It’s no secret that Spotify has some issues to contend with, the largest being poor compensation for the artists that prop up the service, juxtaposed with a laughably-enormous deal for the guy whose name rhymes with Poe Slogan. Using a streaming service like Spotify can be tricky because it forces us to consider how much we value artistry in the face of convenience. Yet, it’s also fostered the creation of unique music-centered niches that can’t be found anywhere else. One such gem is its catalog of weird, hyper-specific playlists.
The subreddit r/weirdspotifyplaylists highlights some of the stranger public offerings that can be found in the ether of the streaming service. I stumbled upon the subreddit after a post from the site showed up on my Twitter feed and it seems like the account is having a moment of sorts after recently hitting 100K followers, a figure that outpaces the size of the subreddit itself. It’s now at over 250K.
