Rob Jonas, CEO of Luminate, joins *On the Record* to break down nostalgia and catalog music listening—and why older songs are dominating more than ever in the streaming era. From the “Stranger Things” effect to TV/film syncs and social media amplification, Jonas explains what the data shows about how we discover (and rediscover) music now, as host Kristin Robinson digs into what “catalog” vs. “deep catalog” actually means (18 months vs. 5+ years), why breaking new artists is harder than ever (with roughly 150,000 tracks uploaded per day), how streaming data differs from the sales-era “one data point” model, why rock listening skews older (75% of rock listening is 60+ months old), why film/TV data is less transparent than music—and what Luminate is building to close that gap—plus the latest on AI music detection vs. attribution (including labeling and avoiding false positives), the surprising rise in CD sales (and how much of it is driven by K-pop), and a fun “Spin the Record” segment with rapid picks including ELO, New Order, and Paul McCartney.
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