A playlist is a sequence, not a shelf

A good playlist does not stop at collecting good songs. It gives each song a reason to press into the next one.

Written by 820eyesSEOUL

In Brief

Temperature between tracks and the speed of transitions hold listening as long as the craft of a single song.

Space for the next song

Tracks are judged independently in a playlist, but actual listening moves under the influence of what comes before and after. A strong song does not always need an even bigger song next. When an intro receives the empty space left by the previous chorus, a playlist becomes a flow rather than a list.