(Credit: Spotify / Liquid Death)
This might be the strangest Spotify partnership yet. The music streaming service is collaborating on a wireless speaker built into an urn, designed to house ashes, and it can be yours for only $495.
Made in partnership with the canned water brand Liquid Death, this new gadget is called the Eternal Playlist urn, and Spotify has confirmed that only 150 units have been produced. At the time of writing, it's still available, but you’re limited to five per customer. Why anyone would need more than one of these remains to be seen.
The urn is made of polyester resin and weighs 2.4 pounds. There’s a Bluetooth speaker embedded in the urn's lid, with a USB-C port to keep it charged and a blue light at the top to show when it's turned on.
It comes in white, with the Spotify and Liquid Death logos both emblazoned on the side. If you are using this for a funeral, be aware that whoever's remains are inside will have a music streaming service's logo displayed at their final resting place.
Spotify hasn't shared what the sound quality will be like, but it's likely to sound echoey since it's playing the music directly into an empty space. The Eternal Playlist Urn is unlikely to trouble PCMag's list of the best Bluetooth speakers. If you do buy one yourself, let us know how it sounds.
This odd partnership marks the first time Spotify has sold hardware since the end of its Car Thing. That gadget finished production in 2022, and software support ended in late 2024.