The Gamification of Pop Music
With the rise of streaming—and a fantasy football–style approach to chart analytics—fandoms are working the system for their favorite pop stars
*deep breath*
i spent 2024 looking into the ways that stan culture has increasingly taken a sports-like mindset, complete with competitions, analysis, and betting. feature in the ringer:
www.theringer.com/2025/01/03/m...
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my annual labor of love... it's here!
presenting my year-end lists, complete with some blurbing from myself and some dear friends. cold takes and hot blurbs.
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22.12.2024 19:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
blurbs on #99, #23, and #7 by moi. list season! list season!
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mean girls can stay if only for the piano riff
01.12.2024 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
it’s fine. the tenders + tots are a good bang for your buck tho
22.11.2024 15:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
lmao sick. I think I subscribe!
hit me with an edition about 10 of your fav albums of the year that you think are unlikely to make The Big Publication Lists.
cheers 🫡
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