Songs of Innocence: The U2 iTunes Invasion

In 2014, U2 and Apple pulled off one of the most audacious—and bizarre—music marketing stunts in history: putting U2's first new album in five years, Songs of Innocence, into the iTunes accounts of more than 500 million users. The backlash was swift, Apple had to create a removal tool, and Bono had to eventually apologize. But was the album really that bad, or did the band's iTunes invasion overshadow the music? Jon investigates the gift nobody asked for. This episode includes AI-generated content.