But how are the swifties going to know about this really cute dog? Or other hard hitting stories like, how this time the war is totally justified for realizes? Or how annoying protestors are? (who even needs to get into what they're protesting)

the fun thing is how easily verifiable the 100m number is - and that's a spotify-only number, so far more likely to be low than high. it's all down to where the 'news' streamer number came from. https://open.spotify.com/artist/06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02