Gaga talking about streaming

[Babel 41,429]

She’s just wishful thinking there was more variety, like most of y’all wishes your indie fave was more popular. 

[Bat 6,162]

I get what she's saying and the same time I just don't really like listening to rock or punk music. My gay ass just loves to twerk to them pop queens hits

[TheSlash 14,539]

Imagine SOPHIE's 'Ponyboy' or 'Faceshopping' played at the radio. Elders would be shook....quite literally  .

 

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

9 minutes ago, LadyHaha said:

Spotify is only about playlists, they have a few playlists that have been pushed so hard they are the only hits we ever have. They have no variety and just focus on pop/rap music. Spotify is one of the reasons this has happened, if they varied there playlists and stopped accepting checks from labels to push people like Ed, it would be better. 

Yes, there are a few major playlists that you need some checks sent in order to be on, but you're just a click away from genre playlists - https://open.spotify.com/browse/genres. It's not Spotify's fault the general public chooses Rap Caviar and New Music Friday instead of the "Punk" and "Country" playlists.

[FlopSlurper 34,336]

1 minute ago, TheSlash said:

Imagine SOPHIE's 'Ponyboy' or 'Faceshopping' played at the radio. Elders would be shook....quite literally  .

 

call me an elder then because same, and not in a good way

[TheSlash 14,539]

Just now, FlopSlurper said:

call me an elder than because same, and not in a good way

Hello gramps

[fivefoottwo 3,108]

30 minutes ago, RenegAde2888 said:

Am i the only one that doesn't understand this,someone explain please

i think she means most artists nowadays make music of a certain sound or with certain characteristics so it’ll do well for streaming era but she wishes that instead of that people would have enough bravery and streaming was forgiving enough to make a greater variety of music instead 

[Rio 5,088]

12 minutes ago, RadioIsOurs said:

I mean you can't blame Spotify if the locals always only listen to the 'Today's Top Hits'playlist 

Spotify's curators MAKE that list. I remember us fighting day in, day out to get Million Reasons on that list. 

[Guest]

I very much agree with what she's saying and I think that the keyword here is freedom. Radio can be and historically has been very limiting and restrictive and straight up gate-keeping. It's not about whether or not you enjoy a certain genre or a certain artist, but the fact that you're capable of being exposed to different things in the first place.

So many artists are deprived from exposure simply because they're not trend chasing and that has to end. There's so much music out there to be explored from different places and with different sounds and it's important to cultivate an environment where people can willingly veer into those territories.

Streaming as a mainstream means of music consumption is still fairly new, so while yes experimentation is more accessible than it has ever been people's mentality still hasn't completely shifted. Not to mention that your average person can't really be called an avid music fan, but a mere casual listener so of course they'll just tune in to Spotify's top 100 or whatever.

The point is to allow a bigger array of artists and art to become popular without having the industry be chained to a certain sound or aesthetic and no matter what you listen to there's simply no reason to object to that.

[Smith 5,499]

5 minutes ago, TheSlash said:

Imagine SOPHIE's 'Ponyboy' or 'Faceshopping' played at the radio. Elders would be shook....quite literally  .

 

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[sampool 5,560]

41 minutes ago, dynamite said:

She wants more variety, the other genres exist but all you hear on the radio is pretty much all the same ****. She wants rock and roll, country, punk etc to be able to be heard by everyone.

Except that not everyone wanna hear those. Those  genres already had their prime time and the industry shifted to something else, like it always did and always will do. She comes across very naive and pretentious. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, sampool said:

Except that not everyone wanna hear those. Those  genres already had their prime time and the industry shifted to something else, like it always did and always will do. She comes across very naive and pretentious. 

How is wishing people had more options when it comes to music being naive and pretentious?

Not everyone wants to hear those? Yeah, and not everyone wants to hear the same Chainsmokers inspired pop song for the nth time. Variety isn't a bad thing, accessibility isn't a bad thing. Not a single soul loses if they get exposed to different genres and sounds.

You don't like it? Great, go explore something else. Exploration enriches your life and makes living more beautiful and complex. It's not about forcing anyone to listen to anything but having the freedom to be exposed to more.

Restricting ourselves doesn't take us anywhere new.

[Bradley 59,022]

BOLLYWOODPOP coming soon.

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

She’s saying that there should be genre diversity within the radio station, not just diversity across different radio stations.

And quite frankly she’s right. A station that only plays one type of music is a monoculture, which is precisely how people learn to be ignorant. They stay in a bubble.

And that is not healthy.

[theahsfan 13,822]

Why doesn't she try and campaign to change things then? Like how Nicki Minaj helped streaming count more to the BBH100 chart or whatever