The Sound of Connection: Why “Music Share Links” Are the Modern Mixtape

Remember the feeling of carefully cueing up a blank cassette tape, pausing between tracks to catch the end of a radio broadcast, and handing it to a friend with a handwritten tracklist? Or perhaps you recall burning a customized CD with a Sharpie-drawn title, slipping it into a paper sleeve, and hoping the recipient would feel the exact emotion you felt when that one particular bridge kicked in.