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- hackernews
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews
I found the real Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians, and journalists. Many use their real names. With a little sleuthing, I could say with near-certainty: yep, this is them.
We’ve been scraping their accounts since summer 2024. Playlists, live listening feed, everything. I know what songs they played, when, and how many times.
Heard of the Panama Papers? That exposed offshore bank accounts. This is about onshore vibes.
That’s such a pretentious way to put it, on par with describing popular movies as “popcorn films”
Eh, not the way that I see it. Santana, Jamiroquai, Barry White, Donna Summer, Tame Impala, Death Grips etc. are/were very popular and it’s hard to deny their artistic quality. Same with movies like Terminator, Rocky, Alien, Dr. Straneglove, The Godfather, Up…