Spotify unveils the Eternal Urn, music streaming for the dearly departed

February 25, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1324 Views

Did a loved one recently pass away? Are you making plans for how you’ll spend your time in The Great Beyond? Is cremation anywhere on the horizon? The keep reading.

Spotify has just released The Eternal Playlist Urn, a repository for one’s ashes that has a Bluetooth speaker in the lid. For a modest fee, you can also subscribe to something called an “Eternal Playlist Generator,” which will draw music from Spotify for the rest of time–or at least as long as Spotify is in business.

How much? US$495 plus the subscription. Only 150 are available.

Are they serious? I guess. But given that this is an advertising co-pro with Liquid Death, the scary-sounding canned water company, it’s really just something designed to trick rubes like me into writing out Spotify and Liquid Death one more time.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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