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Liz Pelly: Mood Machine (Hardcover, english language, 2025, Atria/One Signal Publishers)

An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive …

Mood Machine

A really in depth report through Spotify of how the music streaming industry kicked off and how it has impacted musicians through the years. My own music listening habits on Apple Music are being questioned. Loved the ending section about libraries and how they can help alleviate some of the issues of creating art in a capitalist system.

“The problems faced by musicians, like those faced elsewhere in society, aren’t technological problems: they’re problems of power and labor.”