This is an idea I had for a while just for shits and giggles. Hopefully it hasn't been done before (or at least, not very recently. Let me know if it has).
I'm going to make a Spotify playlist using songs y'all put in the comments. However, the point of this playlist is to show hidden gems that you really want others to hear. This means an obscure song or a song from an obscure artist that you think is great and underappreciated.
My example of this: Moon Chamber by Embracer (not virus link) -- the song has 1.5 million listens, but the artist itself only has about 30k listeners. I found it through my Discover Weekly some time back and thought it was fantastic, despite not being my usual genre. Some other examples are Play My Favorite Song by Tigercub, I Suppose by Maudlin Strangers, or Sisyphus by Quadeca
So, a basic rule: whatever song you pick should EITHER
- have fewer than 3 million listens, AND/OR
- come from an artist with fewer than 5 million monthly listeners.
So, a song with 50 million streams from an artist with 600k listeners (aka their one hit wonder) is fair game. Similarly, a song with 600k streams from an artist with 15 million listeners is also fair game. These rules have some leeway to them obviously -- the really concrete rule is no mainstream songs/artists that everyone knows, since that's not the point of this playlist.
Bonus points if you recommend people with fewer than 100k streams or listeners -- some of them put out some really good shit, but they're hard to find since they're so small.
I will compile this playlist by the end of Champions (so ~ a month). I will necro this post a couple of times a week so more people can see and send their recs.
Have fun! (also inb4 allat)
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