"What's he going to record a song about?"
   "Nothing."
   "Spotify'll kill him."
   "I guess they will."
   "He must have got mixed up in something with the music industry."
   "I guess so," said Nick.
   "It's a hell of a thing."
   "It's an awful thing," Nick said.
   They did not say anything. George reached down for his mobile phone and wiped the screen.
   "I wonder what he did?" Nick said.
   "Failed to write enough songs fast enough to generate user engagement. That's what Spotify will kill them for."
   "I'm going to cancel my Spotify subscription," Nick said.
   "Yes," said George. "That's a good thing to do."
   "I can't stand to think about him waiting in the recording room and knowing he's going to get it. It's too damned awful."
   "Well," said George, "you better not think about it."