Taylor Swift sparks chart-blocking accusations with new “Patient Zero” alternate versions

[u/ebradio]

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-sparks-chart-blocking-accusations-with-new-patient-zero-alternate-versions

[u/Physicist_Gamer]

Genuine question — do charts even matter in present day?

Never in my life have I made a decision about listening to a song or not based on its position in any chart.

Is Olivia Rodrigo is going to have meaningfully less exposure?

I honestly dont get why any of this matters in a world of streaming platforms and social media. The whims of the algorithms probably have more impact on exposure.

[u/lawdjesustheresafire → u/Physicist_Gamer]

Agreed, look at Stella Lefty. You can’t tell me people are actually listening to that shit and it’s not just billionaire daddy buying numbers

[u/Hazel_Evers → u/lawdjesustheresafire]

And paying to have those songs placed on every single ai playlist Spotify and apple create

[u/lawdjesustheresafire → u/Hazel_Evers]

It’s so depressing. I follow so many singers on instagram that have like 2000-10,000 followers that have more talent in their pinky fingers

[u/dogcaoperro → u/Hazel_Evers]

This is the reason. Someone like me doesn't know any of the drama usually so I will just listen to a Playlist.

[u/J_pepperwood0 → u/lawdjesustheresafire]

A lot of people mainly listen to spotify generated playlists, she gets a lot of plays that way. Its basically a modern version of pop radio stations that play the most inoffensive music to appeal to a broad audience that just want to put on something in the background and not think too hard about it.

We usually play music at my place of work and I commented how I liked a couple of the songs my coworker was playing (she is 10 years younger than me is a bit more into the stuff that hits the charts than I am), and she told me she normally uses the Spotify dj to generate a playlist for work.

Shortly after I realised that the songs started repeating because it was like 100 songs max, and she kept playing the same list for a few days even though we listened to Africa by Toto several times a day. It drove me kinda insane but she honestly did not notice.

[u/Blazing1 → u/J_pepperwood0]

Everytime I add her name to my tiktok content filters, all my filters get deleted somehow.

[u/Forward-Sky1437 → u/lawdjesustheresafire]

I bet there has been quite a few of those….