Bridging the Gap: The Magic, Mechanics, and Evolution of the Music Share Link

Music has always been a deeply social currency. From trading cassette mixtapes in the 1980s and burning CDs in the early 2000s to sending MP3s over instant messaging, we have continuously looked for ways to say, “Listen to this, you’ll love it.”

Today, that entire ritual has been distilled into a single, elegant mechanism: the music share link.