Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and Drake have blood on their hands.
The US is so auto-dependent (and distracted) that the day a big album drops, traffic fatalities go up 15% nationwide.
Yup: drivers are fumbling to stream, rather than paying attention to the road.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/health/album-streaming-traffic-deaths
Taras Grescoe 🚇
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