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The music industry is engineering artist popularity – listeners are right to be angry
For months, one question has been plaguing pop fans: why is Spotify playing me the same songs over and over again? Every other week, a post goes viral on X asking why Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe!, or Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso, or Billie Eilish’s …