After we rage against Spotify Wrapped and follow up on our previous episodes, Carson unpacks three recent stories related by the theme of AI blowback: a maximally high-effort and human album, an anti-AI revival of Vine, and a platform that might get enshittified by its buyer.

(0:00) Intro

(4:11) Does Will do year-end lists?

(5:57) Canada Music Fund $16 million top-up update

(7:42) Side Door correction & updates

(11:38) AI blowback?

(16:59) Lux by Rosalía

(31:34) Jack Dorsey-backed DiVine: bring back Vine?

(53:50) Spotify acquires WhoSampled

(1:03:41) Recommendations

Recs: Will - listen to Strays by Way Ahead Trio, Carson - listen to What of Our Nature by Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover

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