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Beloved 90s-Era Desktop Music Player Is Getting Into the Streaming Game

Beloved 90s-era music player Winamp has announced it’s launching a streaming subscription in partnership with Deezer.

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For anyone who had a Windows desktop in the late 90s and early 2000s, you might remember this blast from the past. Winamp was born in 1997 as an improved MP3 player for Windows. At first, the media player was only attached to the menu bar. But with each version, Winamp’s design became more intuitive. Before long, users could customize the player’s appearance with interesting skins, one of the most beloved aspects of the player.

Additionally, version 1.91 included an MP3 file. The track, labeled DEMO.mp3, featured no instrumentation, only the vocal sting “Winamp, it really whips the llama’s ass”. Obviously, in reference to the company’s mascot, Mike the Llama. Of course, this ubiquitous........

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