Spotify reveals users funny and odd listening habits of 2018

Spotify’s out-of-home Wrapped campaign is here and we get to see some of the quirky listening habits of its users. Like how one user is listening to a “clam meditation” instead of a calm one to get through the year. This campaign is going to be launched across digital and social platforms and puts the spotlight on 50 artists including Ariana Grande, Post Malone, and Shakira. The campaign will be coming to different countries like Canada, Australia, the US, Brazil, and the UK. According to June Sauvaget, global head of consumer marketing for Spotify, the Wrapped campaign is a “true representation” of the company’s proposition to be a “platform for discovery.” It’s also the brand’s way of saying “thank you” to its users for its impact on shaping the platform this past year.

Some of the fun takeaways from the campaign include “3,754 Laurel playlists created vs. 1,059 Yanny playlists created” and for users God is definitely a woman with God is a woman fan-made playlists numbered at 28,802, while there are nine playlists that claim God is a man. Also, someone made an “Its [sic] the royal wedding tomorrow!!!” playlist 22 days after the wedding.

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Expect at least four (or five) seasons of ‘Stranger Things’

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With the recent cancellations of Marvel-Netflix shows, one can’t help but think what else is next. For now, we’re getting assurance from those behind Stranger Things that we’re getting at least one or two more seasons. The latest one to confirm this news is actor Gaten Matarazzo, who plays Dustin on the show. He gave an interview to De Telegraaf at the Heroes Dutch Comic Con in the Netherlands and talks about how he’s heard that the “magic number is either four or five.” He goes on to add, “We just finished up three—three is not the last one planned.” Matarazzo talks about how he knows the creators Matt and Ross Duffer don’t want to milk the show for as many seasons as it can. What he says lines up with what the Duffers has said before about the show going on for another season or two. What they’ve been grappling with is whether they’re going with four or five, with the former feeling to short and the latter seemingly longer than they wanted.

Matarazzo describes the upcoming one as “scarier, it’s darker, it’s funnier” with familiar evil from the Upside Down coming back. He adds, “But there’s also a completely new form of antagonization towards our heroes.” What that is we’ll have to wait to find out when the show lands this coming summer.

Source: BGR

Apple Music is coming to Amazon Echo devices this December

In a surprising move from Apple, the company just announced it’s bringing Apple Music streaming service to Amazon Echo. It’ll be coming to Amazon Echo speakers starting the week of December 17. When it does come to Amazon, this mean Apple Music subscribers can ask Alexa to play their favorite songs, artists, playlists, albums, and Beats1 radio stations right from an Echo speaker. This integration will launch as an Apple Music skill, which you can enable within the Alexa app. From there you’ll be able to link your account and start listening to Apple Music in the similar way you could services like Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Pandora are integrated into the service.

Source: MacRumors

‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ shares storyline of Christmas special, details on season 2

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We’re going to see little Sabrina show up in the upcoming Christmas special of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Young Sabrina be played by 12-year-old actress McKenna Grace, who is in another Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House, and easily passes off as Kiernan Shipka’s younger sister. Shipka plays Sabrina Spellman in the Netflix series. As for the special will be about, Netflix summarizes it as, “During our holiday special, we’ll get to see what Sabrina was like as a precocious tot. And while The Church of Night celebrates the Solstice, that doesn’t stop Li’l Sabrina from asking Santa for something special.”

Aside from this update, “it’s been revealed that Alexis Denisof and Jedidiah Goodacre will be playing recurring guest stars in season 2. Denisof will play Adam Masters, the partner of Mary Wardwell. He’s described as “handsome and charming” with his character returning to Greendale after working overseas for Physicians Without Frontiers. Masters doesn’t know his fiancé has been taken over by the demoness Madam Satan. Meanwhile, Goodacre will play Dorian Grey, the owner of a nightclub called Dorian’s Grey Room. He’s described as “very good at keeping secrets, especially his own—a cursed portrait he hides from prying eyes.”

Source: NME