Fake fans, fake news? How your favorite band grew up – podcast

Finding new music you love can feel like digging for treasure. So when fans flocked to the Geese last year and made their leader, Cameron Winter, the most talked about star of the season, it felt like a real rush and connection. They dominated the year-end list. Their tours were sold out. The main thing for a group whose members were not born last time in New York the groups were good.

But when fans heard a podcast interview with two marketing executives talking about how they created buzz around the teams they worked with, controversy erupted. Culture Reporter Shade D’Souza explains why music fans are so angry, as well as a music and technology business reporter Eamonn Forde they tell us Nosheen Iqbal why do marketing machines feel the need to go to extreme lengths to break it.