “episode,” which was actually just a cover of Drake’s “In My Feelings” by the Latin trap and reggaeton artist Juhn. Last week, the top five slots were filled by two familiar NPR shows, a hip-hop talk show hosted by perennial shit-starter Joe Budden, a glossy true-crime-style look at the rise and fall of Tekashi 6ix9ine, and a podcast offering song-by-song breakdowns of various popular albums. In order to combat misinformation, Ek said the content advisories will direct listeners to the platform's COVID-19 Hub, which provides information and resources from physicians, academics, public health authorities, and other 'trusted sources.Browse Spotify’s section for featured music podcasts, and at first you’ll find what you’d probably expect. The company has repeatedly emphasized that it is trying to strike a balance between 'freedom for creators' and the safety of its users, both in the Sunday press release and in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. In addition to artists removing their music from the platform in protest of Rogan's podcast, 270 scientists, healthcare workers, and educators signed an open letter earlier in the month asking Spotify to establish a clear and public policy on how it will moderate misinformation. Psychologists have since debunked the doctor's claims. In one recent episode, he interviewed a doctor who baselessly claimed US citizens were 'hypnotized' into wearing masks and getting vaccinated against COVID-19 because of 'mass formation psychosis.' Podcast host Joe Rogan has been widely criticized for spreading COVID-19 misinformation on his show. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. 'In that role, it is important to me that we don't take on the position of being content censor while also making sure that there are rules in place and consequences for those who violate them.'

We know we have a critical role to play in supporting creator expression while balancing it with the safety of our users,' Ek said in a press release.

'Personally, there are plenty of individuals and views on Spotify that I disagree with strongly. In light of public backlash surrounding recent episodes of 'The Joe Rogan Experience,' Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced updates to the platform's policies on Sunday, including the addition of content advisories for podcast episodes that discuss COVID-19. The plaform published its longstanding platform rules after calls for more transparency.Ĭontent advisories on podcast episodes discussing COVID-19 will direct listeners to more information. Joe Rogan has recently been criticized for spreading COVID-19 misinformation on his Spotify podcast. Daniel Ek, chief executive officer of Spotify, speaks about a partnership between Samsung and Spotify during a product launch event at the Barclays Center, Augin the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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