Liz Pelly Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

About the author:

Liz Pelly is a journalist living in New York. Her essays and reporting have appeared in the Baffler, where she is a contributing editor, as well as in the Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and many other outlets. She frequently speaks about music streaming on radio shows and podcasts, including appearances with the New York Times Popcast, NPR’s Morning Edition, and others. Pelly teaches in the recorded music program at New York University and has spent over a decade involved in all-ages show booking.

About the book:

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist takes an unsparing look at Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, it takes us to the inner workings of today’s highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed.

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