7 times music really was (allegedly) a psyop
As ‘psyop’ replaces ‘industry plant’ as the go-to insult for contrived artist breakthroughs, we look back at the times musicians were accused of actually being involved in state-led psychological operations
Black News 
The moment revivalist rock band Geese got branded a psyop was a turning point. For decades, artists with substantial financial backing had been derided as ‘industry plants’, but the discourse changed when evidence emerged that Geese’s rise had been facilitated by digital marketing agency Chaotic Good and their fleet of artificial fan pages and algorithmichellip;
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