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Season 1 – The Playlist

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A Swedish tech entrepreneur and his partners set out to revolutionize the music industry with a streaming platform.

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The Playlist — Season 1

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Debi Enker The Age (Australia) 01/05/2023
While modernist in its methods, the series smoothly and intelligently weaves its stories into an enlightening whole, forming a vivid impression of life at the heady frontlines of the bloodless digital revolution. Go to Full Review
Hugo Rifkind The Times (UK) 10/14/2022
A lot more interesting than you might initially expect. Go to Full Review
Stuart Heritage Guardian 10/13/2022
3/5
All in all, The Playlist is a worthy exercise about how much the tech industry loves to corrupt good intentions. I can’t wait for the series Netflix makes about itself. Go to Full Review
Carla Monfort Espinof 02/06/2023
3/5
The Playlist starts out like a conventional biopic but culminates with a critical look at the industry. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) 11/10/2022
3/5
The series is limited by its decision to show the most benevolent angle of such a savage industry. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Kate Sánchez But Why Tho? 10/16/2022
The Playlist is near perfect. The mini-series sets the bar high for all biographical dramas to come after it. Particularly because it captures the ills of the tech industry, the joy, the fallout, and the many many people that all go into one success... Go to Full Review
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Mafer L @RT55318186 05/06/2025 La serie The Playlist me gustó mucho porque, más allá de contar el origen de Spotify, permite entender cómo un proyecto exitoso no depende únicamente de una buena idea o de una sola persona, sino de todo un proceso complejo que involucra a muchas personas con habilidades distintas. Desde el punto de vista de la Gestión de Proyectos, la serie es un ejemplo de cómo se construye una solución innovadora a través de etapas clave como la definición del problema, la planificación estratégica, la ejecución técnica y el manejo de riesgos legales y financieros. Uno de los aspectos que más me llamó la atención fue cómo cada capítulo está contado desde la perspectiva de un integrante diferente del proyecto, lo que refleja que no hay una sola versión de los hechos, ni un solo líder. Aunque la idea inicial vino de un emprendedor, fue necesario contar con desarrolladores, abogados, diseñadores, inversionistas y estrategas para hacerla realidad. Esto muestra claramente la importancia de trabajar en equipo y de reconocer el valor que cada rol aporta en distintas partes del proyecto. También me pareció muy interesante ver cómo se enfrentaron a problemas reales, como las negociaciones con la industria musical, los dilemas éticos del modelo de negocio o los conflictos internos en el equipo. Todos estos son retos que se deben gestionar con una visión clara, pero también con flexibilidad y capacidad de adaptación, cualidades esenciales para cualquier jefe o jefa de proyecto. Me hizo reflexionar sobre la importancia de una buena coordinación, de una comunicación efectiva y de saber liderar sin perder de vista el objetivo común. See more Ashutosh K @ashuvssut 02/28/2025 -0.5 because I found The Coder episode unrealistic—things like creating a "P2P patent" and Andrew's The Doctor series-style autism-powered-thinking visualization felt over-the-top. See more Jhosep G @RT48819495 01/07/2024 Great development of the story through different perspectives that allowed us to go deeper into it. Good music and unfolding. But, in the last episode, the dates were a little off-putting since those are things that haven't happened. See more Michael K @kennedyland 04/30/2023 This was one of those shows that was really good up to the last two or three minutes. Within that short span of time, the whole thing turned into little more than a character study. I sat there thinking, "That's it? Seriously? What a waste of time!" I suggest going to episode 6, watch the ending, and if you're ok with it, perhaps you'll like the show. Again, I thought it was great until they threw it all away with the ending. See more Matt G @RT91681232 01/24/2023 First 5 episodes were really good See more Claudia M @RT90743907 11/11/2022 100% Mágica y entretenida. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 13, 2022 The Vision After achieving a start-up goal, self-taught coder Daniel Ek takes on the challenge of solving the music industry's piracy issue. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 13, 2022 The Industry During a copyright trial against Pirate Bay, music label head Per Sundin realizes his pushback against piracy might have the opposite effect. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 13, 2022 The Law A promising young lawyer leaves her job at a top law firm to tackle Spotify's complex legal issues and confront the major labels. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 13, 2022 The Coder Sick of his dead-end job, a gifted programmer who shares Daniel's vision joins the team to solve the technical challenges. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 13, 2022 The Partner Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon looks back on the first five years of bankrolling Daniel's mistakes. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 13, 2022 The Artist Arguing that Spotify's business model exploits artists, musician Bobbi T faces Daniel Ek in a congressional hearing that could destroy his company. Details
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Season Info

Director
Hallgrim Haug, Per-Olav Sørensen
Screenwriter
Christian Spurrier
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
Swedish
Release Date
Oct 13, 2022