Spotify used as a platform for NUS students to air their grievances

Students at National University of Singapore (NUS) are taking their protest to Spotify after the university's attempt to address sexual misconduct concerns at a townhall on 25 April was deemed inadequate. The playlist named "Town Hall Blues" listed over 200 songs with names that echo their grievances including "They don’t care about us" and "Don’t let me down". The playlist, which also has songs such as "Listen" and "Communication breakdown", was described as "when administrators refuse to hear and address us". This comes after an anonymous group of "concerned students" started gathering signatures for an open letter that called out lapses at NUS' townhall: Absence of initial members of the Review Committee of Sexual Conduct, lack of accountability and transparency regarding the review process, and the senior administration’s lack of knowledge about student life. The NUS Students' Union has also shared on Facebook about how questions by students were inadequately addressed, and "did not meet its original intentions of sharing its investigative and disciplinary procedures and the sanctions framework for sexual misconduct." NUS has come under the fire recently for its management of the Monica Baey's case. Baey, who is a student, was filmed showering by another student at her hostel. NUS has since suspended the perpetrator for a semester banned him from the campus residences, issued a 12-month conditional stern warning. He was also made to send Baey an apology letter.  However, Baey and members of the public have since called out the university on social platforms, for not taking a much firmer stance on the matter and have asked for harsher punishment for the crime.