The Playlist: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this fictionalized account, a Swedish tech entrepreneur and his partners set out to revolutionize the music industry with a legal streaming platform. Led by Daniel Ek, a group of passionate young entrepreneurs come together in what seems to be the impossible task to change the music industry - and the world. They set out to create a legal streaming service for music. A behind-the-scenes look at how entrepreneur Daniel Ek and financial partner Martin Lorentzon founded Spotify and revolutionized the music industry.

Series details

• Title: The Playlist
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Swedish
• Genres: Drama, Music
• Premiere date: 2022-10-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-10-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 64104
• IMDb ID: tt11564258
• TVDB ID: 419097

Cast and credited roles

• Edvin Endre — Daniel Ek
• Christian Hillborg — Martin Lorentzon
• Joel Lützow — Andreas Ehn
• Ulf Stenberg — Per Sundin
• Janice Kavander — Bobbie T
• Ella Rappich — Sophia Bendtz
• Gizem Erdogan — Petra Hansson
• Sofia Karemyr — Stefanie Dahlgren
• Valter Skarsgård — Peter Sunde
• Erik Norén — Niklas Ivarsson
• Sam Hazeldine — Ken Parks
• Felice Jankell — Sofia Levander

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-10-13; final listed air date 2022-10-13; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Playlist on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.