diff --git a/src/components/Music.astro b/src/components/Music.astro
index a559fa1..b68e918 100644
--- a/src/components/Music.astro
+++ b/src/components/Music.astro
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ import { Icon } from "astro-icon/components";
         <ul class="stat-list" id="lfm-artists"></ul>
       </div>
 
-      <div class="stat-block" id="lfm-recent-block" hidden>
-        <h2 class="label">recently played</h2>
-        <ul class="stat-list stat-list--plain" id="lfm-recent"></ul>
-      </div>
-
       <p class="wall-foot">
         scrobbling <a
           href="https://www.last.fm/user/zoop-zach"
@@ -338,13 +333,6 @@ import { Icon } from "astro-icon/components";
     letter-spacing: 0.02em;
     color: var(--faint);
   }
-  .stat-list--plain li::before {
-    display: none;
-  }
-  .stat-list--plain .stat-list__v {
-    color: var(--faint);
-  }
-
   .np {
     display: flex;
     gap: 0.8rem;
diff --git a/src/pages/api/lastfm.json.ts b/src/pages/api/lastfm.json.ts
index e50459a..a548cad 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/lastfm.json.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/lastfm.json.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async () => {
     nowPlaying: null as unknown,
     top: [] as unknown[],
     topArtists: [] as unknown[],
-    history: [] as unknown[],
     weekPlays: 0,
     allTimePlays: 0,
     estMinutes: 0,
@@ -70,16 +69,15 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async () => {
 
   try {
     const [recent, top, artists, week, info] = await Promise.all([
-      call("method=user.getrecenttracks&limit=8&extended=1"),
-      call("method=user.gettoptracks&period=7day&limit=8"),
-      call("method=user.gettopartists&period=7day&limit=6"),
+      call("method=user.getrecenttracks&limit=1&extended=1"),
+      call("method=user.gettoptracks&period=7day&limit=5"),
+      call("method=user.gettopartists&period=7day&limit=5"),
       call(`method=user.getrecenttracks&limit=1&from=${from}`),
       call("method=user.getinfo"),
     ]);
 
     const rtRaw = (recent as any)?.recenttracks?.track;
-    const rtArr: any[] = Array.isArray(rtRaw) ? rtRaw : rtRaw ? [rtRaw] : [];
-    const rt = rtArr[0];
+    const rt = Array.isArray(rtRaw) ? rtRaw[0] : rtRaw;
     const nowPlaying = rt
       ? {
           title: rt.name ?? "",
@@ -92,16 +90,6 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async () => {
         }
       : null;
 
-    const history = rtArr
-      .filter((t: any) => t["@attr"]?.nowplaying !== "true" && t.date?.uts)
-      .slice(0, 6)
-      .map((t: any) => ({
-        title: t.name ?? "",
-        artist: t.artist?.name ?? t.artist?.["#text"] ?? "",
-        playedAt: n(t.date.uts) * 1000,
-      }))
-      .filter((t: any) => t.title);
-
     const topTracks = ((top as any)?.toptracks?.track ?? [])
       .map((t: any) => ({
         title: t.name ?? "",
@@ -137,7 +125,6 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async () => {
       nowPlaying,
       top: topTracks,
       topArtists,
-      history,
       weekPlays,
       allTimePlays,
       estMinutes,
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 94e32ea..92473e0 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { site, elsewhere } from "../data/site";
 
 <Base>
   <script is:inline>
-    window.__mm = {};
+     window.__mm = {};
     for (const k of ["lastfm", "reading", "stats"]) {
       window.__mm[k] = fetch("/api/" + k + ".json", { headers: { accept: "application/json" } })
         .then(function (r) {
diff --git a/src/scripts/music.ts b/src/scripts/music.ts
index 042cb7c..daa3069 100644
--- a/src/scripts/music.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/music.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ interface ArtistRow {
   plays: number;
   url: string;
 }
-interface HistRow {
-  title: string;
-  artist: string;
-  playedAt: number;
-}
 interface NP {
   title: string;
   artist: string;
@@ -29,7 +24,6 @@ interface Data {
   nowPlaying: NP | null;
   top: Track[];
   topArtists: ArtistRow[];
-  history: HistRow[];
   weekPlays: number;
   allTimePlays: number;
   estMinutes: number;
@@ -142,12 +136,6 @@ function renderStats(d: Data): void {
       w: Math.round((a.plays / artMax) * 100),
     })),
   );
-
-  fillList(
-    "lfm-recent",
-    "lfm-recent-block",
-    d.history.map((h) => ({ k: h.title, sub: h.artist, v: ago(h.playedAt) })),
-  );
 }
 
 function mockData(): Data {
@@ -180,13 +168,7 @@ function mockData(): Data {
       { name: "Lil Uzi Vert", plays: 18, url: "" },
       { name: "Kehlani", plays: 12, url: "" },
       { name: "The Weeknd", plays: 7, url: "" },
-    ],
-    history: [
-      { title: "20 Min", artist: "Lil Uzi Vert", playedAt: Date.now() - 6 * 60_000 },
-      { title: "After Party", artist: "Don Toliver", playedAt: Date.now() - 12 * 60_000 },
-      { title: "Gemstones", artist: "Don Toliver", playedAt: Date.now() - 40 * 60_000 },
-      { title: "NIGHTS LIKE THIS", artist: "Kehlani", playedAt: Date.now() - 3 * 3_600_000 },
-      { title: "HEARTLESS", artist: "The Weeknd", playedAt: Date.now() - 26 * 3_600_000 },
+      { name: "Kanye West", plays: 5, url: "" },
     ],
     weekPlays: 128,
     allTimePlays: 4210,
@@ -216,7 +198,6 @@ async function load(): Promise<MusicState> {
   const top = Array.isArray(data.top) ? data.top : [];
   data.top = top;
   data.topArtists = Array.isArray(data.topArtists) ? data.topArtists : [];
-  data.history = Array.isArray(data.history) ? data.history : [];
   data.lib = data.lib ?? { artists: 0, albums: 0, tracks: 0 };
   if (np) renderNowPlaying(np);
   renderStats(data);