Trust your music algorithm. It can’t get any verse

When it comes to music and new sounds, sometimes bots do know best. Why fight them?

“Don’t mess with my algo, bro!” A friend prone to hacking words with the delicacy of a butcher said this to me recently, as I took charge of his phone playlist while we drove through the endlessly unfolding apocalypse that is a Bandra road.

The Spotify algorithm can find a song that best complements your mood; or find the perfect one to change it. (Shutterstock)

The Spotify algorithm allows you to have a musical conversation with the different strands of yourself with minimal disruption and digression. It knows what you want, even if it’s (above) Pasoori’s acoustic version.