Nicky Reardon

And then you blah, blah, blah, right? That is literally what like exposure therapy is. It is psychologically proven that you can get over fears and anxieties and mental blocks by... taking them into these tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny increments, and then just increasing all the time over time. It's also like how you build muscle, even biologically, right?

And then you blah, blah, blah, right? That is literally what like exposure therapy is. It is psychologically proven that you can get over fears and anxieties and mental blocks by... taking them into these tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny increments, and then just increasing all the time over time. It's also like how you build muscle, even biologically, right?

You lift 20 pounds, and then you lift 25 pounds, and you lift 30 pounds, blah, blah, blah, right? And these challenges, this wellness, this glow-up culture is not geared towards that. It's all like, this is how you're going to lose eight pounds in two weeks. And like, that's terrifying. It's also kind of unhealthy. So with that, this was the cult of wellness, the cult of glow-up culture.

You lift 20 pounds, and then you lift 25 pounds, and you lift 30 pounds, blah, blah, blah, right? And these challenges, this wellness, this glow-up culture is not geared towards that. It's all like, this is how you're going to lose eight pounds in two weeks. And like, that's terrifying. It's also kind of unhealthy. So with that, this was the cult of wellness, the cult of glow-up culture.

I hope that my point of like not trying to be belittling to anybody or anybody who enjoys these things. Again, this you do you, girl. You do you. I'm just saying like these overarching problems that I see as a culture and this regression of body standards, I think we're really moving towards. So please don't forget to subscribe. Follow me on Spotify. Please, please, please.

I hope that my point of like not trying to be belittling to anybody or anybody who enjoys these things. Again, this you do you, girl. You do you. I'm just saying like these overarching problems that I see as a culture and this regression of body standards, I think we're really moving towards. So please don't forget to subscribe. Follow me on Spotify. Please, please, please.

And I will see you all next week. Bye.

And I will see you all next week. Bye.

10 years ago, the music industry was on the brink of financial collapse. From 1999 all the way to 2014, music was in a 15-year downward spiral, hemorrhaging money, each year losing more money than the last. And all of this was for one major reason. piracy.

10 years ago, the music industry was on the brink of financial collapse. From 1999 all the way to 2014, music was in a 15-year downward spiral, hemorrhaging money, each year losing more money than the last. And all of this was for one major reason. piracy.

With the invention of technology like Napster, LimeWire, MP3 players, jailbreaking your iPhone even, people were illegally downloading music left and right, giving nothing to the artists at all. And because all of that, music saw nearly a 70% drop, $9 billion in less than 10 years. However, all of that changed with the invention of one technology. Music streaming.

With the invention of technology like Napster, LimeWire, MP3 players, jailbreaking your iPhone even, people were illegally downloading music left and right, giving nothing to the artists at all. And because all of that, music saw nearly a 70% drop, $9 billion in less than 10 years. However, all of that changed with the invention of one technology. Music streaming.

The idea was that if we just charge people a subscription, and for that one monthly fee, they get access to all of the music in the world, so much music, that it would actually just be kind of inconvenient for them to pirate every song one at a time. And to these people who are used to paying $20 for one CD, $12 for all the music in the world, didn't sound like that bad of a deal.

The idea was that if we just charge people a subscription, and for that one monthly fee, they get access to all of the music in the world, so much music, that it would actually just be kind of inconvenient for them to pirate every song one at a time. And to these people who are used to paying $20 for one CD, $12 for all the music in the world, didn't sound like that bad of a deal.

Enter Spotify and the genesis of the streaming era, where every year since then, the music industry has grown. So much so that in 2024, the industry has been worth an estimated $29 billion, surpassing its previous peak in 1999.

Enter Spotify and the genesis of the streaming era, where every year since then, the music industry has grown. So much so that in 2024, the industry has been worth an estimated $29 billion, surpassing its previous peak in 1999.

And even the largest labels in the world, like Universal Music, put in their 2024 financial report that 77% of all recorded music revenue came from subscription-based streaming. And Spotify, as the largest platform in the world,

And even the largest labels in the world, like Universal Music, put in their 2024 financial report that 77% of all recorded music revenue came from subscription-based streaming. And Spotify, as the largest platform in the world,

paid out over 10 billion dollars to the music industry in 2024 alone despite all of this being true however there is a lot of discourse from artists saying that spotify doesn't pay artists enough so how does this make sense how can an artist be struggling when the music industry is more profitable than ever how can labels be reporting that nearly 80 of the revenue they collect comes from streaming yet artists are saying nearly none of the revenue they collect comes from streaming what is actually happening here how are artists getting paid

paid out over 10 billion dollars to the music industry in 2024 alone despite all of this being true however there is a lot of discourse from artists saying that spotify doesn't pay artists enough so how does this make sense how can an artist be struggling when the music industry is more profitable than ever how can labels be reporting that nearly 80 of the revenue they collect comes from streaming yet artists are saying nearly none of the revenue they collect comes from streaming what is actually happening here how are artists getting paid