Hello and welcome to another edition of the Spotify Newsletter. We are so delighted you signed-up and joined all the (news-related) fun. No uprisings this week from disgruntled, Joe Rogan-hating Spotify employees, but no less a solid handful of positive Spotify news to check out.
★In the SPOTlight★
⭐️ Spotify and Electric Lady Studios Team Up for Live EPs
The first “Live at Electric Lady” EP will be from jazz pianist and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” musician Jon Batiste and will arrive on July 29, with upcoming EPs from Japanese Breakfast (pictured above), Patti Smith, Dominic Fike, Faye Webster, Bleachers, Remi Wolf, and Natalie Bergman, with more to come.
⭐️ Spotify and TikTok team up with subscriber offer
The offer will also be available in six other European markets for three or four months of free Spotify Premium depending on the market. It targets millions of potential new customers for Spotify.
⭐️ How Millennials and Gen Zs Are Redefining Digital Audio
Every year, Spotify embarks on a journey to learn more about some of our most influential listeners and creators: Gen Zs and millennials. The result is Culture Next, Spotify Advertising’s annual study into the listening habits and preferences of these groups, aged 15-25 and 26-40, respectively.
⭐️ How independent labels can benefit from Spotify For Artists
Although Spotify for Artists is known largely as a resource for individual bands and artists, its suite of services can also be extremely useful to independent labels in helping augment the services they provide.
🗣Podcast Action🗣
Pop Smoke’s Life and Legacy Focus of New Spotify Podcast Series
Siskel & Ebert Narrative Podcast Series Set From Brian Raftery & The Ringer
🎧The Playlist List🎧
Dance music set to rise this year, says Spotify editors
‘Lucifer’ Music: Don’t Miss Each Character’s Curated Spotify Playlist, Courtesy of Netflix
🔥Even More Hot News Links🔥
Spotify Fan Study: What it tells us about Engagement
Spotify cracks down on stream-rippers using Audials software
Spotify Has a Key Difference From Netflix - Does That Make It Uninvestable?
How Much Data Does Spotify Use? Here’s a Quick Breakdown on Streaming Data Use
Apple copies Spotify with its new Apple Music widget in iOS 15
🎵New Adventures in Spotify🎵
The Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards produced song will always shine brightest via the original version from the great Sister Sledge… BUT … this version from the wonderful Paul Weller is a favorite cover of mine.
More Paul Weller? Sure! A true beauty from the debut.
Perfection from The Style Council.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!! 😀