My Spotify Playlist Is Calling Me Out

…Algorithms are rude, actually

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My current go-to auto-generated playlist is titled ‘Moody Mix’ because Spotify likes to read me for filth

(#Rude.)

…It’s a sign of my emo goblin spaghetti brain, I guess; still, I keep coming back to this mix.

I mean… where else can I hit my Bo Burnham quota and my Green Day fix?

How else am I supposed to enjoy Mitski and My Chem, back-to-back?
(…except in a playlist dedicated to the letter ‘M’ I guess, but we’re a long way from Sesame Street, Toto.)

I just want Ren and Alec Benjamin and Conan Gray and Panic! At The Disco.
(…Renaming it either ‘Sad Queer Mix,’ or ‘Terminally Online + Emo Child,’ would not be inaccurate, I admit.)

It’s far from the only playlist I listen to, but Spotify’s algorithm has well and truly called me out. (Again, #Rude)

…The robot overloads are not merciful.

#WritingPrompts: What do you like to listen to on Youtube music or Spotify? from the lovely Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她):