Papi Juancho Posted Friday at 10:03 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:03 PM (edited) "Spotify user Harlie, who gravitates towards "sad music and songwriter types like Lana Del Rey and Gracie Abrams" explains she'd never listened to 'Espresso' but is also consistently being served it as her next track..." "I'm playing a hip-hop/rnb radio: Kendrick Lamar, Tinashe, Doechii, SXA," one person writes. "And then suddenly…Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter. I love the song but that's not the vibe of the Spotify radio I'm going for????" "we need to take into account that Carpenter's label, Universal Music owns shares in Spotify, as does the company Tencent, which then in turn owns shares in Universal Music, while Spotify itself owns shares in Tencent" Edited Friday at 10:04 PM by Papi Juancho 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kylie Jenner Posted Friday at 10:05 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 10:05 PM Ooh pretty blonde girl let's all hate on her 18 12 8 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post State of Grace. Posted Friday at 10:10 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 10:10 PM (edited) Sabrina is undeniably an IT girl right now, seeing how she's also smashing on Apple Music and her social media engagement has skyrocketed these last couple of months. Nonsense was a shameless use of this feature, but you can't autoplay all of that. Please x3, Espresso, and Feather are all viral smashes. BUT with that being said, yeah Spotify & labels need to chill a bit with this feature tbh. Espresso and Birds of a Feather are literally terrorizing me after every. single. song/album. that I play. Sure, I love both songs and I do listen to similar music but it's getting a bit ridiculous. The other day I was also using my brother's account in the car and Birds randomly started playing and he doesn't even **** with Billie or any MPG music. Edited Friday at 10:12 PM by State of Grace. 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MonsterNavy Posted Friday at 10:13 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 10:13 PM what i've been saying but apparently i'm just a bitter aging ghey 16 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post By the Water Posted Friday at 10:18 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 10:18 PM It's very obvious when songs get heavy push from autoplay (and when they're removed from it) even if they're genuine hits. Their stans will still downvote you and call you bitter though 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Billionaire Posted Friday at 10:20 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 10:20 PM I thought Dua's Spotify payola was bad but hers is far worse. Espresso plays after every single song and Please x3 is constantly on the Daily Mix playlists Spotify tends to curate for me when I've played it like once on the day it came out. I don't even want to block her because I use some tracks from some of her old albums sometimes but damn I suspect my theories will be confirmed further when the album comes out and the album tracks don't receive enough attention relative to the singles. I get you have to play the game or die in this industry but sheesh 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club classic Posted Friday at 10:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:21 PM I see a lot of love and praise for her online and a lot of my friends love her so I don't think it's all fabricated 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rep2000 Posted Friday at 10:26 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:26 PM Sabrina really needs to secure a fanbase real quick during her rise right now. Otherwise she would end up like Dua. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC. Posted Friday at 10:26 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:26 PM Quote Anderton also says we need to take into account that Carpenter's label, Universal Music owns shares in Spotify, as does the company Tencent, which then in turn owns shares in Universal Music, while Spotify itself owns shares in Tencent. Are you keeping up? "These major corporations are therefore linked to each other financially in various ways, while Spotify is reliant on the major labels in particular for access to the catalogues of music that are driving its growth. It needs to play to their tune," he explains. Interesting. Always thought this was stan myth but I guess labels do get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliaz Posted Friday at 10:28 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:28 PM It is not something that happens only with her, but with all the artists of the moment. The truth is that today's hits are so manipulated/bought, that they no longer feel like real hits. But, of course, there are exceptions. Organic hits. But they are not many in comparison. