This is the absolute opposite to the Daniel I got to know when working at Spotify 2011-2017. He comes across as unreasonable in his demands to the coders, he’s described more or less as a dictator-leader who’s not listening to others, and as someone who is willing to sacrifice close relationships for success. The most painful misrepresentation is how Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO, is depicted.
Well, there is one bad thing where I just can’t write it off as “artistic liberties”, so let’s get that out of the way. However, I’m not going to bore you with all the things I think they got wrong, but rather bring up a few things I think they got right and where I believe there are lessons to be learned. It’s hard for me to review it objectively and even though it’s fiction it’s hard to not compare it with your own version of how things went down. With my background at Spotify, having worked with many of the people portrayed in the show, I simply had to binge watch it as soon as it was out. A pretty cute solution to further reinforce the fictional aspect of the show. The show’s six episodes are all told from the perspective of different people involved in Spotify’s origin “The Vision” from co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek’s perspective, “The Partner” from co-founder Martin Lorentzon’s perspective, “The Artist” from the (made up) artist Bobbie T’s perspective, and so on.
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