In Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, a new book from the journalist Liz Pelly, the playlist is the locus for many of Spotify’s troubling practices.

At its heart, Mood Machine chronicles a music world Pelly deems “broken.” She assigns most of the blame to Spotify and the major labels.

Along the way, as journalist Liz Pelly shows in Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, the company has recast its product in several guises: quasi-legal ...

For millions of people, the soundtrack of their lives is curated by Spotify. The streaming giant has made it easier than ever to listen to music, but journalist Liz Pelly argues that it’s also ...

Explore Mood Machine by Liz Pelly—a powerful critique of Spotify’s algorithm-driven model that prioritizes passive listening over artistic creativity. The book examines the streaming giant’s ...

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and a recent book, Mood Machine, have accused Spotify of tasking a handful of producers to make thousands of songs under fake AI profiles, which the company ...

Spotify has morphed from a straight-forward music library and search engine into a data-driven system built to feed you songs to match your mood and optimize your time on the platform. In this episode ...