Aphex Twin overtakes Taylor Swift for monthly YouTube listeners

https://www.nme.com/news/music/aphex-twin-overtakes-taylor-swift-for-monthly-youtube-listeners-3923810

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givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 208d (3 replies)

Not because they have a new album or anything, it's because the metric includes background music in "shorts" and I guess people keep using aphex twin

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 208d

That second album really was incredible.

navigator@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 208d

I make music and one of my goals is to get a song picked up by the shorts/tiktok algorithm so the streams grow exponentially. lol

mrunicornman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 208d

Cat videos strike again. A tale as old as the internet.

giantripdrop@piefed.social · 37 pts · 208d (1 reply)

altr

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 208d

Come to daddy

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 208d (1 reply)

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 17 pts · 208d

The world is beginning to heal.

MehBlah@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 208d (4 replies)

IronBird@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d (1 reply)

well...

unzips

MehBlah@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d

You gotta do what you gotta do.

kalpol@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 207d (1 reply)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UBS4Gi1y_nc

Warning; really extraordinarily not safe for work or for, well, anything really

MehBlah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 207d

I have it saved in my music video folder.

SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 208d (2 replies)

Meanwhile: PSA reminder that Mr. James himself recommended to listen to ‘Richard D. James Album’ at 33 rpm instead of 45 at which it was released. Works with ‘Drukqs’ too. Basically more Aphex for free.

Flames5123@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 208d (1 reply)

That’s really cool! I played an arrangement of To Cure a Weakling Child in indoor percussion once. Listening to the slower version sounds really cool!

SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d

Slowing down music works pretty well sometimes.

sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 208d (2 replies)

There's hope

postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d (1 reply)

For a Taylor Swift deep house album?

GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 208d

Windowlicker (Taylor's Version)

OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Billionaires are bad. That includes Taylor Swift. She could do so much good with her money but she doesn't.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 207d

thats because shes been pretty conservaitve as of late, i suspect always has been. hanging out with a magat grifter, trying to pretend to be like she is poor being moved to tennesee by her parents to jumpstart her career. she was quite careful about her politics until very recently.

jaxxed@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d

Come to Daddy

tyler@programming.dev · 4 pts · 208d (18 replies)

Who?

HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social · 97 pts · 208d (15 replies)

Taylor Swift is a popular singer.

I hope that helps

four@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 208d (14 replies)

For additional context, Aphex Twin is not a popular singer

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 208d (12 replies)

For additional context Aphex Twin is a Grammy winning artist with 30+ releases and is celebrated among those who value music.

BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 208d (11 replies)

so is taylor swift

dont think she's hit 30 albums yet though

Nanook@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 208d (10 replies)

For additional context Taylor Swift is a Grammy winning artist who isn’t celebrated among those who value music.

BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d (9 replies)

she should be celebrated. no point in being pretentious. 1989 and red are bangers

BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d

Billionaires should be eaten, not celebrated.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d

You're welcome to enjoy them but for most of us she makes bland pop and country music.

aDuckk@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d

I wish the milkman would deliver my milk

in the morning

lurkiest@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 208d
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whitecollarcry@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 208d
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