Info
- Artist:: empty.
- Album:: everybody loves you, but nobody likes you.
- Year:: 2023
- URL:: https://youtu.be/pBdCOzrXkbA
Log
2023-09-18 – 2023-09-19 chatlog neuroses
i don’t think a music playlist has made me have to grapple with so many emotions as this one has…
those who create for streaming services
there were a few songs on here that i wanted to track down, so that i could acquire them one way or another. the journey took me to spotify, then back to youtube, then tidal, then amazon, and in every place the songs were listed as being streaming-only.
…is this the future of music? i’ve already suspected that i’m becoming kind of a boomer for preferring digital files to streaming services, but is the next step to just start doing away with digital files entirely?
i mean, it makes sense, and i’m surprised that there haven’t been pushes to make this more of a thing. but it does make my dirty hoarder heart worry all the same…
the infinite content mill
it was a good playlist, for the first hour. i really liked the opening song. then the next hour hit, and one of the songs sounded uncannily similar to that first song. i listened back, and it was the same song. the song after it sounded the same too – the one that felt like a continuation of the first song. as the two hour mark approached, i paid attention to whether that same song showed up again, and it did. and then the next song did too. the playlist must loop every hour, for five hours, though this particular video broke at around the 2h34m mark.
i clicked some other videos on this channel. they all seem to start on different points, yet the songs feel the same.
i saw that the channel was currently premiering a new video, with 11 people currently watching. i clicked it.
the video was currently playing that same song, which then led into that same followup.
and i lost my mind a little.
Chat
sheepb puppet — Today at 11:24 AM
holy shit
you got 9000 in 1’d by a music channel
watermoon — Today at 11:25 AM
i feel like i’m losing my mind but in a way i can’t describe
9000 in 1’d helps a bit to make sense of it though lol
sheepb puppet — Today at 11:27 AM
I mean presumably, the youtube algorithm likes long video essays at the moment (or more specifically I think it likes longer retention of watching and not clicking off) so I guess making baity playlists like this for people to put on in the background while they study is a good way to game the system…
watermoon — Today at 11:29 AM
makes sense, like, i see “10 hours of nintendo music” sort of videos pop up in my recs every so often
sheepb puppet — Today at 11:36 AM
yeah and its fine if it breaks at 3 and a half hours in as it’ll just autoplay the next 10 hours of nintendo music video
probably won’t even notice
watermoon — Today at 11:40 AM
cascading away on the waves of content …
i don’t know how to explain this feeling.
i feel finger family video feelings, and like i’ve become entrenched in this generation’s type of homogeneous glut.
i feel chinese camgirl feelings, hanzi my mind can’t put together, and like there’s mountains of anonymous content that nevertheless has a source yet is easy to treat as if it doesn’t.
i feel connection bereft of identity.
i did like the playlist though…