From Miley Cyrus to Miles Davis in 18 Songs

Drop a frog in hot water and he jumps out instantly. But submerge the little guy in cold H2O and heat the pot gradually, and you can cook him alive before he notices.

This morbid myth usually functions as a metaphor about social change, but it was also the inspiration behind the aptly titled music app Boil the Frog. And you play the part of the frog in this particular scenario.

The app operates on a simple conceit: Choose two musicians and Boil the Frog generates a playlist that links the two musical genres. It transitions so gradually that you might not notice song-to-song stylistic changes, even if the first and last artists are drastically different. The musical environment has ch…
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