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Pakistani desi-pop electronica producer Talal Qureshi on his journey in the music industry and collaborating with Indian artistes, singer Mitika Kanwar and rapper Yashraj

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Pakistan-based songwriter and music producer Talal Qureshi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For his first-ever interview with an Indian newspaper, Pakistan-based songwriter and music producer Talal Qureshi seems relaxed. Clad in an Adidas jumper, fixing his EarPods, he connects with The Hindu on Zoom to explain the three-track addition to his first album Turbo, which […]

Spotify removes Zee Music songs owing to licensing dispute

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A still from ‘Gully Boy’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Music app Spotify has removed its entire catalogue of Hindi film songs from Zee Music Company after negotiations for a renewal of their licensing agreement fell through. Among the many songs that have been removed includes ‘Apna Bana Le’ from Bhediyawhich has been the number-one […]

Mumbai hosts Spotify’s ‘Rap 91’ music fest

December 10, 2022December 10, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Rapper King | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Some of India’s popular rappers and hop hop artists are set for a grand show in Mumbai on Sunday as Spotify presents its ‘Rap 91’ playlist live. ‘Rap 91 Live’ will be a celebration of hip hop, says the music streaming platform. It will feature over 20 artists […]

Google rolling out third-party payments to Spotify, Bumble

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Google today announced that it is beginning rolling out support for third-party payments on popular apps Spotify and Bumble. The tech giant’s user-choice billing will also be expanding to more countries, including the US. Google’s User Choice billing was also announced for countries like India previously and is now also expanding to non-gaming apps starting […]

Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ album: Where to stream for free

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Taylor Swift is back with a new album. Titled ‘Midnights’, the album was announced back in August this year and has now launched with 13 tracks that reportedly tell the stories of as many sleepless nights that the artist has had over the years. The album also has 7 new bonus tracks. The tracks on […]

Thousands on Spotify report outage as Taylor Swift album drops

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Thousands of users reported problems accessing Spotify Technology SA, just minutes after popstar Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights was released. As many as 7,844 outages were reported by users across the global monitoring service Downdetector at 1:10 a.m. in New York after Spotify tweeted about the new album. Phrases related to Swift’s release were trending […]

Spotify gains a new dedicated Diwali hub to spread the festive cheer

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The festival of lights is right around the corner, and ahead of that, music streaming platform Spotify is rolling out a new hub dedicated to everything Diwali on the app. The hub will include personalized playlists, Spotify clips, Blend playlists with some of India’s most popular artists, and more. The streaming service says that it’ll […]

Spotify ‘Platinum’ plan in the works: What to expect

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Spotify early last year announced that it’ll soon be adding support for “music in CD-quality, lossless audio format” in its app. But fast forward to now, well over a year after, and we still haven’t gotten treated to it. It was almost like the music streaming service had changed its mind about the addition, except […]

Spotify acquires firm that detects harmful content

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) on Wednesday said it had acquired Kinzen, a firm that has helped it identify harmful content on the platform. The acquisition is part of Spotify’s efforts to deal with harmful content on its service after a backlash earlier this year over “The Joe Rogan Experience,” in which the podcaster […]

Spotify Outage: Music streaming service goes down for hundreds of users

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

One of the world’s most popular music-streaming services, Spotify is currently facing issues with music playback for hundreds users in the US. Outage detection website DownDetector suggests that Spotify is not working for hundreds of users since about 4pm on the evening of August 30, 2022. The outage heatmap currently shows that users in the […]

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