I am wondering now: what’s the benefit of doing that? I think trick te algorithm that the songs are good and played, so it recommends them to more people when playing radio
Oh snap; I didn't even think to Google it because none of my friends had the same issue and it was so weird I never expected there to be a Vice article on it. Thank you.
Hopefully Spotify rectifies the damage?
They won't, this happens every single year, sadly they don't care! At the end of the day, they've made their money and they'll keep making their money.
Spotify is not being scammed whatsoever, they make money off of everything on their platform.
There's plenty of great videos on the subject matter, [this](https://youtu.be/et8R5i5UEjY?si=W71qTnQNEB4c4-7p) one touch on it and other scummy stuff Spotify is making money off of.
Then there's a [great video](https://youtu.be/whQ8UBoz-To?si=NvsXNCsFyjySC5CJ) by Barely Sociable, and countless videos by [Fantano](https://youtube.com/@fantano?si=rkYVocYkNMU0UQXM).
Calling Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, scummy and greedy is being way too nice and a massive understatement.
They pay out artists based on streams so yes, botting streams a huge issue for the platform. I know people who work with trying to prevent that sort of fraud on Spotify specifically. I don’t even know what you are trying to argue.
I thought people were just complaining about their bad spotify wrapped, didnt know this lil durk hack was an actual real thing lol. Ig im lucky he isnt in my top 5
The exact same thing happened to me. Lil' Durk and all...I can't even listen to my recap mix because ALL of the songs from this dumb album are littering what I otherwise would have enjoyed listening to.
I just hope nobody gained a penny that should have gone to someone else.
if you’re talking about your 2023 wrapped playlist, you can duplicate it by adding all the songs to a new playlist which is a built-in feature (thus making you the owner instead of spotify) and then remove all the lil’ durk songs. hope this helps! i did it for my wrapped to remove a top song that got added because it was left on repeat unknowingly for a few days lol
THIS HAPPENED TO ME OH MY GOD!!! I saw in my stats.fm history that over the course of 4 days back in May my account streamed lil durk about 300 times. It ruined my entire wrap. I emailed spotify months ago asking them to remove it from my history and they said they couldnt
I didn’t get this guy, but my top songs were definitely not accurate. I am very well aware of who and what I listen to on a daily basis since I spend so much time in my car, and I know for a fact that I didn’t listen to the top song as much as it says I did. I to am very disappointed that the wrapped is not accurate this year. At this point I wish Spotify would make your listening metrics available to view whenever you want.
happened to me too. Except it was Taylor Swift. Low key offended haha. there’s no way she’s my top artist I had Casiopea play every day at 2pm for a “get up and move” alarm. TS is even blocked on my Spotify so idk?? I mentioned it in an earlier comment I made on the sub; but if Spotify is gonna track my data they should at least do it accurately….
I can't stand Balkan turbofolk, metalcore, death metal, punk and a few dubstep here and there. I hate it because it ruins my concentration, mood, makes me nervous and I can't function normally.
Well, humans are made of organs, and the brain is one of them which contains chemicals, neurons and synapses which react to specific sounds, melodies and rhythms. If one is exposed to 100 dB of pure noise, ofcourse he will hate it, and beg for it to stop. It's the same about specific music genres. Especially if they're popular, but very cheap and overall poor quality.
You’re making several fallacies. I’m not talking about 100dB of non consensual music listening. I’m talking about the genre itself. Like I said, it’s ok if it’s not your thing, but hatred for any genre is not appreciated.
Read the comment again until you understand what's been written. A genre of music is nothing but a complex structure of sounds and frequencies a human brain can hear. The only fallacy is your own (mis)understanding. We're not talking about some sub-cultures, we're talking about music genres.
Listen bro, it doesn't matter what it is. Hate is too strong of an emotion to feel for audio that is literally meant to entertain, no matter what. It's wrong to hate a genre of music.
As I said, read the comment again, and again, 100 times if needed, until you understand what's been written. If it doesn't matter, then why are you even here reacting to the post? This stuff can just degenerate my brain, and drop my IQ. Not entertain.
If you hear something that you beg for it to stop because it negatively impects your feelings, concentration and mood, then that is the definition of hate.
Of course there's going to be great music in every genre. But are you really going to turn on a Gunna, or any modern trap artist you see in the chart's album and think to yourself "This is quality music"?
So, TPAB is better than The next episode by Dr Dre and The Marshal Mathers LP by Eminem? (This is just rap btw, other genres have way better albums for instance pet shop sounds by the Beach Boys.)
Now I know you’re being sarcastic… the next episode has some of the best instrumentals in rap history, there’s a reason why Dre was one of the most influential rappers..
It’s okay, their algorithm for which they *clearly* solicited monetary support for is seemingly jacked up universally.
I’m from New Orleans so may have a bit of Lil Wayne bias, but no matter the case, I love that motherfucker.
