After we rage against Spotify Wrapped and follow up on our previous episodes, Carson unpacks three recent stories related by the theme of AI blowback: a maximally high-effort and human album, an anti-AI revival of Vine, and a platform that might get enshittified by its buyer.
(0:00) Intro
(4:11) Does Will do year-end lists?
(5:57) Canada Music Fund $16 million top-up update
(7:42) Side Door correction & updates
(11:38) AI blowback?
(16:59) Lux by Rosalía
(31:34) Jack Dorsey-backed DiVine: bring back Vine?
(53:50) Spotify acquires WhoSampled
(1:03:41) Recommendations
Recs: Will - listen to Strays by Way Ahead Trio, Carson - listen to What of Our Nature by Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
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