Heh, I have also listened to more Radiohead than the Beatles
2026-07-01 18218, 2026
zer0bitz- has quit
2026-07-01 18233, 2026
zer0bitz- joined the channel
2026-07-01 18235, 2026
PastelSkies1047 has quit
2026-07-01 18219, 2026
zer0bitz- has quit
2026-07-01 18236, 2026
zer0bitz- joined the channel
2026-07-01 18240, 2026
srxl has quit
2026-07-01 18253, 2026
srxl joined the channel
2026-07-01 18228, 2026
reosarevok[m]
goldenshimmer: I think our previous listener group just has an older rockier bias :)
2026-07-01 18213, 2026
reosarevok[m]
And very Anglocentric (Bad Bunny not being in the top 10 for example says a lot)
2026-07-01 18230, 2026
thelittleoutside
i think the point here isn't the popularity itself, but the drastic spike in listen/listener amount causing the platform to be seriously overloaded
2026-07-01 18221, 2026
thelittleoutside
i don't really care about BTS taking over the global stats as long as the fans are mindful of others' experience with listenbrainz and how their activity slows down the entire platform for other people
2026-07-01 18236, 2026
goldenshimmer[m]
<reosarevok[m]> "goldenshimmer: I think our..." <- I think the 90s in rock specifically is probably a blind spot for me… I know 70s rock, and I know 2000s rock, but the 90s are almost entirely defined in my mind as the Macarena, MMMBop, and Barbie Girl. I mostly listen to kitschy pop music, so, yeah, that tracks.
2026-07-01 18219, 2026
reosarevok[m]
I have no idea what "MMMBop" is 😅
2026-07-01 18249, 2026
reosarevok[m]
(being Spanish I am certainly way too familiar with the Macarena though 😂)
2026-07-01 18228, 2026
reosarevok[m]
Radiohead also were quite a big deal for a bit again in 2007 when they released their album as "pay what you want" online, which was super weird back then and more for a big artist
2026-07-01 18247, 2026
reosarevok[m]
So that probably also helped with popularity in music hoarder circles :)
2026-07-01 18219, 2026
thelittleoutside
I'll be honest, my playlist is a colorful pickle jar, as in "has a lot of music with different vibes"
2026-07-01 18241, 2026
reosarevok[m]
thelittleoutside: Same, if we just had a ton of BTS fans listening normally, we would have nothing against that
2026-07-01 18242, 2026
goldenshimmer[m]
That’s super cool that they did “pay what you want”! I’ll have to read more about that.
2026-07-01 18213, 2026
rylie12275450678 has quit
2026-07-01 18225, 2026
failure_san[m] has quit
2026-07-01 18216, 2026
failure has quit
2026-07-01 18254, 2026
glabnob4739 has quit
2026-07-01 18220, 2026
glabnob4739 joined the channel
2026-07-01 18206, 2026
Lotheric[m] joined the channel
2026-07-01 18207, 2026
Lotheric[m]
I just read the blog post about server load... People are really listening to multiple songs simultaneously and skip them after 30sec ? For what.. epeen ? What a waste of everyone's time
2026-07-01 18223, 2026
PrathamMishra[m] has quit
2026-07-01 18246, 2026
reosarevok[m]
I think it is to show they are the ones who love them the most because the more streams they get the more money and whatnot?
2026-07-01 18250, 2026
reosarevok[m]
But I genuinely do not know
2026-07-01 18221, 2026
reosarevok[m]
Like, I'm sure doing a job during the time it takes you to set up all that and then using that money to buy stuff by the artists or donate it somehow would be a lot more productive
2026-07-01 18232, 2026
reosarevok[m]
But again, I have 3 million MusicBrainz edits, so I live in a glass castle
2026-07-01 18241, 2026
Lotheric[m]
I wonder how many edits I have
2026-07-01 18215, 2026
Lotheric[m]
169,562
2026-07-01 18236, 2026
Lotheric[m]
I'm missing the 7 th digit lol
2026-07-01 18251, 2026
itwasmecookie[m] joined the channel
2026-07-01 18251, 2026
itwasmecookie[m]
Songmaxxing
2026-07-01 18227, 2026
itwasmecookie[m]
I didn't read it and tried to load 11 years of Spotify listening history :lookdown:
