Outsiders: Bop Fantasies - If SoundCloud was a City
In the dark empire of Spotify, there exists one of the last strongholds of resistance against CEO Daniel Ek’s algorithmic agenda. This is the mystical world of SoundCloud, one of Ek’s latest acquisitions. Yet its nature is so chaotic— with users foregoing any distinction between original and remixed, or even between listener and artist— that Ek can’t even begin to understand it, much less control it.
In comes Ant, a narrator hired to explore this mysterious land and report what goes on there. Down the rabbit hole of trap, edits, and internet music she goes, and out she emerges with a most fantastical account of this universe that Ek will never begin to decipher. Featuring wisdoms from zany characters she meets along the way: icedlattina and Julek ploski. Research, writing, production, editing, and mixing by Ant. Mastering by Jun33.