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| Author | Liz Pelly |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 7 January 2025 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| ISBN | 978-1-399-71884-4 |
| Author | Liz Pelly |
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| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-1-399-71884-4 |
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist is a 2025 book by Liz Pelly, a music journalist and adjunct professor at New York University, that critically examines the music streaming platform Spotify.[1][2][3]
Reception
[edit]The book was described as "a savage indictment of Spotify" in The Guardian, where it was featured as a 'Book of the Day'.[4] The Daily Telegraph gave it 4 out of 5 stars, called it a "vital addition" to the writing about Spotify and other streaming technology, and said it "isn’t just a niche music-industry book: it asks much bigger questions about economic power, the value of art and the atomisation of society."[5] Vulture said it "stands out as the definitive book on how we should think about Spotify as a phenomenon".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Hsu, Hua (23 December 2024). "Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome?". The New Yorker.
- ^ Segal, Victoria (2 March 2025). "How Spotify is ruining your music taste". The Times.
- ^ Ramírez, Noelia (20 September 2025). "Liz Pelly, the journalist who uncovered Spotify's fake artist farms: 'In an hour they produce dozens of songs'". El País. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (5 March 2025). "Mood Machine by Liz Pelly review – a savage indictment of Spotify". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ French-Morris, Kate (6 March 2025). "The chilling truth about Spotify's 'Orwellian' design". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ Quah, Nicholas (14 January 2025). "You Can't Outrun Spotify". Vulture. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
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