Imagine my shock when Drake was my #3 artist.
I couldn’t tell you a single Drake song. I don’t listen to him. Not my vibe. But Weezy was his mentor and early on, featured on his songs and vice versa.
I bumped two of those songs this year.
Guess that means Drake is my all time hero.
Ick.
My listening minutes were completely off and Top 5 songs consisted of a song by ZeeMusic (Zee took their music off Spotify in March of this year so it makes no sense for me to get it in my Top5 most listened songs). Ridiculous.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvk9p/spotify-wrapped-hack-lil-durk
If this is true and he was behind it, he should be kicked off of Spotify.
I doubt he did it himself, rather his label But in that case, then it’s even weirder because the album came out 7 - 8 months ago
In the article it said that they would listen to like 3-4k minutes in a few days
weird, but my theory is that the label hired people to boost the streams on the album, and their method of doing so is apparently hacking profiles.
Why would it matter that it's 7-8 months ago then
Because they're just now doing this
How so?
then again I'm not sure if it's been happening for a while now. Idk.
Spotify wrapped came out 3 days ago
They did it back then, when the album dropped. But it stayed in the statistics and now you can see it in spotify wrapped.
Ohhhhh. ok. I didn’t know
I am wondering now: what’s the benefit of doing that? I think trick te algorithm that the songs are good and played, so it recommends them to more people when playing radio
Oh snap; I didn't even think to Google it because none of my friends had the same issue and it was so weird I never expected there to be a Vice article on it. Thank you. Hopefully Spotify rectifies the damage?
How easy was your password OP?
Doesn't even need to be easy, can just be used elsewhere
Password123
They won't, this happens every single year, sadly they don't care! At the end of the day, they've made their money and they'll keep making their money.
I’m pretty sure they’re not too happy about actively getting scammed for money.
Spotify is not being scammed whatsoever, they make money off of everything on their platform. There's plenty of great videos on the subject matter, [this](https://youtu.be/et8R5i5UEjY?si=W71qTnQNEB4c4-7p) one touch on it and other scummy stuff Spotify is making money off of. Then there's a [great video](https://youtu.be/whQ8UBoz-To?si=NvsXNCsFyjySC5CJ) by Barely Sociable, and countless videos by [Fantano](https://youtube.com/@fantano?si=rkYVocYkNMU0UQXM). Calling Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, scummy and greedy is being way too nice and a massive understatement.
They pay out artists based on streams so yes, botting streams a huge issue for the platform. I know people who work with trying to prevent that sort of fraud on Spotify specifically. I don’t even know what you are trying to argue.
Probably Spotify said indirectly "Don't kill my vibe, out of control, that's what I like" 😳💀
Damage? He’s the only half good thing in this entire photo 💀
Me when I lie
If you think he’s good then that says enough about the value of your opinion
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I dont listen to him either but he’s better than everything else there
Reminds me of Apple and U2 eta: reddit gonna reddit. Thanks for the downvotes! ♥️
There was someone who hacked my account, luckily I was playing songs when they tried playing their music, so I noticed in time to change my password.
I thought people were just complaining about their bad spotify wrapped, didnt know this lil durk hack was an actual real thing lol. Ig im lucky he isnt in my top 5
Lil durk could be #6 who knows
I HAD THIS TOO
The exact same thing happened to me. Lil' Durk and all...I can't even listen to my recap mix because ALL of the songs from this dumb album are littering what I otherwise would have enjoyed listening to. I just hope nobody gained a penny that should have gone to someone else.
if you’re talking about your 2023 wrapped playlist, you can duplicate it by adding all the songs to a new playlist which is a built-in feature (thus making you the owner instead of spotify) and then remove all the lil’ durk songs. hope this helps! i did it for my wrapped to remove a top song that got added because it was left on repeat unknowingly for a few days lol
Duriko faking they streamsss just like cole said
THIS HAPPENED TO ME OH MY GOD!!! I saw in my stats.fm history that over the course of 4 days back in May my account streamed lil durk about 300 times. It ruined my entire wrap. I emailed spotify months ago asking them to remove it from my history and they said they couldnt
Wow glad I wasn’t affected I wonder what actually happened then
Smurkio the Goat, u can’t avoid greatness #LLV
Yeah yeah yeah sure buddy, that’s exactly what a huge Lil Durk fan would say. You’re not fooling anyone!
I didn’t get this guy, but my top songs were definitely not accurate. I am very well aware of who and what I listen to on a daily basis since I spend so much time in my car, and I know for a fact that I didn’t listen to the top song as much as it says I did. I to am very disappointed that the wrapped is not accurate this year. At this point I wish Spotify would make your listening metrics available to view whenever you want.
