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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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No, Sabrina Carpenter probably isn’t paying the streamer to play “Espresso” every time you’re listening to music. But the app is making changes to its business model that could impact your listening. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Andrea Kristinsdotter, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's something very strange happening on the world's largest music streaming service.
0:07.0	People around the world say they are experiencing the same phenomena.
0:12.2	They play a song, any song, a random song, but when that song is finished,
0:18.0	a new song plays. But it's always the same song. Your playlist finishes? There's that song. Espresso.
0:29.0	That album finishes there's that song. Espresso.
0:34.0	Espresso finishes.
0:40.0	There it is again, Espresso.
0:42.0	The espresso. There it is again, Espresso.
0:43.6	The Espresso Conspiracy Theory is brewing on today explain. About me, I'm a night old, Is it that sweet I can't so.
0:54.0	So you can't sleep, baby, I know that's that me is a soul.
0:58.0	So...
1:01.0	How do custom orders work on Cracken?
1:03.0	Imagine I'm a music producer, dialing in my newest track.
1:07.0	Need more bass?
1:08.0	Crank it?
1:09.0	Vocal's not popping.
1:10.0	Double it up.
1:11.0	Want a bigger sound?
1:12.0	Hit that Reverb. Hard. That's custom orders on
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1:20.9	crypto can be. Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
1:25.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
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