Archive - Heavy Mental

April 2024

Spotify's Supremium is dead; StubHub is going public; Superfans vs Superprofits; and other stuff.

Read this to make people believe you're interesting and knowledgeable

Apr 12 •

March 2024

February 2024

The Rise of Dopamine Culture

Distraction as Entertainment, Racist AI Models, SLAYER! and more

Feb 23 •

Everything is a Lie

Plus Bandsintown, Spotify, Coachella Absurdity and other stuff

Feb 16 •

TSwift Threatens a College Student, Spotify Pays Dearly, UMG Mutes Artists, Sports Bundles, and More!

Taylor Swift unleashes her lawyers on a college student. Spotify hands over $9B. UMG silences their artists and lays off their staff. Plus a (very) deep…

Feb 9 •

Heavy Mental: Today's Substack Error

Feb 2 •

Spotify vs Apple, UMG vs TikTok, TikTok vs YouTube, Taylor vs AI

Can't we all just get along?

Feb 2 •

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