Is this the year I flag my music streaming service for good?

Why the algorithm is cooked. Plus, my musical resolutions for 2025, which should probably be yours too.

Hi.

Congratulations on making it through January, a month I can only describe as an unrelenting hellscape in which life’s hidden goblins were finally emboldened to climb out of the sewer and infect everyday life in increasingly awful ways, just like this manic moment from Ghostbusters.

(I’m OK, promise! I hope you are too.)

During this month of carnage, a photograph was taken that I can’t get out of my head. It’s revolting. It’s disgusting. It made me nearly see my breakfast again. You probably saw it, it’s done the rounds. It’s been everywhere.

It’s gone viral for one very simple reason: it kind of explains everything…