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Jürgen Klopp and Rudi Völler sat down with Felix Nmecha shortly after arriving at the DFB training camp in Herzogenaurach yesterday. During the meeting, they made it clear to the player that if they were to stand firmly behind him and wholeheartedly defend him amid the controversy, Nmecha would, in return, have to convince them that he did not stand for 'misguided values' After the conversation, Nmecha put out a statement on Instagram explaining his position BVB president and DFB vice-president Hans-Joachim Watzke also announced that the club would ask Nmecha to refrain from performing the crown celebration in the future. Dortmund are considering taking legal action against the “Ballers in God” (BiG) group if they don't stop using Nmecha as an ambassador in a BVB shirt to promote themselves on their social media channels BILD contacted Nmecha, but he has yet to respond - and has also refused to give an in-depth Interview to answer follow-up questions and provide a comprehensive explanation of the issue [@BILD]

Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it. Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now. The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work. Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028. This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators. A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music. “Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.” Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵

I used to work for a Chinese company. Translating Chinese literature to English. I used to get paid by the amount of pages. It was an interesting gig.

We are generating our own electricity, digging boreholes or buying water, hiring private security, paying exorbitant prices for fuel, and covering our medical costs out-of-pocket. So I ask again, what actually is this government doing for us?🪶