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I started my interview with Ashley Carmen by asking her to listen to a song,

or rather a clip of a song.

So, do you know what that was?

Yes, I am very well aware.

Can you tell me what it was?

Yes, so it's a song called Hey Kids by an artist named Molina.

She's a Danish Chilean singer.

And Ashley knows the song because it was a key part of a story she just wrote.

Ashley covers all things audio for Bloomberg News.

I asked her to humor me and listen to another clip.

What's this one?

So that's the same song, Hey Kids, but it's set up.

If you wanted Hey Kids on a streaming service like Spotify and found that track,

it might seem like the Molina song, but it's not.

Someone else, not the singer, not the music label, is making money when you listen to it.

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