Misleading title. The article doesn't substantiate the claim and just points out a coincidence. It even says so: > Still, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how muc

Misleading title. The article doesn't substantiate the claim and just points out a coincidence. It even says so: > Still, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how much streaming has contributed to the recent shortening of songs. The length of pop songs had already been falling through the 1990s, before accelerating in recent years. Some music industry observers blame shortening attention spans—but there isn’t much rigorous evidence that our ability to focus has changed (paywall). Others believe that shorter songs may be a result of more consumer choice—songs need to be more compact and catchy to stand out in the crowd. Interesting that the last part of the url is "is-spotify-making-songs-shorter". Maybe that was the original title and the editor wanted more clickbait?