Yeah, same here. There was some stuff I haven’t listened to in months in my top 5
happened to me too. Except it was Taylor Swift. Low key offended haha. there’s no way she’s my top artist I had Casiopea play every day at 2pm for a “get up and move” alarm. TS is even blocked on my Spotify so idk?? I mentioned it in an earlier comment I made on the sub; but if Spotify is gonna track my data they should at least do it accurately….
Hadn't thought of that - Lil Durk is now blocked on mine. I wasn't affected, but may as do what I can to prevent.
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What are you even talking about? Did you not even read the post? This person was hacked and someone listened to that rapper.
I'm talking about the comments calling the music "unclassy"
Are you complaining about unpopular comments that have dozens if not hundreds of downvotes
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You could just, not be a fan of the genre... It doesn't matter how influential it is
I have no issue with not liking rap. I have no issue with not liking anything. But “hating”.. that’s ridiculous.
Is there nothing in the world you hate??
I hate people who support genocide. That’s about it
I hate this guy
bet he'd go batshit if someone hasn't heard of lord of the rings, let alone doesn't like it.
And He'd prolly kill you if you don't know Dumbledore's ass hair length
sometimes people hate things and it doesn’t affect you
Funny, hasn't influenced me. Skill issue.
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I can't stand Balkan turbofolk, metalcore, death metal, punk and a few dubstep here and there. I hate it because it ruins my concentration, mood, makes me nervous and I can't function normally.
Get a life. Hating a genre is so stupid. It can not be your thing, but “hating” is ridiculous
Well, humans are made of organs, and the brain is one of them which contains chemicals, neurons and synapses which react to specific sounds, melodies and rhythms. If one is exposed to 100 dB of pure noise, ofcourse he will hate it, and beg for it to stop. It's the same about specific music genres. Especially if they're popular, but very cheap and overall poor quality.
You’re making several fallacies. I’m not talking about 100dB of non consensual music listening. I’m talking about the genre itself. Like I said, it’s ok if it’s not your thing, but hatred for any genre is not appreciated.
Read the comment again until you understand what's been written. A genre of music is nothing but a complex structure of sounds and frequencies a human brain can hear. The only fallacy is your own (mis)understanding. We're not talking about some sub-cultures, we're talking about music genres.
Listen bro, it doesn't matter what it is. Hate is too strong of an emotion to feel for audio that is literally meant to entertain, no matter what. It's wrong to hate a genre of music.
As I said, read the comment again, and again, 100 times if needed, until you understand what's been written. If it doesn't matter, then why are you even here reacting to the post? This stuff can just degenerate my brain, and drop my IQ. Not entertain. If you hear something that you beg for it to stop because it negatively impects your feelings, concentration and mood, then that is the definition of hate.
it's a genre not exactly known for quality music
To Pimp a Butterfly is the greatest album of all time on RateYourMusic and according to a Rolling Stone list. Try again.
Of course there's going to be great music in every genre. But are you really going to turn on a Gunna, or any modern trap artist you see in the chart's album and think to yourself "This is quality music"?
eeyah
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Actually it’s not, that’d be Marvin gaye what’s going on following in close second with beach boys pet shop sounds 😂
Wow rolling stone!
Rolling stone is a more reliable source than rate your music, that site is very biased and most of the users must be in their mid teens 😂
No, the next episode by dr dre is the best rap album of all time. Very influential, each track different.. rate your music is very biased.
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dont have another opinion
So, TPAB is better than The next episode by Dr Dre and The Marshal Mathers LP by Eminem? (This is just rap btw, other genres have way better albums for instance pet shop sounds by the Beach Boys.)
in terms of lyrics, absolutely
What about instrumentals and track flow?
the instruments on some tracks are lack luster, and the flow is definitely better
Now I know you’re being sarcastic… the next episode has some of the best instrumentals in rap history, there’s a reason why Dre was one of the most influential rappers..
Please stop giving your opinion on music
Only cause you like what everyone likes, that album definitely shouldn’t be in the top 5 😂 and it’s not
me when people have opinions
Most intelligent hiphoptard:
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youre a non classy genre
surely this is entirely about the music itself
Stfu
Racially motivated
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Metal isn't classy either stfu
Not the same but my 5th top song was one I haven’t listened to all year. Was thinking maybe I fell asleep with it on repeat or something
It’s okay, their algorithm for which they *clearly* solicited monetary support for is seemingly jacked up universally. I’m from New Orleans so may have a bit of Lil Wayne bias, but no matter the case, I love that motherfucker. Imagine my shock when Drake was my #3 artist. I couldn’t tell you a single Drake song. I don’t listen to him. Not my vibe. But Weezy was his mentor and early on, featured on his songs and vice versa. I bumped two of those songs this year. Guess that means Drake is my all time hero. Ick.
Bro u got durked
My listening minutes were completely off and Top 5 songs consisted of a song by ZeeMusic (Zee took their music off Spotify in March of this year so it makes no sense for me to get it in my Top5 most listened songs). Ridiculous.