24+ U2 Apple Music Meme
Tweet share post apple may have succeeded at breaking two records at once with the free release of u2 s latest album via itunes yesterday.
U2 apple music meme. So the company negotiated with rock band u2 to make its new album songs of innocence its first in five years free to apple customers. The music suddenly appeared on 500. Product launch event and released the same day to all itunes store customers at no cost. Our digital collections function as extensions of ourselves curated and performative a u2 album in your music. The effort seems to have backfired. People were so annoyed to find u2 s new album songs of innocence on their iphones that apple created a special web page and shortcut for users to delete the damned thing. The apple u2 dustup says so much more about what our priorities are now.
A week later on september 15 apple launched a dedicated removal page for the album telling customers if you would like u2 s songs of innocence removed from your itunes music library and. Subscribe for weekly updates. Through a combination of zealous righteousness and post punk experimentalism u2 became one of the most popular rock roll bands in the world equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion. Available with an apple music subscription. U2 describe the reaction to giving their album away on itunes and reveal how deep their relationship with apple really is. Songs of innocence is the 13th studio album by irish rock band u2 released on 9 september 2014 it was produced by danger mouse with additional production from paul epworth ryan tedder declan gaffney and flood the album was announced at an apple inc. The album titled songs of innocence instantly became the largest album release of all time as apple ceo tim cook announced on stage during the company s iphone 6 event but now it looks like it s also on track to become one of the worst music.
The edge provided the group with a signature sound. If you haven t heard apple spent what can only be described as a ridiculous amount of money to secure the rights to the new album from a band that is basically. Though the edge. Through a combination of zealous righteousness and post punk experimentalism u2 became one of the most popular rock roll bands in the world equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion.