What’s more fun than streaming your fave artist’s new album the second it drops? Will it live up to the hype? Which new track will be your favorite? The anticipation is almost intoxicating—and that might be the problem, especially if you’re behind the wheel when you press play.

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We all know the golden rule of driving: keep your eyes on the road. But an alarming new study suggests that our ears might be stopping us from fully paying attention to our surroundings. Could New Music Friday have a dangerous effect on road safety?

Do downloads doom drivers?

According to research published in JAMA Network Open, those massive album release parties may come with an unseen cost. Scientists led by Harvard Medical School examined six years of federal traffic data, analyzing over 230,000 fatal car accidents between 2017 and 2022. They cross-referenced those tragedy-marked dates with the ten biggest single-day album drops in streaming history, including iconic releases like Taylor........

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