AI Dataviz Abominations

"Action expresses priorities."
—Mahatma Gandhi

Reneé Rapp's new album dropped a little under two weeks ago. Not surprisingly, the über-popular artist's latest effort quickly accumulated well over 50 million streams on Spotify alone.

Here's the BITE ME breakdown of Spotify track streams as of August 2, 2025:

BITE ME Spotify Streams as of August 2, 2025 | Click on the image to enlarge it.

Stats 101 tells us that the stream distribution wouldn't be remotely normal. Rapp released the catchy “Leave Me Alone” as a single on May 21, 2025—more than two months after the proper album dropped. I must have listened to the first track 30 times myself.

It's Visualization Time (Again)

I had already given Claude's MCP permission to access my Spotify account. It subsequently blew my mind. How would it do in an encore performance?

To find out, I entered the following prompt:

Claude Prompt and Response With a Key Word Highlighted | Click on the image to enlarge it.