Spotify and Liquid Death have revealed the world’s first music-streaming urn — and now you can play your departed grandma the pop bangers she’s missing out on

• Spotify has teamed with Liquid Death for the Eternal Playlist Urn Bluetooth speaker
• It's available to purchase in the US now, but only 150 are being made
• Spotify has also launched an Eternal Playlist generator to create your soundtrack for the afterlife

Music makes the world go around, and thanks to Spotify’s latest collaboration with canned water company Liquid Death, it’s about to rock the afterlife with the world’s first music-streaming urn — and no, it’s not an early April Fool’s prank.

Described as “the world’s first wireless speaker designed to bring your music somewhere it’s never been before” in Spotify’s blog post, the Eternal Playlist Urn is exactly what it says on the box; a plastic 7-inch-by-11.4-inch urn kitted with a Bluetooth speaker built into the lid, so your departed loved ones can still enjoy the music they loved while they walked the Earth.

It’s available to purchase in the US now from Liquid Death’s online store for a hefty $495, but there are only 150 up for grabs, so it’s an exclusive product.

Though it’s not technically meant to store your loved one’s ashes, as it’s more of a collector’s item, this won’t stop a lot of kooky people out there. To give you a taste of what the Eternal Playlist Urn is all about, Liquid Death shared a short video that’s very reminiscent of a gimmicky SNL skit. The only thing that’s missing is a jarring laugh track.

World’s First Music-Streaming Urn from Liquid Death x Spotify - YouTube

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The Eternal Playlist Urn comes in at 2.4 lbs/ 1.1kgs, so it’s not too heavy in weight, and uses a USB-C charging cable, but that’s pretty much all we know about it. As for audio quality, we’d take a guess that it’s not that great as it’s shoved into the urn’s tiny polyester resin lid but we’d assume that it plays music constantly when it’s turned on, and even when the lid is closed. If you want good quality music, you can always check out our recommendations for the best Bluetooth speakers.

Connectivity-wise, it’s all Bluetooth, and Liquid Death has shared how you can connect it to your phone (see below). But in between all the mysteries about the urns specs, Spotify has also rolled out a way for you to curate your afterlife soundtrack.

Addison Rae and Sabrina Carpenter for all eternity

In addition to the Eternal Playlist Urn, Spotify is giving you a hand with putting the perfect playlist together to listen to forever, and it’s very simple.

Just head to Spotify’s Eternal Playlist Generator (available on mobile only) and from there you’ll be given a series of questions to answer such as ‘what’s your getting-ready-to-haunt music?’. Using your answers and recent listening history, it will create a personalized Eternal Playlist.

I tested this out myself and although the idea is a fun experience to go alongside the craziness of the urn itself, it relies very heavily on your most streamed and most recent tracks. Therefore, it doesn’t offer a lot of depth or range, but it’s still fun to see what Spotify thinks you’ll be listening to in the next life. One of my eternal songs is ‘Goodbye Stranger’ by Supertramp which, the more you dwell on it, is actually a little bit morbid.

Spotify has done some whacky things to keep its reputation as one of the best music streaming services, but this is a whole new level of absurdity. If Spotify never caught your attention before, it sure has now.

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