Charli XCX, Jeezy, Billy Corgan, and more share some words of wisdom in the new trailer for the upcoming Spotify podcast interview series, Best Advice, which will premiere May 6th. The show will be hosted by Kim Taylor Bennett, who says in the trailer that the show will present candid …
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Phoebe Bridgers has released a cover of the late John Prine’s “Summers End” as part of Spotify‘s Singles series. The studio rendition features backing vocals from Alabama singer-songwriter Maria Taylor. As part of the Singles package, Bridgers also shared a new version of herPunisher track “Kyoto” featuring vocals with singer-songwriter …
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“I’ve never been more bullish about where we are today,” Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, said to investors on the streaming service’s second-quarter (Q2) earnings call Wednesday morning. But the company proceeded to report a 21% year-over-year loss in advertising revenue, as well as a 9% year-over-year drop in …
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Niall Horan took his Taylor Swift admiration to a new level with an epic, power ballad cover of Swift’s Grammy-nominated single “Lover” for Spotify. He turned it into a duet with labelmate Fletcher. Horan kicks off the song with a faithful rendition of the original folky track. As soon as …
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Post Malone has picked a very strange way to premiere his latest music video for “Circles.” (Yes, there’s already a “Circles” music video, but this is a new one.) As seen in the preview video above, the visual requires two phones and a Spotify subscription in order to play. Users …
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On September 7, 2018, Spotify quietly unveiled Pollen, a playlist based around a radical premise: It was not organized by genre. The late-night house of South Korean producer park hye jin existed in the same space as the sparse guitar pop from Clairo, head-nod hip-hop from YBN Cordae, and bossa …
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The growth of streaming has paved the way for a more globalized music landscape than ever before. K-pop has been an ever-swelling presence ever since “Gangnam Style” galloped into American pop consciousness in 2012 via YouTube. Latin has taken a bigger piece of the streaming pie, too: In 2018, the …
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