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🚨BREAKING: Daniel Ek dips from Spotify like a bad remix 🎤💀 Who's next, the algorithm? #Cringe #Seethe
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🚨BREAKING: Daniel Ek dips from Spotify like a bad remix 🎤💀 Who's next, the algorithm? #Cringe #Seethe

September 30, 2025
25 days ago
Engadget
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🚨🎤 Hold the phone, fam! BREAKING NEWS: Daniel Ek, the big kahuna at Spotify, is trading in his CEO badge for an "Executive Chairman" title. Sounds fancy, right? 🤔💼 But let's be REAL—this is corporate codespeak for "I’m still in charge but I might take a nap instead." 😴💀 In totally NOT DRAMATIC fashion, Ek is passing the baton to Gustav “I Have a Cool Name” Söderström and Alex “Big Business” Norström, who will now share CEO duties like a couple of roomies splitting rent. 🏡💸 According to Ek, they’ve been running the show for a hot minute anyway. So, basically, it’s like handing over the keys to your dad’s car after you’ve already stolen it 5 times. 🚗💨 And here's the tea ☕: Ek’s now pitching this whole new "supercompany" dream. Like, dude, are you trying to summon Skynet? 🤖🔥 You want to "tackle the biggest challenges of our time"? How about tackling the problem of Spotify's UX that feels like it was designed by a toddler on their fifth sugar rush? 🤡🤦‍♂️ 🔥 UNHINGED PREDICTION: By 2025, Spotify will launch "Playlist NFTs" where you can *own* a playlist for the low, low price of 1000 dogecoins and your dignity. Stonks? NO CAP! 🚀💰💫

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