How do you think streaming has actually changed what music gets made in the first place

[IvoryOttie]

Genuinely think the algorithm has quietly shifted songwriting itself, shorter intros because skip rates matter, choruses hitting earlier because attention spans are being actively optimized against

Curious what people actually think the real long term effect on the craft of songwriting itself has been, not the business side, the actual creative decisions artists are making

[Rough Reece]

Shorter songs overall, three minute tracks are making a comeback purely because streaming payment structures reward more total plays over longer individual listens

[NeonPhantom32]

Genuinely think it's homogenized a lot of production, everything chasing the same loud upfront mix that performs well on phone speakers rather than genuine sonic variety

[Tundra]

The album as a complete artistic statement feels endangered, everything's built around individual playlist ready singles now instead of a cohesive full body of work

[Arty Candle]

I think it's actually been good for genre experimentation, algorithms surfacing niche stuff to the right audience has let weirder music actually find a real audience

[Lazy Anvil]

Choruses hitting within the first fifteen seconds now feels like a direct response to skip rate data, changed the actual structure of pop songwriting

[Amber84]

Think it's made artists more prolific out of pure necessity, constant new releases matter more for algorithmic visibility than the old model of a big album every few years

[InferenceLoop65]

Genuinely miss the deliberate sequencing of a full album, streaming has turned most listening into shuffle mode and I think that's quietly changed how artists even think about track order