However, Dune hasn’t provided as much a boost for Dark Side of the Moon’s enduring legacy as the total solar eclipse did in August 2017: In the aftermath of “The Great American Eclipse,” streams for “Eclipse” jumped 460 percent percent over the previous, non-eclipsed day. Additionally, in programmed streams, Pandora reported a 200 percent increase in listeners starting an “Eclipse” station. Just as the casting of actor Timothée Chalamet has helped expose a new demographic to author Frank Herbert’s 400-page novel about an interstellar power struggle revolving around “the spice,” “Eclipse” felt a similar impact on Spotify: Streams of the song were up 75 percent among 25-to-29-year-old listeners, while “Eclipse” saw a 65 percent increase in the 18-24 age group. It was previously due for release in November 2020 but was pushed back multiple times due to Warner Bros. is releasing the film in theaters December 18. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Dune, the. The bulk of those discoveries, Spotify noted, were streamed by millennials: While Dune and Dark Side are worshipped by boomers and Generation X, the 1973 LP was perhaps relegated to “that record in every dad’s collection” among younger music fans. The Dune trailer has earned over 22 million views during its first week. In Theaters and HBO Max Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) directs Warner Bros.
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The added attention on Dark Side’s closing track also had a residual effect on the album’s preceding songs, with streams for the classic 1973 LP increasing by 12 percent over the previous day.Īnd data shows that many of the listeners were new to the 43rd Greatest Album of All Time. On Spotify - where “Eclipse” streams were up 54 percent on a whole - “Eclipse” witnessed an 86 percent influx of users listening to the track for the first time on September 9th.