When most people want to process their favorite songs, they usually turn to platforms like SoundCloud and YouTube. The fact that almost everyone can upload a song to the services has allowed songs like ‘Plastic Love’ and ‘Dead to Me’ to find completely new audiences, thanks to dedicated fans who took the time to adapt the songs. You do not think of a service like Spotify as a place for bootlegs, but for a short time it was possible to find some of the more popular remixes of the service. Some smart people found a solution that allowed them to upload their favorite remixes to the podcast section of the platform. Using terms like ‘chopped’ and ‘screwed’, it was apparently easy to find the tracks.
However, this was before Variety published an article on the phenomenon, and Spotify started taking action against them. It’s hard to know how long these tracks have existed on Spotify, but it’s clear that the company has taken advantage of the practice. Since Variety Spotify has released all the tracks mentioned in the piece, including ‘Dead to Me’. Furthermore, when we try to use the terms marked by Variety, we could not find any remixes in the podcast section. It is possible that another combination of search terms will allow you to find tracks that Spotify missed, but now that the practice has been highlighted, you should suggest that Spotify monitor people trying to sneak the tracks past its content filters.