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[TheAbsolution]

Beats 1 is a place for progressive radio programming. Alongside new music programs from our anchor DJs, we’ve invited some of the biggest artists in the world to make brilliant radio shows — from exclusive weekly DJ mixes to interviews with iconic musicians about albums that changed their lives. Beats 1 plays everything from old-school hip-hop to futuristic pop, and it’s all handpicked by people who live and breathe music.

Hosts

Future Hosts

Website
http://applemusic.tumblr.com/beats1

How do I access it?
It's available in the Apple Music app on iPhones and later in the fall on Android. It is also available via iTunes on the desktop when the update comes out.

What is this thread for?
This community thread is to discuss the music and interviews that are currently playing on Beats 1.

Huge thanks to HUELEN10 for the banner.

 

[HUELEN10]

Let's do it to it! I can't wait for the London show. The fact that Pharrell's Freedom was played twice the way it was was magical.

PS: Don't forget about the Apple MUSIC thread!

 

[Mononoke]

Biggest surprise out of Apple's music service. This thing is a killer app. Didn't even know about it launching today, and it's already what I'm using the most. You can't beat live radio w/ human curation. Something radio has sorely needed for a long time. Feels great to get back to that again.

My nickname: @Mononoke

 

[Hatchtag]

St Vincent being on tonight might actually make me try this.

 

[infiniteloop]

Like it a lot, but the add to library thing doesn't always work.

nickname is @infiniteloop.

 

[FortuneFaded]

I need my Jaden Smith fix.

 

[Whitelines]

Really lovin this Beats1 radio! Nice OT

 

[Mononoke]

I need my Jaden Smith fix.

lol I just saw that on the list.

Ridiculous. I'm interested to hear Homme's list.

EDIT: Do people even like this Pharrell song? Been played 3 times now. This will be a BIG marketing tool for artists. No doubt. Then again, I guess that has been the case with radio in general. At least this cuts out a lot of the negative aspects of radio.

 

[Hoo-doo]

What was the Stromae song that just played?

 

[dc89]

I listened to it all kick off a little while ago! It truly felt like something special was starting.

 

[infiniteloop]

Freedom again 😒

 

[cjp]

Zane is smashing it. It's bringing me back to when I saw him live at The Warehouse Project.

Good times.

 

[sometimes i game]

FREEEDOOMMMM

 

[Keyser Soze]

What was the Stromae song that just played?

 

[oti]

What was the Stromae song that just played?

You should buy his album right now.

 

[HUELEN10]

Do people even like this Pharrell song?

I like the beat of it a lot. Lyrics are growing on me too.

 

[Nexus Zero]

If anyone finds a rip of the London show let me know, disappointed I'm missing it

 

[Hoo-doo]

Yo this Em song is fucking trash.

 

[Whitelines]

Yo this Em song is fucking trash.

What??? It's Phenomenal bro!

 

[Xater]

Yo this Em song is fucking trash.

I agree.

 

[Owari]

I love how eminem has autotune and a flow that can't catch up with the beat

 

[jts]

You should buy his album right now.

What do you mean, "buy"? You mean "Siri add Stromae's album to my music"?

 

[Owari]

Didn't like that ASAP song either

 

[jts]

Hope this radio ends up spawning some playlists and whatnot. Can't keep listening 24/7 lol. But so far so good.

 

[Kinsella]

It's censored? That kills any chance it had.

 

[infiniteloop]

It's censored? That kills any chance it had.

lol ok dude.

 

[oti]

This feels like an E3 press conference thread with live reactions. I like it.

Spoiler

And I don't even own an Apple device haha

 

[Xater]

Hope this radio ends up spawning some playlists and whatnot. Can't keep listening 24/7 lol. But so far so good.

I created my own Beats1 Likes list and put everything on there I enjoy. Should make for a nice workout list and I can later listen to whole albums of the artists.

 

[Xando]

Suprised at how good the music is. Wouldn't have guessed that tbh.

 

[sometimes i game]

I really liked that Eminem song, but one of my favorite albums of his was the one with Toy Soldier, so I don't know what that says about me

 

[Servbot24]

I wonder if the show will be archived in any way. Would love to catch up on it.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I wonder if the show will be archived in any way. Would love to catch up on it.

Apple says on demand programming is coming soon.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

What I thought would be my least used feature and something I didn't care about might just become numero uno for me.

 

[Xater]

Apple says on demand programming is coming soon.

They should also do stations curated by the DJs.

 

[Kinsella]

lol ok dude.

I meant it kills it for me. Why the hell would I want to listen to censored music? Why would anyone?

This feels like an E3 press conference thread with live reactions. I like it.

Spoiler

And I don't even own an Apple device haha

When iTunes gets an update you can get this on a non Apple device (if you own a PC).

 

[Ninja Kn1ght]

I've always loved listening to radio hosted by people with taste so this is huge for me. Loving it so far. Really looking forward to St.Vincent's show.

 

[Ferny]

I meant it kills it for me. Why the hell would I want to listen to censored music? Why would anyone?

This radio service will be available for everyone. That means kids and adults alike. They have to censor it across the board.

 

[Majine]

Some DnB up in this.

 

[PapaJustify]

Love it. And it doesn't require a subscription. It's perfect.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Something just dropped, that's for sure.

 

[Kinsella]

This radio service will be available for everyone. That means kids and adults alike. They have to censor it across the board.

Then don't play music that needs to be censored as much as that Dr Dre track needed to be.

 

[sometimes i game]

I meant it kills it for me. Why the hell would I want to listen to censored music? Why would anyone?

Meh, I understand logistically why it works this way. Beats 1 has been insane for curation and discovery, I can go and manually pull up a song if I don't want to hear the censored version. I definitely can't say censoring kills "any chance it had."

 

[TheAbsolution]

Then don't play music that needs to be censored as much as that Dr Dre track needed to be.

You can just go ahead and listen to the uncensored version if you want to.

 

[Vanillalite]

This reminds me a lot of what the indie channel on Sirius does during the week. They have blog radio where they have "influential" music bloggers come on and host for a few hours and spin their own tunes. You tend to hear a wider variety of music too compared to what is usually played on XMU.

I hope Beats 1 turns out as good as regular streaming "radio" has a lot to be desired.

 

[Junior Mint]

I somewhat agree. Playing censored songs means I'll only ever listen if I get REALLY tired of my own music. I probably would have considered leaving it playing in the background but not with garbled, censored versions of songs playing.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Then don't play music that needs to be censored as much as that Dr Dre track needed to be.

That was the censored edit that has always been available. It was a bad edit, sure, but it has always been that way

 

[infiniteloop]

wondered how long it would take until they played Wolf Alice.

 

[Inferno313]

While the censoring doesn't bother me, since this is all digital and being played on an iPhone, it would be a really cool feature in the future for the app to dynamically play the censored/uncensored version of the song based on the user's preferences.

 

[Rootbeer]

Subbing. Love the potential this station and any sub-stations they eventually spin off have. I remember the collective experience of enjoying MTV at its height, discussing its programming with friends etc., ... I'd like to see this being something on that level for the smartdevice generation.

 

[Mononoke]

We need Kanye to DJ for an entire day.