Spotify and the Spread of COVID-19 Misinformation

What happens if one of the music streaming service giants spreads misinformation about COVID-19? The result was a huge uproar. The streaming behemoth is Spotify, and the uproar is the calls to boycott and/or delete people's Spotify accounts.

19 Tahun Album Superman is Dead, Kuta Rock City

Di mata saya Superman Is Dead akan tetap menjadi sebuah fenomena sosial yang menarik. Tentang bagaimana band asal Bali ini meruntuhkan patron musik mainstream Indonesia yang Jakartasentris, tentang bagaimana sebuah band asal arus samping (sidestream) mampu mengubah tatanan selera musik di ranah arus utama (mainstream), dan tentang sebagaimana digubah SID dalam “Punk Hari Ini”, punk dan segala simbologinya seperti rambut spike dan lambang anarki telah menyaru dalam banyak lini kehidupan kita.

Power-Relation in Dangdut: How Dangdut is Used as a Medium for Political Campaigns in Indonesia

This paper aims to comprehend how power relation occurs on dangdut usage as political campaign media. The locus will be hold in Yogyakarta, which focus is laid on dangdut group titled Gilas OBB which once asked by one political party to be on stage along with the party campaign.

Spotify as a Surveillance Capitalism Tool

To avoid being trapped in this vicious circle of music uniformity on Spotify, we must also undergo active behavior while surfing on Spotify. This means not only passively and simply listening to music. We must listen actively. Observe carefully every music we listen to, how it is arranged, then look for more information about the musicians, music, and albums we listen to. Who composes the song, who is the producer, what is the issue to be conveyed, and so on.