That’s a big statement, so it needs backing up.įirst off and also most simply – who cares about what other artists are tweeting? Where’s the need to portray them in a bad light, over something that doesn’t affect you? But for the exact same reasons, the opposite opinion can be articulated here: publicly making fellow artists feel small for expressing happiness or satisfaction with their own musical career hurts the type of open, inclusive music scene these artists rely on. All of them suggest the same thing sharing your yearly stats as an artist on social media is arrogant, places too much emphasis on numbers in comparison to the music and is generally annoying.Įveryone has a right to their opinion, of course, they’re more than able to post about whatever they like, as much as they like. I don’t care how many Spotify streams you had this year & am sure most of us feel the same. Unfortunately these shares have been met by a combination of disdain, anger and cynicism. While this is clearly a razor sharp marketing ploy by Spotify to get everyone sharing links to their platform, most artists sharing it have been genuinely pleased with their stats. Some artists, especially the new generation, have been pleased enough with their stats to share them online.
In case you need to catch up Spotify’s Wrapped 2018 campaign tells artists the amount of plays they’ve had, how many fans they have, how many hours have been spent listening to their music and the number of countries in which people have tuned in. Since last Thursday, when the streaming platform provided all artists and fans with their listening stats for the year, some of saltiest and cynical sides to certain factions of the D&B community have been on display.
The drum and bass scene has had its fair share of beef, drama and internal politics over the years, but few events in recent memory have kicked up such a furore as this weekend’s Spotify stat sharing scandal.
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