What Ryan Broderick thinks about music industry

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1. 28 Sept 2026

   Our readingDominant hits today are sustained by big institutional machinery and wealthy actors rather than organically by algorithmic playlists

   Their wordsA hit like "Choosin' Texas" is not just a case of Spotify playlists inventing a pop song out of thin air. The record labels, radio stations, and TV channels of the old world devolved into fiefdoms of the already established and already famous

   ↗Why "Choosin' Texas" doesn't feel like a hitgarbageday.email 1st of 2 in this piece