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wish Posted Friday at 10:28 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:28 PM It's not just Sabrina... We are simply in the era of autoplay now, every major hit is being pushed heavily using this feature (for MPGs this year I've had Fortnight, WCBF, Texas Hold 'Em, and recently Espresso and BOAF). It doesn't mean their success is fabricated. Actually it seems like the bigger the hit, the more push it gets from Spotify. In a month or so, the next big smash will be released & everyone will complain about that song being spammed on autoplay too 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paultea Posted Friday at 10:29 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:29 PM (edited) I like Espresso and think Sabrina is genuinely talented but it's not super unique or pushing any boundaries, not that it even has to. It's just obvious she's hitting big now because of the eras tour, her relationship, and HEAVY label support. Yes the auto play but also the big PR campaign she had releasing the single. They got that "song of the summer" title quickly for her. No hate to her though because I approve playing the game to get your foot in and hopefully sustain success. Comparing this to Tinashe's Nasty blowing up without major label support, it makes that success look even more impressive. Edited Friday at 10:31 PM by Paultea 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Juancho Posted Friday at 10:31 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 10:31 PM 7 minutes ago, Billionaire said: I suspect my theories will be confirmed further when the album comes out and the album tracks don't receive enough attention relative to the singles. I get you have to play the game or die in this industry but sheesh I honestly thought it might be another "Flowers situation", but it seems like her label is investing in her. She will probably have +5 songs from the album on autoplay, like Ari and Billie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotham Posted Friday at 10:31 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:31 PM Spotify will not stop suggesting me this song and "LUNCH" no matter how many times I hide them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrgVisual Posted Friday at 10:34 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:34 PM They forgot the part that EVERYONE on social media is actually talking about Espresso and Please x3. You can't buy social media attention. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loroy Posted Friday at 10:50 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:50 PM Well, it's pretty obvious... for almost a decade she couldn't achieve any kind of success except for Nonsense which also got Spotify autoplay (for like 3 days lmfao) and all of a sudden she manages to get hit after hit out of nowhere? Record companies have always manipulated the charts - in the streaming era they have found new methods like streaming farms and autoplay, SEVEN by that BTS guy was the song that really exposed it for me lmfao. But honestly? I choose to turn a blind eye because she's serving bops and we need a new mpg and she definitely has the whole package 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dialamba Posted Friday at 10:54 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:54 PM Spotify was already fraudulent but it was a little bit of push but now…there are reason why the top 10 is filled with songs pulling +10M streams but if you say it they'll say b-but it's doing great on Apple When it's exactly why it's doing great on other platforms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquxror Posted Friday at 10:55 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:55 PM My biggest dream is that my fave's label will do autoplay for her next lead single. Like, imagine having a label that invests in you… I'll never understand what's so negative about it 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyshimmery Posted Friday at 10:57 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:57 PM As if any hit song isn't constantly shoved down our throats with $$$ from record labels Leave Sabrina alone!!! this is her moment 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fememeist Posted Friday at 11:10 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:10 PM 1 hour ago, Kylie Jenner said: Ooh pretty blonde girl let's all hate on her As they should, and? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fememeist Posted Friday at 11:13 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:13 PM Nasty is 100x bigger on social media and the real world so that should be getting the plays and exposure over this. 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paultea Posted Friday at 11:15 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:15 PM 22 minutes ago, Loroy said: But honestly? I choose to turn a blind eye because she's serving bops and we need a new mpg and she definitely has the whole package I like her songs but she's definitely not the whole package yet. She's a bit underwhelming live imo and I haven't liked any performance of Espresso (Coachella, SNL, GovBall) as much as the recording. If anything it just showed me she can't fully perform that song like she recorded it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk_Away21 Posted Saturday at 12:04 AM Share Posted Saturday at 12:04 AM 1 hour ago, MonsterNavy said: what i've been saying but apparently i'm just a bitter aging ghey If it was this simple, why isn't your flop faves using it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterNavy Posted Saturday at 12:10 AM Share Posted Saturday at 12:10 AM (edited) 5 minutes ago, Walk_Away21 said: If it was this simple, why isn't your flop faves using it? because they dont care and they're not as desperate to be seen as "huge" like sabrina and her label? all my faves are organic and real main pop girls sabrina cant relate xoxo Edited Saturday at 12:10 AM by MonsterNavy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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