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100 Popheads - 13 Jun 2023

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i've read anecdotes that the ideal length for a short-attention-span pop song has steadily drifted down. just a few years ago songs shorter than 3:00 were really rare, and now they're more common than not. i'm looking at an ava max album (which i adore) where 3:30 would look like an interminable grateful dead jam.

it's said that this has to do with streaming but i don't quite get the connection, anyone care to educate me?

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[–] Knusper@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

I imagine, that's because with streaming services you have a basically infinite number of songs you could be listening to instead, and you're often listening to unfamiliar songs, so you don't know, if you're wasting your time when it's still slowly building up after more than a minute.