Miniseries · Netflix
The Playlist
Changing the world means making some noise.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Edvin Endre
Daniel Ek
6 eps
Gizem Erdogan
Petra Hansson
6 eps
Christian Hillborg
Martin Lorentzon
6 eps
Ulf Stenberg
Per Sundin
6 eps
Severija Janušauskaitė
Maxine
6 eps
Hanna Ardéhn
Lisa
6 eps
Agnes Kittelsen
Ann
6 eps
Ella Rappich
Sophia Bendz
6 eps
Joel Lützow
Andreas Ehn
6 eps
Jonatan Bökman
Gunnar Kreitz
6 eps
Janice
Bobbie
6 eps
Lucas Serby
Mattias Arrelid
6 eps
Eric Noren
Niklas Ivarsson
6 eps
Sofia Karemyr
Steffi
6 eps
Valter Skarsgård
Peter Sunde
6 eps
Fredrik Wagner
Mats Lundhom
6 eps
Emma Suki
6 eps
Rufus Glaser
Ludvig Strigeus
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Playlist actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Playlist reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
The Coder
Sick of his dead-end job, a gifted programmer sharing Daniel's vision of access and independence joins the team to solve their technical challenges.
- Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen
S01E02
The Industry
During a copyright trial against Pirate Bay, music label head Per Sundin realizes his pushback against piracy might have the opposite effect.
- Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen
S01E05
The Partner
The eccentric entrepreneur and co-founder of Spotify, Martin Lorentzon, looks back on the first five years of "bankrolling Daniel's mistakes."
- Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen
S01E03
The Law
A promising young lawyer leaves her job at a top law firm to tackle Spotify’s complex legal issues and confront the major labels.
- Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen
S01E01
The Vision
After achieving an audacious start-up goal, self-taught coder Daniel Ek takes on the challenge of solving the music industry's piracy issue.
- Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen
S01E06
The Artist
Arguing that Spotify's business model exploits artists, musician Bobbi T faces Daniel Ek in a congressional hearing that could destroy his company.
- Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Per-Olav SørensenDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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