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GET /v2/plays/3638640/?format=api
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{
    "id": 3638640,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638640/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-06T13:50:08-07:00",
    "show": 66384,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66384/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6b27bcaa-5718-4aae-8292-986eda2a65c6/2736952581-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6b27bcaa-5718-4aae-8292-986eda2a65c6/2736952581-250.jpg",
    "song": "I'm Losing Control",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "4f4afac5-d015-4702-a730-90bb7c11de14",
    "artist": "Vex Ruffin",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "I'm Losing Control",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "6033fe02-ef3e-4a7c-a2c2-60cfec80f3fa",
    "labels": [
        "Stones Throw Records"
    ],
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    ],
    "release_date": "2011-03-28",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Vex Ruffin grew up between California’s Inland Empire and Alabang, Manila in the Philippines and makes ‘Original Pilipino Music’ (OPM). Vex Ruffin released this song as a playable postcard. This is a postcard with grooves on one side which can be played on any turntable. Watch the band lose control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQWntkvYmmw\n\nIn 2021, Vex Ruffin performed live on KEXP at Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MenU1M_yGnU",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}